Issues

• Positron Assistant: model dropdown silently disappears when Anthropic API key expires, with no error shown

  posit-dev/positron#16881 · Filter by author steveinatorx opened on Oct 25, 2026
  2

• 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

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

  polishing
  Task

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

• Feature Request: Support settings to hide cell execution time and status in Positron notebooks

  area: notebooks-jupyterarea: notebooks-quartoenhancement
  Enhancement

  posit-dev/positron#16847 · Filter by author ivelasq opened on Oct 23, 2026
  2

• 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

• Data Explorer downloads a full MotherDuck view before it shows a preview

  area: connectionsperformance
  Enhancement

  posit-dev/positron#16828 · Filter by author juliasilge opened on Oct 22, 2026

• Cannot send code from Rmd to terminal

  info needed
  posit-dev/positron#16826 · Filter by author hanlonmt opened on Oct 22, 2026
  3

• eMudhra certificate incident: confirm protection in bundled Electron and Node.js

  area: buildssecurity
  Task

  posit-dev/positron#16823 · Filter by author dan-gustafsson2-schibsted-com opened on Oct 22, 2026 · 2026.11.0 Release
  1

• data explorer: summary stats for a pandas column with one value print NumPy warnings under an older console command

  ai-discoveredarea: data explorer
  Bug

  posit-dev/positron#16821 · Filter by author midleman opened on Oct 22, 2026 · Future

• data explorer: polars Decimal columns never load their histogram or summary stats

  ai-discoveredarea: data explorer
  Bug

  posit-dev/positron#16819 · Filter by author midleman opened on Oct 22, 2026 · Future
  1

• Local images in notebook markdown cells do not render on Windows (alt text shown instead)

  area: notebooks-jupyterbugos-windowssupporttheme: new notebook frontend
  Bug

  posit-dev/positron#16817 · Filter by author Kronokarkinox opened on Oct 22, 2026
  2

• Mermaid diagrams in notebook markdown cells fail to render: "Mermaid library did not load"

  area: notebooks-jupyterbugpackagingsupporttheme: new notebook frontend
  Bug

  posit-dev/positron#16816 · Filter by author Kronokarkinox opened on Oct 22, 2026
  2

• Data Connections: schema reads from Assistant break expand in the Connections pane

  area: connections
  Bug

  posit-dev/positron#16815 · Filter by author juliasilge opened on Oct 22, 2026

• Data connections: Expose lineage to extensions through positron.dataConnections

  area: connectionsenhancement
  posit-dev/positron#16805 · Filter by author softwarenerd opened on Oct 21, 2026

• Data connections: Lineage for Databricks (Unity Catalog)

  area: connectionsenhancement
  posit-dev/positron#16804 · Filter by author softwarenerd opened on Oct 21, 2026

• Data connections: Prefetch lineage for the object selected in the Data Connections pane

  area: assistantarea: connectionsenhancement
  posit-dev/positron#16803 · Filter by author softwarenerd opened on Oct 21, 2026

• Data connections: Include tag lineage (PII) in Snowflake lineage for Assistant

  area: assistantarea: connectionsenhancement
  posit-dev/positron#16802 · Filter by author softwarenerd opened on Oct 21, 2026

• Support starting the Windows supervisor without a batch file

  area: kallichoreenhancementos-windowssupport
  Enhancement

  posit-dev/positron#16800 · Filter by author Streep opened on Oct 21, 2026
  3

• Variables: Show type _and_ inspector when space allows

  area: variables
  Enhancement

  posit-dev/positron#16798 · Filter by author jmcphers opened on Oct 21, 2026

• Data Connections option parameters need separate labels and stored values

  area: connectionsenhancement
  posit-dev/positron#16797 · Filter by author testlabauto opened on Oct 21, 2026

• Claude workflow: installing node dependencies adds ~6.5 minutes to every run

  testing
  posit-dev/positron#16794 · Filter by author nealrichardson opened on Oct 21, 2026 · 2026.12.0 Release
  1

  

• Fix/Explain: tell third party error assistants which MCP server and session raised the error

  area: assistantenhancement
  Enhancement

  posit-dev/positron#16775 · Filter by author seeM opened on Oct 21, 2026 · Future
  

• Epic: Fix and Explain accurately describes the error

  area: assistantepic
  posit-dev/positron#16774 · Filter by author seeM opened on Oct 21, 2026
  1