Getting Started with Positron Pro

This feature is in preview. Preview features are unsupported and may face breaking changes in a future release. Any issues found in the feature will be addressed during the regular release schedule; they will not result in immediate patches or hotfixes.

We encourage customers to try these features and we welcome any feedback via Posit Support, but we recommend that the feature not be used in production until it reaches general availability (i.e., officially released as a full feature). To provide feedback, please email your Posit Customer Success representative or and specify that you are trialing this feature.

Posit Workbench supports launching Positron Pro sessions from the Posit Workbench home page.

Positron is:

This sub-guide of the Posit Workbench User Guide contains information specific to Workbench Positron Pro sessions.

For complete details on using the Positron IDE, use the Positron - Get Started documentation.

Note

We encourage you to try out Positron Pro sessions on Workbench and we welcome feedback about your experience using Positron and your experience with Positron Pro sessions on Workbench.

Please send feedback specific to Positron directly to the Positron team through Feedback and Issues. To provide feedback about your Workbench experience with Positron Pro sessions, please reach out via Posit Support or your Posit Customer Success representative.

During this Public Beta period (before general availability), we recommend that Positron not be used in production.

Start a Positron Pro session

To start a new session:

  • From the Posit Workbench home page, click + New Session.
  • Select Positron Pro.
    • If resource limits are configured, select at least 4 GB of memory.
  • Click Start Session.

Screenshot of starting a new Positron Pro session from the Posit Workbench home page.

Once the session is ready, Posit Workbench automatically opens the Positron Pro session in your current browser window.

Note

If you do not see Positron Pro as a New Session option, then please reach out to your Workbench system administrator.

Before you jump in, we urge you to review the Other Resources for Positron Pro sessions page for tips on how to use Positron and known issues.

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