Latest version is creating many issues

[avarf]

Hi,
I haven't used mermaid preview for some weeks and yesterday when I opened one of my documents I noticed:

• An Official Mermaid Chart icon has been added to my vscode sidebar
• When opening the Official Mermaid Chart, it is asking for a login (as it can be seen in the screenshot)
• I am not able to see the preview of my mermaid graphs and charts as before. Before I was typing ctrl+shift+P and type "Preview Mermaid" but now I have different mermaid chart commands
• The mermaid blocks have become red and there was no syntax highlighting
• My other mermaid plugin that was rendering the mermaid when I preview a markdown document (using ctrl+shift+V) is not able to render the graphs and it was saying the syntax is wrong

At first I didn't know what went wrong, I tried to install and reinstall the Official Mermaid Chart plugin but as mentioned it was asking for a login. After some investigation I found out the new version of your plugin is making all these problems so I installed an older version and that solved all the issued.

This is not a good behavior to just block all the other mermaid plugins and break the workflow of an established plugin. Also why you added the Official Mermaid Chart icon and enforcing the login?

[vogloblinsky]

Same surprise, sorry but i don't want to create an account and login for a tool that runs on my computer !

[Prashant-7718]

Hi there! Thank you for sharing your detailed feedback. We understand your frustration with the unexpected changes you experienced.

First, we want to clarify that No Login is required for the core functionality of previewing diagrams - this remains completely free and accessible. The Mermaid Chart icon and login option are exclusively for optional cloud features.

Regarding the issues you've encountered:

1. The command has been renamed to "Mermaid preview: Preview diagram" in newer versions for clarity, but the functionality still exists.

2. We've completely revamped syntax highlighting in our latest versions (2.3.0) for both .mmd files and mermaid code blocks in markdown, which should resolve the red text issue you mentioned.

3. The conflicts with other mermaid plugins might be due to overlapping functionality. Our extension now aims to be a complete solution with both local and optional cloud features.

We've made significant improvements since the version you encountered these issues with. Version 2.3.0 includes enhanced markdown mermaid preview functionality, better syntax highlighting, and fixed compatibility issues, all without requiring any login.

We'd really appreciate if you could try the latest version. If you still experience any conflicts with other extensions or have workflow concerns, please let us know, and we'll work to address them.

Thank you for helping us improve!

[mjbedford]

You make reference to version 2.3.0 but this does not appear to be available the latest version in the version history is 2.1.1 where can I access 2.3.0. Also does 2.3.0 fix issues with co pilot creating mermaid files with syntax errors?