2020.5.86806

2020.5.3 (10 June 2020)

1. Update debugpy to use 1.0.0b11 or greater.

2020.5.86398

2020.5.2 (8 June 2020)

Fixes

1. Double-check for interpreters when running diagnostics before displaying the "Python is not installed" message.
   (#11870)
2. Ensure user cannot belong to all experiments in an experiment group.
   (#11943)
3. Ensure extension features are started when in Deprecate PythonPath experiment and opening a file without any folder opened.
   (#12177)

Code Health

1. Integrate VS Code experiment framework in the extension.
   (#10790)
2. Update telemetry on errors and exceptions to use vscode-extension-telemetry.
   (#11597)

2020.5.80290

2020.5.80290

2020.5.78807

2020.5.0 (12 May 2020)

Enhancements

1. Added ability to manually enter a path to interpreter in the select interpreter dropdown.
   (#216)
2. Add status bar item with icon when installing Insiders/Stable build.
   (thanks to ErwanDL)
   (#10495)
3. Support for language servers that don't allow incremental document updates inside of notebooks and the interactive window.
   (#10818)
4. Add telemetry for "Python is not installed" prompt.
   (#10885)
5. Add basic liveshare support for raw kernels.
   (#10988)
6. Do a one-off transfer of existing values for python.pythonPath setting to new Interpreter storage if in DeprecatePythonPath experiment.
   (#11052)
7. Ensure the language server can query pythonPath when in the Deprecate PythonPath experiment.
   (#11083)
8. Added prompt asking users to delete python.pythonPath key from their workspace settings when in Deprecate PythonPath experiment.
   (#11108)
9. Added getDebuggerPackagePath extension API to get the debugger package path.
   (#11236)
10. Expose currently selected interpreter path using API.
    (#11294)
11. Show a prompt asking user to upgrade Code runner to new version to keep using it when in Deprecate PythonPath experiment.
    (#11327)
12. Rename string ${config:python.pythonPath} which is used in launch.json to refer to interpreter path set in settings, to ${config:python.interpreterPath}.
    (#11446)

Fixes

1. Added 'Enable Scrolling For Cell Outputs' setting. Works together with the 'Max Output Size' setting.
   (#9801)
2. Fix ctrl+enter on markdown cells. Now they render.
   (#10006)
3. Cancelling the prompt to restart the kernel should not leave the toolbar buttons disabled.
   (#10356)
4. Getting environment variables of activated environments should ignore the setting python.terminal.activateEnvironment.
   (#10370)
5. Show notebook path when listing remote kernels.
   (#10521)
6. Allow filtering on '0' for the Data Viewer.
   (#10552)
7. Allow interrupting the kernel more than once.
   (#10587)
8. Make error links in exception tracebacks support multiple cells in the stack and extra spaces.
   (#10708)
9. Add channel property onto returned ZMQ messages.
   (#10785)
10. Fix problem with shape not being computed for some types in the variable explorer.
    (#10825)
11. Enable cell related commands when a Python file is already open.
    (#10884)
12. Fix issue with parsing long conda environment names.
    (#10942)
13. Hide progress indicator once Interactive Window has loaded.
    (#11065)
14. Do not perform pipenv interpreter discovery on extension activation.
    Fix for CVE-2020-1171.
    (#11127)
15. Ensure arguments are included in log messages when using decorators.
    (#11153)
16. Fix for opening the interactive window when no workspace is open.
    (#11291)
17. Conda environments working with raw kernels.
    (#11306)
18. Ensure isolate script is passed as command argument when installing modules.
    (#11399)
19. Make raw kernel launch respect launched resource environment.
    (#11451)
20. When using a kernelspec without a fully qualified python path make sure we use the resource to get the active interpreter.
    (#11469)
21. For direct kernel launch correctly detect if interpreter has changed since last launch.
    (#11530)
22. Performance improvements when executing multiple cells in Notebook and Interactive Window.
    (#11576)
23. Ensure kernel daemons are disposed correctly when closing notebooks.
    (#11579)
24. When VS quits, make sure to save contents of notebook for next reopen.
    (#11557)
25. Fix scrolling when clicking in the interactive window to not jump around.
    (#11554)
26. Setting "Data Science: Run Startup Commands" is now limited to being a user setting.
    Fix for CVE-2020-1192.

Code Health

1. Enable the Self Cert tests for Notebooks.
   (#10447)
2. Remove deprecated telemetry and old way of searching for Jupyter.
   (#10809)
3. Add telemetry for pipenv interpreter discovery.
   (#11128)
4. Update to the latest version of jedi (0.17). Note that this may be the last version of Jedi to support Python 2 and Python 3.5. (#11221; thanks Peter Law)
   (#11221)
5. Lazy load types from jupyterlab/services and similar npm modules.
   (#11297)
6. Remove IJMPConnection implementation while maintaining tests written for it.
   (#11470)
7. Implement an IJupyterVariables provider for the debugger.
   (#11542)

2020.4.76186

2020.4.1 (27 April 2020)

Fixes

1. Use node FS APIs when searching for python. This is a temporary change until VSC FS APIs are fixed.
   (#10850)
2. Show unhandled widget messages in the jupyter output window.
   (#11239)
3. Warn when using a version of the widget qgrid greater than 1.1.1 with the recommendation to downgrade to 1.1.1.
   (#11245)
4. Allow user modules import when discovering tests.
   (#11264)
5. Fix issue where downloading ipywidgets from the CDN might be busy.
   (#11274)
6. Error: Timeout is shown after running any widget more than once.
   (#11334)
7. Change "python.dataScience.runStartupCommands" commands to be a global setting, not a workspace setting.
   (#11352)
8. Closing the interactive window shuts down other active notebook sessions.
   (#11404)

2020.4.74986

2020.4.0 (20 April 2020)

Enhancements

1. Add support for ipywidgets.
   (#3429)
2. Support output and interact ipywidgets.
   (#9524)
3. Support using 'esc' or 'ctrl+u' to clear the contents of the interactive window input box.
   (#10198)
4. Use new interpreter storage supporting multiroot workspaces when in Deprecate PythonPath experiment.
   (#10325)
5. Modified Select interpreter command to support setting interpreter at workspace level.
   (#10372)
6. Added a command Clear Workspace Interpreter Setting to clear value of Python interpreter from workspace settings.
   (#10374)
7. Support reverse connection ("listen" in launch.json) from debug adapter to VSCode.
   (#10437)
8. Use specific icons when downloading MPLS and Insiders instead of the spinner.
   (#10495)
9. Notebook metadata is now initialized in alphabetical order.
   (#10571)
10. Added command translations for Hindi Language.
    (thanks Pai026)
    (#10711)
11. Prompt when an "untrusted" workspace Python environment is to be auto selected when in Deprecate PythonPath experiment.
    (#10879)
12. Added a command Reset stored info for untrusted Interpreters to reset "untrusted" interpreters storage when in Deprecate PythonPath experiment.
    (#10912)
13. Added a user setting python.defaultInterpreterPath to set up the default interpreter path when in Deprecate PythonPath experiment.
    (#11021)
14. Hide "untrusted" interpreters from 'Select interpreter' dropdown list when in DeprecatePythonPath Experiment.
    (#11046)
15. Make spacing of icons on notebook toolbars match spacing on other VS code toolbars.
    (#10464)
16. Make jupyter server status centered in the UI and use the same font as the rest of VS code.
    (#10465)
17. Performa validation of interpreter only when a Notebook is opened instead of when extension activates.
    (#10893)
18. Scrolling in cells doesn't happen on new line.
    (#10952)
19. Ensure images in workspace folder are supported within markdown cells in a Notebook.
    (#11040)
20. Make sure ipywidgets have a white background so they display in dark themes.
    (#11060)
21. Arrowing down through cells put the cursor in the wrong spot.
    (#11094)

Fixes

1. Ensure plot fits within the page of the PDF.
   (#9403)
2. Fix typing in output of cells to not delete or modify any cells.
   (#9519)
3. Show an error when ipywidgets cannot be found.
   (#9523)
4. Experiments no longer block on telemetry.
   (#10008)
5. Fix interactive window debugging after running cells in a notebook.
   (#10206)
6. Fix problem with Data Viewer not working when builtin functions are overridden (like max).
   (#10280)
7. Fix interactive window debugging when debugging the first cell to be run.
   (#10395)
8. Fix interactive window debugging for extra lines in a function.
   (#10396)
9. Notebook metadata is now initialized in the correct place.
   (#10544)
10. Fix save button not working on notebooks.
    (#10647)
11. Fix toolbars on 3rd party widgets to show correct icons.
    (#10734)
12. Clicking or double clicking in output of a cell selects or gives focus to a cell. It should only affect the controls in the output.
    (#10749)
13. Fix for notebooks not becoming dirty when changing a kernel.
    (#10795)
14. Auto save for focusChange is not respected when switching to non text documents. Menu focus will still not cause a save (no callback from VS code for this), but should work for switching to other apps and non text documents.
    (#10853)
15. Handle display.update inside of cells.
    (#10873)
16. ZMQ should not cause local server to fail.
    (#10877)
17. Fixes issue with spaces in debugger paths when using getRemoteLauncherCommand.
    (#10905)
18. Fix output and interact widgets to work again.
    (#10915)
19. Make sure the same python is used for the data viewer as the notebook so that pandas can be found.
    (#10926)
20. Ensure user code in cell is preserved between cell execution and cell edits.
    (#10949)
21. Make sure the interpreter in the notebook matches the kernel.
    (#10953)
22. Jupyter notebooks and interactive window crashing on startup.
    (#11035)
23. Fix perf problems after running the interactive window for an extended period of time.
    (#10971)
24. Fix problem with opening a notebook in jupyter after saving in VS code.
    (#11151)
25. Fix CTRL+Z and Z for undo on notebooks.
    (#11160)
26. Fix saving to PDF for viewed plots.
    (#11157)
27. Fix scrolling in a notebook whenever resizing or opening.
    (#11238)

Code Health

1. Add conda environments to nightly test runs.
   (#10134)
2. Refactor the extension activation code to split on phases.
   (#10454)
3. Added a kernel launcher to spawn python kernels without Jupyter.
   (#10479)
4. Add ZMQ library to extension.
   (#10483)
5. Added test harness for ipywidgets in notebooks.
   (#10655)
6. Run internal modules and scripts in isolated manner.
   This helps avoid problems like shadowing stdlib modules.
   (#10681)
7. Add telemetry for .env files.
   (#10780)
8. Update prettier to latest version.
   (#10837)
9. Update typescript to 3.8.
   (#10839)
10. Add telemetry around ipywidgets usage, failures, and overhead.
    (#11027)

2020.3.71659

2020.3.2 (2 April 2020)

Fixes

1. Update debugpy to latest (v1.0.0b5). Fixes issue with connections with multi-process.

2020.3.71113

2020.3.1 (31 March 2020)

Fixes

1. Update debugpy to latest (v1.0.0b4). Fixes issue with locale.

2020.3.69010

2020.3.0 (19 March 2020)

Enhancements

1. Make interactive window wrap like the notebook editor does.
   (#4466)
2. Support scrolling beyond the last line in the notebook editor and the interactive window. Uses the editor.scrollBeyondLastLine setting.
   (#7892)
3. Allow user to override the arguments passed to Jupyter on startup. To change the arguments, run the 'Python: Specify Jupyter command line arguments" command.
   (#8698)
4. When entering remote Jupyter Server, default the input value to uri in clipboard.
   (#9163)
5. Added a command to allow users to select a kernel for a Notebook.
   (#9228)
6. When saving new notebooks, default to the current workspace folder.
   (#9331)
7. When the output of a cell gets trimmed for the first time, the user will be informed of it and which setting changes it.
   (#9401)
8. Change the parameters for when a Data Science survey prompt comes up. After opening 5 notebooks (ever) or running 100 cells (ever).
   (#10186)
9. Show quickfixes for launch.json.
   (#10245)

Fixes

1. Jupyter autocompletion will only show magic commands on empty lines, preventing them of appearing in functions.
   (#10023)
2. Remove extra lines at the end of the file when formatting with Black.
   (#1877)
3. Capitalize Activate.ps1 in code for PowerShell Core on Linux.
   (#2607)
4. Change interactive window to use the python interpreter associated with the file being run.
   (#3123)
5. Make line numbers in errors for the Interactive window match the original file and make them clickable for jumping back to an error location.
   (#6370)
6. Fix magic commands that return 'paged' output.
   (#6900)
7. Ensure model is updated with user changes after user types into the editor.
   (#8589)
8. Fix latex output from a code cell to render correctly.
   (#8742)
9. Toggling cell type from code to markdown will not set focus to the editor in cells of a Notebook.
   (#9102)
10. Remove whitespace from code before pushing to the interactive window.
    (#9116)
11. Have sys info show that we have connected to an existing server.
    (#9132)
12. Fix IPython.clear_output to behave like Jupyter.
    (#9174)
13. Jupyter output tab was not showing anything when connecting to a remote server.
    (#9177)
14. Fixed our css generation from custom color themes which caused the Data Viewer to not load.
    (#9242)
15. Allow a user to skip switching to a kernel if the kernel dies during startup.
    (#9250)
16. Clean up interative window styling and set focus to input box if clicking in the interactive window.
    (#9282)
17. Change icon spacing to match vscode icon spacing in native editor toolbars and interactive window toolbar.
    (#9283)
18. Display diff viewer for ipynb files without opening Notebooks.
    (#9395)
19. Python environments will not be activated in terminals hidden from the user.
    (#9503)
20. Disable Restart Kernel and Interrupt Kernel buttons when a kernel has not yet started.
    (#9731)
21. Fixed an issue with multiple latex formulas in the same '$$' block.
    (#9766)
22. Make notebook editor and interactive window honor undocumented editor.scrollbar.verticalScrollbarSize option + increase default to match vscode.
    (#9803)
23. Ensure that invalid kernels don't hang notebook startup or running.
    (#9845)
24. Switching kernels should disable the run/interrupt/restart buttons.
    (#9935)
25. Prompt to install pandas if not found when opening the Data Viewer.
    (#9944)
26. Prompt to reload VS Code when changing the Jupyter Server connection.
    (#9945)
27. Support opening spark dataframes in the data viewer.
    (#9959)
28. Make sure metadata in a cell survives execution.
    (#9997)
29. Fix run all cells to force each cell to finish before running the next one.
    (#10016)
30. Fix interrupts from always thinking a restart occurred.
    (#10050)
31. Do not delay activation of extension by waiting for terminal to get activated.
    (#10094)
32. LiveShare can prevent the jupyter server from starting if it crashes.
    (#10097)
33. Mark poetry.lock file as toml syntax.
    (thanks to remcohaszing)
    (#10111)
34. Hide input in Interactive Window based on the setting allowInput.
    (#10124)
35. Fix scrolling for output to consistently scroll even during execution.
    (#10137)
36. Correct image backgrounds for notebook editor.
    (#10154)
37. Fix empty variables to show an empty string in the Notebook/Interactive Window variable explorer.
    (#10204)
38. In addition to updating current working directory also add on our notebook file path to sys.path to match Jupyter.
    (#10227)
39. Ensure message (about trimmed output) displayed in an output cell looks like a link.
    (#10231)
40. Users can opt into or opt out of experiments in remote scenarios.
    (#10232)
41. Ensure to correctly return env variables of the activated interpreter, when dealing with non-workspace interpreters.
    (#10250)
42. Update kernel environments before each run to use the latest environment. Only do this for kernel specs created by the python extension.
    (#10255)
43. Don't start up and shutdown an extra Jupyter notebook on server startup.
    (#10311)
44. When you install missing dependencies for Jupyter successfully in an active interpreter also set that interpreter as the Jupyter selected interpreter.
    (#10359)
45. Ensure default host is not set, if connect or listen settings are available.
    (#10597)

Code Health

1. Use the new VS Code filesystem API as much as possible.
   (#6911)
2. Functional tests using real jupyter can take 30-90 seconds each. Most of this time is searching for interpreters. Cache the interpreter search.
   (#7997)
3. Use Python 3.8 in tests run on Azure DevOps.
   (#8298)
4. Display Commands related to Interactive Window and Notebooks only when necessary.
   (#8869)
5. Change cursor styles of buttons pointer in Interactive Window and Native Editor.
   (#9341)
6. Update Jedi to 0.16.0.
   (#9765)
7. Update version of VSCode in package.json to 1.42.
   (#10046)
8. Capture mimetypes of cell outputs.
   (#10182)
9. Use debugpy in the core extension instead of ptvsd.
   (#10184)
10. Add telemetry ...

2020.2.64397

2020.2.3 (21 February 2020)

Fixes

1. Ensure to correctly return env variables of the activated interpreter, when dealing with non-workspace interpreters.
   (#10250)