1.8.0

• Full support for PlatformIO Core 4.0
• PlatformIO Core Installer:
  • Added support for Python 3 and its "venv" module
  • Added PIO Remote project tasks
  • Added "Fuses" related project tasks
  • Added "Erase" project task for Espressif and Nordic dev/platforms
  • Implemented ProjectConfig parser following PIO Core 4.0 specification
  • Support custom port for PIO Home server
  • Override default ~/.platformio/penv folder with environment variable PLATFORMIO_PENV_DIR
• PIO Unified Debugger:
  • Improved memory reading when large size of data were requested (Memory Viewer, Peripheral Registers)
  • Fixed an error "Cannot read property 'getTreeNode' of null" when reading "Generic Registers" (issue #862)
• Added new setting platformio-ide.pioHomeServerHttpPort which sets a default HTTP port for PIO Home server (issue #832)
• Added new setting platformio-ide.disablePIOHomeStartup which disables showing PIO Home at startup (issue #888)
• Replaced *.png icons with *.svg (issue #755)
• Fixed an issue when PlatformIO Core does not handle disabled "Proxy Strict SSL" (issue #837)
• Fixed an issue with multiple instances of PIO Home when opening new project (issue #624)

1.7.1

• PlatformIO Core Installer:
  • Use ".platformio" directory located in the root of disk if it was created before (Windows)
  • Use EnvBinDir as CWD for "runCommand" by default
• Disabled extension recommendations per a workspace (temporary workaround for Microsoft/vscode/issues/58348)

1.7.0

• Use VSCode's proxy settings by PlatformIO Core (issue #96)

1.6.0

• Custom task for "Build" command which is used by PlatformIO Toolbar and Key Bindings (issue #116)
• Automatically remove previous PlatformIO Core installation when user switches between stable and development versions
• Updated minimal dependency of PlatformIO Core to >=3.6.3
• Fixed spurious project's "Problems" when ARM mbed framework is used (issue #459)

1.5.0

• PlatformIO Core Installer:
  • Drop SockJS, switch to native WebSockets
  • Catch errors when upgrading PIP (issue #436)
  • Check for official Python installation on Windows (resolves issue with a static "sys.prefix" and custom Python builds) (issue #154)
• Switched to a stable PlatformIO Core. Do you need development version? Please update VSCode settings to "platformio-ide.useDevelopmentPIOCore": true
• Updated minimal dependency of PlatformIO Core to >=3.6.2

1.4.7

• Security Update related to VSCode's issue with dependency on event-stream (issue #434)

1.4.6

• Warn about using .INO files that leads to the spurious problems with C/C++ IntelliSense service (issue #400)
• Use actual Python path when creating a virtual environment
• Shutdown all PIO Home servers when can't start a new one
• Better explanation about PIP issue on Windows

1.4.5

• Reduced startup-time using extension bundling
• Added support for upcoming native WebSockets for PlatformIO Home
• Updated PlatformIO Core installer's virtualenv to 16.1.0

1.4.4

• Improved PlatformIO Core Installer

1.4.3

• Handle "Error: Could not create PIO Core Virtual Environment" and propose user to file an issue (issue #154)