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Renku ``0.37.0`` introduces a new feature to pause sessions and later resume them exactly where you left off. All of your work in progress, including files, data, and environment changes not saved to git, are resumed right as you left them.
This feature replaces RenkuLab's branch-based auto-save mechanism. Most users do not have to do anything to transition from auto-saves to persistent sessions. However, if your last session went into an auto-save, you can still retrieve that work by using Start with Options and selecting your most recent auto-save branch. If your project contains auto-save branches that you do not need anymore, you can safely delete them.
User-Facing Changes
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**π New Features**
- βΈοΈ **Renku Notebooks** and **UI**: Support for pausing (i.e. hibernating) and resuming sessions
(`1518 <https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-notebooks/pull/1518>`_)
(`2686 <https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/issues/2686>`_).
**π Bug Fixes**
- **UI**: restore adding files by URL to datasets
(`2800 <https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/issues/2800>`_).
Internal Changes
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**New Features**
- **Renku Notebooks**: Use a new version of Amalthea which adds fields for culling
hibernating sessions in the CRD.
- **Renku Notebooks** - **Helm chart breaking change**: ``notebooks.culling.idleThresholdSeconds`` in the values file
was renamed to ``notebooks.culling.idleSecondsThreshold``.
Individual components
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