Environment not available in console any more

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Using Positron 2026.05.2, I am no longer able to access the environment of my Quarto R environment in the console. I can run the code chunks just fine and the variables appear in the Session pane, but they are unknown to the console session.

Possibly related, when I press F1 on a function call in a Quarto code chunk, I get an error message "No R help available for [...]". Only when I load the corresponding library in console I can start to use F1 in the Quarto code chunk as well.

The different parts in Positron do not seem to communicate with one another, and this used to be different. My question now is, am I missing something in my usage of Positron, is this some temporary problem that will go away as Positron is being dveloped further, and/or is this a real bug that I should report somewhere.

Thanks.

Positron Version: 2026.05.2 build 3
Code - OSS Version: 1.109.2
Commit: 1b5dfba9314510340cb08f2fedccc5ffba822beb
Date: 2026-05-13T18:53:49.105Z
Electron: 39.3.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 7.0.9-202.fc44.x86_64
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Are you using inline output for your Quarto documents?

If you use inline output, then each document gets its own Python or R session separate from the Console (it has a distinct set of variables, etc.), which would explain what you are seeing.

If you don't use inline output, can you share a screenshot showing the document, console, and session pane to help us understand what's going on?

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Yes, you are right, and I forgot to mention that I am indeed using inline output.

However, with RStudio back in the day, I also enjoyed inline output while still being able to share a common environment. But if this is a limitation with Positron, I will find a way to adjust my habits. Positron has a lot of good things to offer.

Thanks for your reponse!

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You're not alone. We're tracking this request here if you'd like to chime in: Quarto inline output: Share single interpreter session and console among multiple Quarto documents · Issue #12732 · posit-dev/positron · GitHub

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