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kdb Visual Studio Code Extension Release Notes

This page details the release notes for the latest kdb Visual Studio Code Extension releases. To find the release notes for an older release, refer to the previous releases page.

v1.19.0

Release date: 2026-07-15

Enhancements

  • Added a KX: Start REPL Here context menu command in the file explorer. Right-click a folder, or a file to use its parent directory, to start a REPL rooted at that location.

    Executions always target the active REPL (the one last started or focused). When no REPL is active, they fall back to the most specific REPL whose base directory contains the file, then to the workspace REPL.

    The base directory's mod folder is added to the module search path (QPATH), allowing the KX modules system to resolve project-local modules via use`….

  • Added REPL keyboard shortcuts for jumping between words (Ctrl+Left / Ctrl+Right on Windows and Linux, Alt+Left / Alt+Right on macOS) and clearing the REPL (Ctrl+L).

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the REPL treated a solitary / as a single-line comment instead of the start of a multiline comment when it was not closed by a \.
  • Fixed an issue where the REPL mangled the repeat count of timing system commands such as \ts:1000 exp and \t:100 exp.
  • Fixed an issue where a backslash in a system command's arguments (for example, \someCommand "\t") was not escaped correctly when the command was rewritten for execution.