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Enable execution of unsaved/untitled scripts in R and Python

area: coreIssues related to Core category.Issues related to Core category.

area: editorIssues related to Editor category.Issues related to Editor category.

Status: Open.

Enhancement

#12351 In posit-dev/positron;

· jmcphers opened on Mar 6, 2026

Startup performance: Python extension takes a full minute to activate

lang: python

performance

theme: runtime startup

Status: Open.

Enhancement

#12349 In posit-dev/positron;

· jmcphers opened on Mar 6, 2026

Assistant: only show agent type selector for copilot

area: assistantIssues related to Positron AssistantIssues related to Positron Assistant

Status: Open.

Enhancement

#12346 In posit-dev/positron;

· sharon-wang opened on Mar 6, 2026

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2026.04.0 Release

Notebook: Selection state machine allows invalid EditingSelection + multi-select state

area: notebooksIssues related to Notebooks category.Issues related to Notebooks category.

bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't working

Status: Open.

#12342 In posit-dev/positron;

· nstrayer opened on Mar 6, 2026

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2026.04.0 Release

Assistant: include sign out guidance for copilot in config modal

area: assistantIssues related to Positron AssistantIssues related to Positron Assistant

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

Status: Open.

Enhancement

#12341 In posit-dev/positron;

· sharon-wang opened on Mar 6, 2026

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2026.04.0 Release

Startup performance: Activate only needed extensions for affiliated runtime

area: runtimesIssues related to Language RuntimesIssues related to Language Runtimes

performance

theme: runtime startup

Status: Open.

Enhancement

#12338 In posit-dev/positron;

· jmcphers opened on Mar 6, 2026

Button contents not centered after 1.109 merge

area: coreIssues related to Core category.Issues related to Core category.

area: uiIssues related to UI category.Issues related to UI category.

regression

Status: Open.

Bug

#12337 In posit-dev/positron;

· jmcphers opened on Mar 6, 2026

automated shell compatibility e2e tests

area: coreIssues related to Core category.Issues related to Core category.

area: kallichoreIssues related to the new kernel supervisorIssues related to the new kernel supervisor

area: qa infrastructure

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

testingUnit, extension-level, and e2e testsUnit, extension-level, and e2e tests

Status: Open.

Test

#12336 In posit-dev/positron;

· rodrigosf672 opened on Mar 6, 2026

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2026 Backlog

[wip-review] Startup Reliability and Automated Testing Strategy

area: coreIssues related to Core category.Issues related to Core category.

area: qa infrastructure

performance

testingUnit, extension-level, and e2e testsUnit, extension-level, and e2e tests

Status: Open.

Test

#12330 In posit-dev/positron;

· rodrigosf672 opened on Mar 6, 2026

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2026 Backlog

automate drag and drop cell reodering -- add new tests to existing <code>notebook-cell-reordering.test.ts</code>

area: notebooksIssues related to Notebooks category.Issues related to Notebooks category.

Status: Open.

Test

#12329 In posit-dev/positron;

· rodrigosf672 opened on Mar 6, 2026

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2026 Backlog

could not start runtime: unable to resolve interpreter

area: interpreterinterpreter commands and actionsinterpreter commands and actions

Status: Open.

Bug

#12327 In posit-dev/positron;

· midleman opened on Mar 6, 2026

Enhancement: Open help file in external browser

area: helpIssues related to Help category.Issues related to Help category.

enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

support

Status: Open.

Enhancement

#12322 In posit-dev/positron;

· testlabauto opened on Mar 6, 2026