v2.4.0

Bug Fixes

• dependencies: Update click version to 8.2.0 in requirements files (6e1220e)

• vscode: Fix invalid glob pattern in selectConfigurationProfiles (58b5a8f)

  Remove extra closing brace in the file extension glob pattern that
  caused workspace folder detection to fail when selecting configuration
  profiles.

Features

• plugin: Add fast exit option to Application.exit method (acfa7e9)

Performance

• diagnostics: Skip full AST model parsing when no robotcode: markers present (7b3999e)

• robot: Cache LibraryDoc for robot and resource files on disk (9b89623)

  Resource and robot files are now cached on disk between sessions.
  On subsequent opens, imports, keywords, and variables from these
  files are loaded from cache instead of being re-parsed, resulting
  in faster startup and quicker response times when navigating
  projects with many resource files.

  The cache is automatically invalidated when a file is modified
  on disk. Files that are currently open in the editor always use
  the live content and bypass the disk cache.

• robot: Remove unnecessary token list caching from document cache (5f8591d)

  Token lists were cached separately in document._cache, but only used
  as intermediate input for AST model building. No external caller ever
  accessed the cached token lists directly.

  Move token generation into model builder methods so tokens are only
  produced on cache miss. On cache hit, neither tokenization nor model
  building occurs.

  • Eliminates up to 6 cached token lists per document in Language Server
  • No behavior change for CLI (tokens were already uncached for version=None)
  • Remove ~80 lines of redundant caching infrastructure

• robot: Use file_id tuples instead of os.path.samefile for path comparison (3f3bd84)

  Replace repeated os.path.samefile() calls (2x stat per call) in namespace
  import loops with pre-computed (st_dev, st_ino) tuple comparisons.

  • Add FileId type, file_id() and same_file_id() to core utils
  • Add lazy source_id property to LibraryDoc (excluded from pickle)
  • Pre-compute source_id on Namespace init
  • Compute file_id once per find_resource result instead of per-iteration

Refactor

• imports_manager: Cleanup and fix correctness issues (25ef49c)

• robot: Remove unnecessary finalizers and dispose chain (eaa7e14)

  Remove redundant _release_watchers_finalizer from _ImportEntry — file
  watcher cleanup is already handled explicitly by _remove_file_watcher()
  during invalidation and by server_shutdown() at LS shutdown.

  Remove the _dispose_finalizer/dispose() chain through ImportsManager,
  DocumentsCacheHelper, RobotFrameworkLanguageProvider, CodeAnalyzer, and
  CLI. With the per-entry finalizers gone, these only cleared dicts that
  Python already cleans up at process exit.

  Fix broken finalizer in Workspace.add_file_watchers() where the closure
  captured the entry object, preventing it from ever being garbage
  collected.

  Set atexit=False on sentinel finalizers so they only fire during normal
  GC (needed for LS live cleanup), not at interpreter shutdown.

• robot: Replace del with weakref.finalize in imports_manager (e0e8d81)

  Replace fragile __del__ methods with weakref.finalize in both
  _ImportEntry and ImportsManager for reliable cleanup:

  • _ImportEntry: register finalizer in init with file_watchers list
    and file_watcher_manager as strong refs (no self access needed);
    change _remove_file_watcher to use .clear() instead of = []
  • ImportsManager: register finalizer lazily in executor property when
    ProcessPoolExecutor is created; add static _shutdown_executor callback

  weakref.finalize is guaranteed to run even with circular references
  and does not prevent garbage collection of reference cycles.

Testing

• Add library folder to test project (45c410f)

v2.3.1

Bug Fixes

• langserver: Update version check for Robocop in formatting and diagnostics parts (45655f4)

v2.3.0

Documentation

• tips-and-tricks: Make LSP config OS independent (e1abda2)

  More robust implementation of get_python_path helper function.

• tips-and-tricks: LSP setup guide for Neovim (c63c125)

Features

• robocop: Robocop 8.0 support (f723d98)

v2.2.0

Bug Fixes

• intellij: Add missing language method in RobotCodeCodeStyleSettingsProvider (90673bf)

• langserver: Default to folding ranges to character-based (6cbefe2)

  Use character-based folding ranges by default when client capabilities are unknown.

• robocop: Update robocop documentation urls (c15bdfa)

• robot: Use explicit class reference for super() in VariablesDoc to allow slots (8af05a9)

Documentation

• Add some funny random hero images (f62e1bd)
• Back to normal hero image (57633b5)

Features

• Add support for Robot Framework 7.4 (3e140c9)
• Enhance diagnostics and analysis features with progress indicators in verbose mode and performance improvements (1ac9247)

Performance

• lsp: Use dataclass slots for protocol types (82012e8)

  use @DataClass(slots=True) for LSP model classes to reduce per-instance memory overhead and speed up attribute access in LSP hot paths

Refactor

• core: Simplify casing caches and add support for PEP 604 unions (428226a)
• Reduce lru_cache maxsize for performance optimization across multiple modules (f715d32)

Testing

• Real pyproject file for test project (c3e17b2)

v2.1.0

Documentation

• Correct some stylings (5edb90c)
• Make the hero image a bit more christmassy (4fd8412)

Features

• vscode: Add option to control extension activation per scope (7af4583)

  Add new robotcode.disableExtension configuration setting that allows
  users to disable or enable the RobotCode extension at any scope level.

  With resource scope, users can:

  • Disable the extension globally (user settings) and enable it for
    specific workspaces or folders
  • Disable the extension for a workspace and enable it for specific
    folders within
  • Disable the extension only for specific folders in multi-root
    workspaces

  This is useful in:

  • Large workspaces where RobotCode is not needed everywhere
  • Multi-root workspaces with mixed project types
  • Environments where users want opt-in rather than opt-out behavior

Performance

• vscode: Cache getRobotCodeProfiles results (8aa6db5)

  Add caching for robot.toml profiles to avoid spawning a new process
  on every call. Cache is invalidated on language client state changes.

v2.0.4

Documentation

• Add diagnostics modifiers section to reference documentation (52b1deb)
• Correct command syntax for running tests with overridden variables (bfc6801)

v2.0.3

Bug Fixes

• vscode: Correct configurations in settings view (8bd0329)

v2.0.2

Bug Fixes

• vscode: Improve workspace folder resolution logic for chat tools (de73d7d)

Documentation

• Add Robot Framework Foundation and imbus as sponsors (804758c)

v2.0.1

Bug Fixes

• Corrected packaging of python wheels/vscode packages (242f822)

v2.0.0

Bug Fixes

• debugger: Handle breakpoints in __init__.robot files correctly (34da5e7)
• langserver: Support for Python 3.14 (d7fe624)
• langserver: Update sort_text to use e.label for better clarity in import completion items (39e1272)
• robot: Change logger level from critical to trace for LoadLibrary timeout (52fc3b0)
• robot: Change logger level from critical to trace for load_library_timeout (c0e6898)
• Remove Python 3.8 support and update classifiers for Python 3.14 (e642d5b)

Documentation

• Update Python version references to 3.12.6 and adjust testing matrix to 3.10-3.14 (0d41933)
• Disable math rendering in VitePress config and remove related dependencies (5390600)

Features

• langserver: Add support for folding documentation settings (2b627d7)

• langserver: Remove Robotidy support (c49bf40)

  • BREAKING: remove Robotidy support

  Use robotframework-robocop>=6.0 for formatting.

• Drop Python 3.8 and 3.9 support, require Python 3.10+ (7c825de)

  • BREAKING: Python 3.8 and 3.9 are no longer supported. Minimum required version is now Python 3.10.