v1.17.0

1.17.0 (Pre-release)

This version iterates on multiple chain sessions (introduces in the previous release) by adding advanced chain management features including chain forking, local node connectivity, and automated per-chain state persistence between VS Code restarts. The updated interface introduces a chain navigator to support the new features, events displayed in transaction output, and general UX improvements such as new input tooltips and loading indicators.

[1.17.0]

Features

• Added chain forking capabilities for local development
• Added support for connecting to existing local chain nodes
• Implemented configurable automatic chain state persistence
• Added a new Chain Navigator UI element with chain information display
• Added onchain contract ABI fetching
• Implemented proxy contract support with implementation ABI integration
• Integrated transaction event displays in output view
• Enhanced UX with input tooltips and loading indicators
• Improved contract interaction feedback with visual loading states

Fixes

• Fixed contract compilation expansion issues
• Resolved UI theme consistency issues
• Fixed empty calldata handling in function calls
• Corrected bigint serialization and processing
• Fixed integer overflow handling in inputs
• Improved type safety in bigint operations
• Reduced extension startup messages
• Optimized handling of large transaction values
• Cleaned up residual messages in output view
• Improved chain state persistence reliability
• Fixed chain session stability issues
• Updated Wake dependency to 4.14.0
• Refactored codebase

v1.16.6

Features

• The extension in now being published also to the Open VSX Registry

Fixes

• Minor UI fixes

v1.16.5

Features

• Improved the UI of the Deploy and Interact tab

v1.16.4

Fixes

• Fixed language server with conda installation crashing due to colliding Python packages being installed in user site-packages

v1.16.3

Fixes

• Fixed various compilation issues
• Increased timeouts to download solc binaries
• Anvil is now also being detected in standard ~/.foundry/bin directory

v1.16.2

Fixes

• Python environment variables are now being unset before activating conda environment

v1.16.1

Improvements

• Added auto-importing of Foundry remappings
• Added support for decoding structs in transaction output
• Added option for upcoming Prague EVM version in settings
• Improved error messaging when Wake installation via conda fails
• Refined descriptions for various settings

Fixes

• Resolved anonymous authentication issues when downloading Wake (conda installation)

v1.16.0

Major changes

• The extension is being rebranded as Solidity for VS Code
• Introducing Deploy and Interact UI - test and interact with your smart contracts on a local node

Improvements

• Language server now watches for external changes to Solidity files and recompiles automatically
• Improved LSP responsiveness and RAM usage

Fixes

• Fixed multiple memory leaks in LSP
• Fixed sending compilation build to detectors/printers subprocess causing crashes due to build size & cyclic references
• Fixed multiple minor LSP issues