Release 0.40.1

v0.40.1 - 21 Dec, 2023

This is a point release to fix minor bugs. A comprehensive list of bug fixes and changes can be found in the milestone and the commit history.

Changes

• We adjusted the extension activation behavior. The extension will not be activated until Go files are open or the extension's commands are invoked. (Issue 3038, and 2164)
• The GOTOOLCHAIN environment variable is shown from the Go explorer view.

Fixes

• Pprof result viewer now works with the remote development setup. (Issue 3090).
• Subtests that include regexp metacharacters in their names are now properly handled. (Issue 2624, 3070)
• When the extension detects go installed by snap, it will use /snap/go/current/bin/go as the go command path to work around a bug in snapd. (Issue 166)
• We enhanced the automated issue reporting feature to be robust in collecting gopls crash logs and handling transient errors during gopls upgrade. (Issue 984, 2690)
• The extension now respects user's editor.parameterHints.enabled and shows parameter hints after completion only if it is enabled. (Issue 3071)
• Ran npm audit fix and that updated semver and word-wrap dependencies. (CL 551055)

Thanks

Thank you for your contribution @tekig, @rogeryk, @hyangah!