This Week in Nushell #352

Published Friday, 2026-05-22, including PRs merged Friday, 2026-05-15 through Thursday, 2026-05-21.

Nushell

• @Matthieu-LAURENT39:

  • fixed query web --as-table example (#18262)

• @fdncred:

  • fixed hash quoting and added tests (#18258)
  • added benchmarks for parser performance and throughput analysis (#18245)
  • updated deps for idx commands (#18224)
  • improved escape handling (#18217)
  • improved error handling and cleanup on unexpected errors (#18210)

• @WindSoilder:

  • ps -l: introduced working_size, paged_size on windows and linux system (#18255)
  • made env_hook case insensitive (#18234)
  • rm: returned structure data when -v is used, and didn't interrupt when error happened (#18202)
  • mkdir: didn't interrupt when error happened (#18195)

• @Bahex:

  • test: stderr/stdout full tests should not read user config (#18253)
  • Small refactors utilizing pattern matching for conciseness (#18242)
  • test(watch): marked watch tests serial and increased timeout (#18233)
  • Empty blocks' output types are the same as their input types (#18213)

• @orbisai0security:

  • Limited explore search query length to keep TUI responsive (#18251)

• @SunayKulkarni:

  • removed executable bit from AGENTS.md (#18243)

• @Mrfiregem:

  • added std-rfc/url module (#18239)

• @blindFS:

  • refactor(parser): PathLikeKind enum for parse_path_like (#18237)

• @cptpiepmatz:

  • Moved merge implementation to nu-heavy-utils (#18231)
  • Fixed running tests for only nu-cli (#18216)
  • Fixed CI not executing all tests on Windows (#18211)

• @Juhan280:

  • made commandline command family work again in ExecuteHostCommand (#18204)
  • made each maintain the metadata of closure result if input is scalar (#18201)

• @quyentonndbs:

  • fixed duplicated "that" in nu-parser comment (#18200)

• @casedami:

  • added fish-style abbreviations (#18197)

• @kx0101:

  • locked $env.config.history.path after REPL startup (#18190)

• @colinmparker:

  • Consolidated internal Value mutation logic (#18088)

• @app/dependabot:

  • bumped quick-xml from 0.39.2 to 0.40.1 (#18250)
  • bumped rmcp from 1.6.0 to 1.7.0 (#18249)
  • bumped crate-ci/typos from 1.46.1 to 1.46.2 (#18246)

Documentation

• @NotTheDr01ds:

  • TWiN 351 (#2165)

• @orthonormalremy:

  • supported extracting nu code snippets into standalone .nu files for better downstream trackability (#2162)

• @ian-h-chamberlain:

  • Implemented page search URL + Opensearch XML (#2143)

• @app/dependabot:

  • bumped postcss from 8.5.6 to 8.5.15 (#2169)

reedline

• @casedami:

  • expanded and submitted abbr on enter (#1083)
  • moved string lit check to trait (#1074)

• @NotTheDr01ds:

  • Reverted the changes in #1051 and #1058 (#1081)

• @Juhan280:

  • fixed cargo doc warning (#1079)

nufmt

• @fdncred:

  • bumped nushell deps (#193)

  • batch fixes for 187, 188, 189, 190 (#192)

  • Updated bug_report.md (#191)