Issues

• inline output - plots appear correctly inline, but plots window does not have any entry

  info needed
  posit-dev/positron#16976 · Filter by author jericle opened on Oct 29, 2026
  3

• MCP enablement nag should move to Welcome screen

  area: assistantarea: welcome
  Enhancement

  posit-dev/positron#16974 · Filter by author jmcphers opened on Oct 28, 2026

• Use one code path to choose the runtime that starts when a file opens

  area: runtimestheme: runtime startup
  Enhancement

  posit-dev/positron#16971 · Filter by author juliasilge opened on Oct 28, 2026
  1

• Python: Select Interpreter labels a different interpreter "Recommended" than the one Positron suggests

  ai-discoveredarea: interpreterarea: runtimeslang: python
  Bug

  posit-dev/positron#16967 · Filter by author isabelizimm opened on Oct 28, 2026

• R session constantly calculating at startup

  info needed
  posit-dev/positron#16965 · Filter by author JulianRozenberg opened on Oct 28, 2026
  1

• R can be listed twice when a pinned or added path does not match the path discovery lists

  area: interpreterarea: runtimeslang: rtheme: runtime startup
  Bug

  posit-dev/positron#16964 · Filter by author juliasilge opened on Oct 28, 2026
  1

• python: run all tests when optional dependencies support 3.15

  ci-cdlang: python
  Test

  posit-dev/positron#16961 · Filter by author austin3dickey opened on Oct 28, 2026 · 2027 Backlog

• R and core read interpreters.definitions with different rules

  area: interpreterarea: runtimeslang: rtheme: runtime startup
  Bug

  posit-dev/positron#16959 · Filter by author juliasilge opened on Oct 28, 2026 · 2026.11.0 Release
  1

• Fall back to Positron's provider module when Posit Assistant's copy is incompatible

  area: assistantenhancementtheme: ai providers
  posit-dev/positron#16952 · Filter by author melissa-barca opened on Oct 28, 2026 · 2026.11.0 Release
  

• Data Explorer: add filter box like in RStudio

  area: data explorerenhancementsupport
  Enhancement

  posit-dev/positron#16951 · Filter by author sgbstats opened on Oct 28, 2026
  4

• python: interpreter picker names uv venvs after their parent folder, so different venvs share a name

  area: interpreterenhancementlang: python
  Enhancement

  posit-dev/positron#16929 · Filter by author austin3dickey opened on Oct 27, 2026

• Python help for a module that fails to import shows no page and no message

  area: helplang: python
  Bug

  posit-dev/positron#16920 · Filter by author juliasilge opened on Oct 27, 2026 · Future

• Python Help search cannot open help for a class or function

  area: helplang: python
  Enhancement

  posit-dev/positron#16919 · Filter by author juliasilge opened on Oct 27, 2026 · 2027 Backlog

• interpreter picker: Suggested keeps the old Python after a .venv is made in the open folder

  ai-discoveredarea: interpreter
  posit-dev/positron#16917 · Filter by author midleman opened on Oct 27, 2026 · 2026.11.0 Release
  

• Help pages are not cleaned up when an interpreter session ends

  area: helparea: runtimestheme: multisession console
  Bug

  posit-dev/positron#16907 · Filter by author juliasilge opened on Oct 26, 2026 · 2026.11.0 Release

• Interpreter ranking recommends python.org 3.15 over uv-managed Pythons

  area: interpreterlang: python
  posit-dev/positron#16903 · Filter by author isabelizimm opened on Oct 26, 2026 · 2026.11.0 Release
  

• Include the Posit Assistant settings report in AI: Create Diagnostic Report

  area: assistant
  Enhancement

  posit-dev/positron#16901 · Filter by author sharon-wang opened on Oct 26, 2026 · 2026.12.0 Release

• Console pane names the old interpreter before a newly pinned interpreter starts

  area: runtimesbugtheme: runtime startup
  posit-dev/positron#16899 · Filter by author dhruvisompura opened on Oct 26, 2026 · 2026.12.0 Release
  

• Enable Quarto Inline Output, but runs forever

  info needed
  posit-dev/positron#16895 · Filter by author jericle opened on Oct 26, 2026
  6

• Docs: document AI actions for Quarto documents

  area: assistantarea: notebooks-quartodocumentation
  Task

  posit-dev/positron#16893 · Filter by author sharon-wang opened on Oct 26, 2026 · 2026.11.0 Release
  

• Python environment created inside a symlinked workspace is registered twice

  area: interpreterbuglang: python
  Bug

  posit-dev/positron#16861 · Filter by author testlabauto opened on Oct 23, 2026 · 2027 Backlog
  

• python: use modern type hints in the kernel

  lang: python
  Task

  posit-dev/positron#16856 · Filter by author austin3dickey opened on Oct 23, 2026 · 2026.11.0 Release
  

• Rename "Preview" to "Early Access" for Positron features in the docs

  documentation
  Task

  posit-dev/positron#16855 · Filter by author sharon-wang opened on Oct 23, 2026 · 2027 Backlog

• Rename "Preview" to "Early Access" for Positron features

  polishing
  Task

  posit-dev/positron#16854 · Filter by author sharon-wang opened on Oct 23, 2026 · 2027 Backlog

• Snowflake: Connect Credentials can be lost when browser state is cleared

  area: workbenchsupport
  posit-dev/positron#16831 · Filter by author kgartland-rstudio opened on Oct 22, 2026 · 2026 Backlog