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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="https://blog.rstudio.com/2018/06/19/rstudio-connect-v1-6-4/"> RStudio Blog</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
<p>RStudio Connect version 1.6.4 is <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rstudio.com/products/connect/" target="_blank">now available</a>!</p>
<p>There are a few breaking changes and a handful of new features that are highlighted below.<br>
We encourage you to upgrade as soon as possible!</p>
<h2>Breaking</h2>
<p>Please take note of important breaking changes before upgrading.</p>
<h3>Pandoc 2</h3>
<p>RStudio Connect includes Pandoc 1 and will now also include Pandoc 2. Admins do<br>
not need to install either.</p>
<p>If you have deployed content with rmarkdown version 1.9 or higher, then that<br>
content will now use Pandoc 2 at runtime. This brings in several bug fixes and<br>
enables some new functionality, but does introduce some backwards<br>
incompatibilities. To protect older versions of rmarkdown, Pandoc 1 will still<br>
be used for content deployed with any rmarkdown version prior to 1.9. Content<br>
not using the rmarkdown package will have Pandoc 2 available.</p>
<p>Pandoc is dynamically made available to content when it is executed, so content<br>
using the newer version of rmarkdown will see Pandoc 2 immediately upon<br>
upgrading RStudio Connect, whether or not you have updated the content recently.<br>
The types of backwards incompatibilities we expect are issues like minor<br>
white-space rendering differences.</p>
<h3>R Markdown Rendering</h3>
<p>The R Markdown rendering environment has been updated, which will break a<br>
certain class of R Markdown documents. No action is needed for the majority of<br>
R Markdown documents. Publishers will need to rewrite R Markdown documents that<br>
depended on locally preserving and storing state in between renderings.</p>
<p>The update isolates renderings and protects against clashes caused by concurrent<br>
writes, but also means that files written to the local directory during a render<br>
will not be present or available the next time that the report is rendered.</p>
<p>For example, a report that writes a CSV file to disk on day 1 at a local<br>
location, <code>write.csv(‘data.csv’)</code>, and then on day 2 reads the same CSV<br>
<code>read.csv(‘data.csv’)</code>, will no longer work. Publishers should refactor this<br>
type of R Markdown document to write data to a database or a shared directory<br>
that is not<br>
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://docs.rstudio.com/connect/1.6.4/admin/process-management.html#process-management-sandboxing" target="_blank">sandboxed</a>.<br>
For instance, to <code>/app-data/data.csv</code>.</p>
<h2>New Features</h2>
<h3>File Download</h3>
<p>When a user accesses a <code>Microsoft Word</code> file or some other file type that is not<br>
rendered in the browser, Connect previously downloaded the content immediately.<br>
We have added a download page that simplifies the presentation of<br>
browser-unfriendly file types.</p>
<p><img alt="Big Download
Button showing example with Microsoft Word Document" src="https://i2.wp.com/blog.rstudio.com/2018/06/19/rstudio-connect-v1-6-4/images/rsc-164-big-download-button.png?w=450&ssl=1" data-recalc-dims="1"></p>
<h3>Content Filtering</h3>
<p>The RStudio Connect Dashboard now includes interactive labels for tag filters in<br>
the content listing view. This simplifies keeping track of complex searches,<br>
especially when returning to the Dashboard with saved filter state.</p>
<p><img alt="Example showing
breadcrumbs of tag filters in Content listing view along with a search" src="https://i1.wp.com/blog.rstudio.com/2018/06/19/rstudio-connect-v1-6-4/images/rsc-164-breadcrumbs.png?w=450&ssl=1" data-recalc-dims="1"></p>
<h3>Log Download</h3>
<p>The Connect UI truncates log files to show the latest output. However, when<br>
someone downloads log files, the downloaded file is no longer truncated. This<br>
makes it easier for a developer to inspect asset behavior with the full log file<br>
available on Connect.</p>
<h3>User Management</h3>
<p>Connect now allows administrators to filter the users list by multiple account<br>
statuses. The last day that each user was active is now displayed along with the<br>
user list.</p>
<p><img alt="Example of the user page
showing multiple selection and last active date" src="https://i1.wp.com/blog.rstudio.com/2018/06/19/rstudio-connect-v1-6-4/images/rsc-164-user-page.png?w=450&ssl=1" data-recalc-dims="1"></p>
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<h4>Upgrade Planning</h4>
<p>Besides breaking changes above, there are no special precautions to be aware of<br>
when upgrading from v1.6.2 to v1.6.4. You can expect the installation and startup<br>
of v1.6.4 to be complete in under a minute.</p>
<p>If you’re upgrading from a release older than v1.6.2, be sure to consider the<br>
“Upgrade Planning” notes from the intervening releases, as well.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>If you haven’t yet had a chance to download and try <a rel="nofollow" href="https://rstudio.com/products/connect/" target="_blank">RStudio<br>
Connect</a>, we encourage you to do so.<br>
RStudio Connect is the best way to share all the work that you do in R (Shiny<br>
apps, R Markdown documents, plots, dashboards, Plumber APIs, etc.) with<br>
collaborators, colleagues, or customers.</p>
<p>You can find more details or download a 45-day evaluation of the product at<br>
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rstudio.com/products/connect/" target="_blank">https://www.rstudio.com/products/connect/</a>.<br>
Additional resources can be found below.</p>
<ul>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rstudio.com/products/connect/" target="_blank">RStudio Connect home page &amp; downloads</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://docs.rstudio.com/connect/admin/" target="_blank">RStudio Connect Admin Guide</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RSC-IT-Q-and-A.pdf" target="_blank">What IT needs to know about RStudio Connect</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://docs.rstudio.com/connect/news/" target="_blank">Detailed news and changes between each version</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rstudio.com/pricing/#ConnectPricing" target="_blank">Pricing</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://beta.rstudioconnect.com/connect/" target="_blank">An online preview of RStudio Connect</a></li>
</ul>
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