v8.5.1

v8.5.1 (2026-09-09)

This release is published under the GPL-3.0-or-later License.

Bug Fixes

• GuiDict: MergedSystem now refreshes device identifiers upon restart of GuiDict (#159, 5dfdb8d)

• fix: find ty and matrix binary in all cases (#147) by Andy Thomas (3698806)

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Detailed Changes: v8.5.0...v8.5.1

v8.5.0

v8.5.0 (2026-08-14)

This release is published under the GPL-3.0-or-later License.

We are happy to announce the first publicly available version. Please refer to the user guide for an introduction into the software package.

Features

• Show execthread logs in log-window (#71, 29e8d50)

• config: Deprecate matr1x.install.root_path (#46, c7e7759)

• ConfigEdit: Add new visa_resource field type (#28, 165312a)

• system: Subsystem access and auto-complete (#19, 7916717)

• System: Support class-based system definitions (#29, 7a62504)

Bug Fixes

• Address html escaped syntax in LSP responses (#72, 180c5f6)

• Address typo and recover workflows (#17, f7c329c)

• CI: PR check action (#32, 5a5e7b0)

• ConfigEditor: Boolean representation in checkboxes (#57, 4e1421b)

• ConfigEditor: Prevent editing config section headers (#50, 26ce1b2)

• elabftw: Support and suggest ElabFTW server >=5.3.0 (#23, 62a6f9d)

• Keithley: Fix delay commands (2400) and input resistance (6500) (1b8c394)

• matrix-script: Ensure correct line highlighted (#60, 2d71598)

• MeasurementThread: Keep an error as an error (#12, 9edad13)

• ty: Remove unused rule (#84, d0cdf1d)

Documentation

• Add initial user-manual (#31, bb1ae60)

• Add uv update detail (#91, 0733c4f)

• Properly format deprecation warning and explain lifecycle (#35, b1f5b5f)

• Update great-docs and add more content (#70, 8fbda6a)

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Detailed Changes: v8.4.1...v8.5.0