2024.12.0-41

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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 options to choose whether to echo or not when sourcing .R files #5237
• Now index all top-level variables in R files as workspace symbols #5274
• Display which package R functions and objects are from in completions ##5225
• Set default profile for integrated terminal to bash on Linux #4946
• Added new UI to list active and previous database connections #5107
• Added support for F1 Help in Quarto documents #4097
• Made the new Positron Kernel Supervisor the default for desktop builds #5299
• Improved how Python objects passed via reticulate to R are presented in Variables pane #3502
• Improved the default projects names in the New Project Wizard #5364

Bug Fixes

• Fixed several timing bugs for when apps are opened in the Viewer #5187, #5197, #5306
• Resolved an R crash if Positron reattaches after busy #4959
• Fixed an interpreter bug in notebooks #5310
• Fixed how notebooks treat errors when cells are queued #5295
• Fixed how notebook interpreters interacted with console interpreters #5305
• Fixed Help for dark themes #4790
• Fixed an intermittent bug with extra spaces on Windows #5258
• Fixed how Positron's bundled Quarto is identified #4511