2025.03.0-97

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Platform	Download
Windows 10, 11 x64 (system level install)	Positron-2025.03.0-97-Setup.exe
Windows 10, 11 x64 (user level install)	Positron-2025.03.0-97-UserSetup.exe
MacOS 10.15+ (universal)	Positron-2025.03.0-97.dmg
Debian-based Linux x64 (Ubuntu 22+)	Positron-2025.03.0-97-x64.deb
Debian-based Linux arm64 (Ubuntu 24+)	Positron-2025.03.0-97-arm64.deb
Red Hat-based Linux x64 (RHEL9)	Positron-2025.03.0-97-x64.rpm
Red Hat-based Linux arm64 (RHEL9)	Positron-2025.03.0-97-arm64.rpm
REH Linux x64	positron-reh-linux-x64-2025.03.0-97.tar.gz
REH Linux arm64	positron-reh-linux-arm64-2025.03.0-97.tar.gz

Release Notes

New Features

• The current working directory is now preserved across R and Python restarts. #3188
• Enabled auto-update notifications by default. Future versions will automatically download and install in the background for Windows and Mac. #6296
• Improved the matrix representation in the variables pane. #3656
• Added new python.interpreters.include and python.interpreters.exclude settings to include additional Python interpreter search directories or exclude Python interpreters from the UI. #3574
• Show summary statistics in Data Explorer for pandas columns with mixed data types. #3401
• Note if a language session was used when making the Positron update check. #6388
• Our new editor action bar is now enabled by default. You can switch this bar off by toggling the editor.actionBar.enabled setting. #6317
• Copy-pasting when opening files in the data explorer from the file explorer (DuckDB backend) is now supported. #5157
• Added an action to open Quick Pick to allow user to choose active runtime session, or to create a new one. Replaced main interpreter picker dropdown with a button to trigger this Quick Pick. Modified Positron action bar button to allow display of custom icon (vs. only Codicons as was previously) to support language icons in new interpreter button. #6150, #3596, #2143
• Added support for custom icons in the Connections pane. #6187
• R completions in specific contexts (such as with the ? help operator or inside debug()) no longer add trailing parentheses to functions. #1818, #2338
• Positron now searches Workbench's recommended R installation directories during interpreter discovery. #6257
• Positron now searches /opt/python for Python installations. #6254
• Added an option to optionally apply a color filter to plots in dark mode for automatic theming. #6255
• Sped up console startup and Positron now shows which interpreter will start. #3566

Bug Fixes

• The initial memory usage of the R backend (ark) has been reduced by 2/3. #5050
• Fixed banding in the display of code blocks in LLM responses using chatlas. #6445
• Fixed LLM response formatting from chatlas. #5819
• Fixed scrolling in modal popups so that the last item in the list can be seen. #3061
• Fixed a bug when autocompleting data.table column names. They are no longer quoted. #3140
• Filtered out unsupported (<3.8) Python versions from the Python: Select Interpreter dropdown. #3740
• Restored R package testing functionality. #6345
• Ensured Python objects with invalid __qualname__ return values do not stop Variables inspection. #6237
• Fixed bug when reconnecting to a database connection for which the 'host' attribute contained values that should be escaped. #5692
• Fixed display of row.names of R matrixes in the Data Explorer. #6287
• Synchronized VerticalSplitter state with column collapsed state in Data Explorer. #6318
• Allowed _ to show up in the Python Variables pane if defined by the user. #3366
• Fixed an issue causing some Polars query plans to break the Console when printed. #6258
• User-specified R binaries now show "User-specified location" as reason discovered in R Language Pack output. #6257
• Fixed the display of active runtime metadata in the Console. #6259
• R: Lists display values are now truncated in the Variables pane. #6220
• When switching tabs, Data Explorer summary now remains expanded or collapsed upon return. #4979

2025.02.0-171

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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

• .dmg for macOS 10.15+ (Universal)
• -Setup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (system level install)
• -UserSetup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (user level install)
• .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+, 24+ for arm64)
• .rpm for Red Hat-based Linux (RHEL9)

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Release Notes

New Features

• Plots can be popped out to an editor tab. This feature introduces an action menu button in the Plots view to open a plot for viewing in an editor. The default action opens the plot in a new window. The menu options allow opening the plot in the same window either in the existing editor group or to the side of the existing group. Selecting an alternate location sets it as the default action. This is setting is remembered for the project. Plots in an editor tab are rendered separately from the Plots view so they can have their own sizing policy (#6146).
• New "startup behavior" option to control whether specific languages will start a console in new Positron windows (#3575).
• New UI affordance in the Data Explorer toolbar to open as text file (#5206).
• In Python, os.environ[" and os.getenv(" will now offer completions based on the available environment variables in the session (#2883).
• Install and compile Python Environment Tools, a Rust-based interpreter discovery system. You can opt in to this discovery tool with the python.locator setting (#5886).
• Added syntax highlighting for already executed code in the Console (#243).
• New "R: Select Interpreter" command to see all options for R
  interpreters and choose one (#5223).
• Speed up console startup and show which interpreter will start (#3566).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Python path completions on Windows (#3758).
• Fixed Python diagnostics not being cleared (e.g. in the Problems tab) when a document is closed (#3905).
• Fixed some language server features not working in the console and in Jupyter notebooks e.g. hover and signature help (#5739). This also fixes language server features for custom Pandas DataFrame accessors (#5077).

2025.02.0-137

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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

• .dmg for macOS 10.15+ (Universal)
• -Setup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (system level install)
• -UserSetup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (user level install)
• .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+, 24+ for arm64)
• .rpm for Red Hat-based Linux (RHEL9)

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Release Notes

New Features

• Command to focus the Variables view #6060
• Standardized modal layouts #6044
• Regular comments in R code now continue #6049
• Command to open an HTML file in a browser #6071
• Indicator in console when extension host is disconnected #6089

Bug Fixes

• Fixed console behavior with cleared code #6064
• Fixed behavior when pip is missing #6020
• Fixed installation on Windows with long usernames #6085
• Fixed word wrap behavior in console #6034
• Fixed pasting into console #6125

2025.02.0-79

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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

• .dmg for macOS 10.15+ (Universal)
• -Setup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (system level install)
• -UserSetup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (user level install)
• .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+, 24+ for arm64)
• .rpm for Red Hat-based Linux (RHEL9)

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Release Notes

New Features

• Better Data Explorer handling for emptiness in column names posit-dev/ark#659
• Data Explorer for directly viewing data files now supports gzipped CSV/TSV #5901
• New architecture for managing notebook kernels #5926
• Added support for long-running remote SSH sessions #5899
• Improved runtime startup #5959
• File hyperlinks from the R package cli are now clickable in R package task terminals #5850
• No longer start runtimes that were never used in a workspace #5992

Bug Fixes

• Fixed RPC timeouts in the Variables Pane with code execution #5871
• Fixed how the Data Explorer for directly viewing data files watches files for updates #5890
• Fixed S4 support in the Variables pane posit-dev/ark#658
• Fixed FastAPI support on Windows #5858
• Fixed diagnostics for raw notebook cells #5950
• Fixed how Positron handles Python typing-extensions #5984
• Fixed path completions in Python #6002
• Fixed path completions in notebooks #6018
• Fixed drag/drop into File Explorer pane #6030

Dependencies

• Updated code-oss upstream to v1.96 (also fixed crash when interacting with native OS toolbar on Linux)

2025.01.0-159

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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

• .dmg for macOS 10.15+ (Universal)
• -Setup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (system level install)
• -UserSetup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (user level install)
• .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+)
• .rpm for Red Hat-based Linux (RHEL9)

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Release Notes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug in Data Explorer for directly viewing data files #5890
• Fixed Variables pane bug with long-running code in the console #5871
• Fixed Plots bug with resizing plots #5763

2024.12.0-96

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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

• .dmg for macOS 10.15+ (Universal)
• -Setup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (system level install)
• -UserSetup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (user level install)
• .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+)
• .rpm for Red Hat-based Linux (RHEL9)

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Release Notes

New Features

• Added new "Set as Working Directory" command from the Explorer pane #5476
• Updated how language keyboard shortcuts are made available in Quarto documents, and integrated recent improvements from the Quarto extension #5451
• The Variables pane now has support for formulas and haven objects in R #4119, #5327
• Added new (optional) logging for installing Python modules #5529

Bug Fixes

• Fixed how Python interpreters are identified in the New Project Wizard #5502
• Fixed R diagnostics for assignments in calls #3048
• Fixed how ark sets R environment variables #3637

2024.11.0-140

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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

• .dmg for macOS 10.15+ (Universal)
• -Setup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (system level install)
• -UserSetup.exe for Windows 10, 11 x64 (user level install)
• .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+)
• .rpm for Red Hat-based Linux

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Release Notes

New Features

• Added new support for directly configurable R interpreter locations #2235
• Added nested outline sections via markdown-like comments in .R files thanks to @kv9898 #3822
• Improved error message for a missing SQLite system requirement #4698
• Improved error messages for direct viewing of data files via the Data Explorer #5133
• Improved support for Streamlit and FastAPI on Workbench #5138

Bug Fixes

• Fixed installation on Linux when VS Code is also installed #4875
• Fixed how the experimental Python reticulate sessions exit #5056
• Fixed a recent performance degradation in the Data Explorer #5176
• Fixed new folder creation on Windows #5204

2024.10.0-14

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• .rpm for Red Hat-based Linux

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Release Notes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a problem with the scheme for local HTML files on Windows #4939

2024.09.0-103

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• .dmg for Mac (Universal),
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Release Notes

New Features

• Added improvements for Python application framework workflows for Streamlit, Dash, Gradio, FastAPI, Flash #4555, #4557, #3023, #3024, #3027
• Added copy support to plots hosted in an editor tab #4362
• Added a button to move a Data Explorer editor tab to a new window #3839
• Added Reticulate support for using Python in R sessions #3942

Bug Fixes

• Fixed focus management issues for modal dialogs #4765
• Fixed an issue with the Variables pane while formatting summaries of DuckDB objects #4777
• Fixed scrollbars for Data Explorer after resizing #4834
• Fixed the placement of the progress bar for Plots in an editor tab #4562
• Improved R installation discovery on Windows #3787
• Improved custom theme support for colors of destructive buttons in modals #3799

2024.08.0-83

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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

• .dmg for Mac (Universal),
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• .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu).

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Release notes

• Fixed a bug in how hyperlinks are displayed in the console (#4413)
• Fixed a bug where some URLs were being opened in the editor instead of the browser (#4297)
• Fixed how R installed via rig on Linux is detected (#4450)
• Merged upstream VS Code 1.92 (#4283)
• Improved support for interactive plots such as bokeh (#4410 and #4087)
• Fixed a problem with interactive plots consuming too much memory (#1713)
• Fixed a Data Explorer bug related to older versions of SQLAlchemy (#4347)