This Week in Nushell #364

Published Friday, 2026-08-14, including PRs merged Friday, 2026-08-07 through Thursday, 2026-08-13.

Nushell

• @kronberger-droid:

  • chore(reedline): bumped to latest reedline commit 6b9115d (#18829)
  • fix(config): matched unnamed keybindings by the key they bind (#18828)
  • fix(completion): stopped the cache reordering the answer it stands in for (#18806)
  • bumped reedline to e4fe8ed (#18798)

• @fdncred:

  • added cli key to $ans record, renamed last_result_size to max_last_result_size (#18827)
  • bug: made $ans work better with TUIs (#18820)
  • fix: allowed semver to have coloring, added --loose flag (#18819)
  • reduced ast footprint, increased ir footprint - phase 0 (#18808)
  • updated deps (#18802)
  • Allowed all built-in commands with --regex to use LRU (#18797)
  • updated uu-utils crates to v0.10.0 (#18795)
  • allowed parameters with # to be passed (#18782)
  • upgraded kdl to support --spec 1 or --spec 2 (#18779)
  • added $ans record for storing the last result from the repl (#18729)

• @Bahex:

  • Fixed module item completion (#18826)

• @cpea2506:

  • bumped devicons to 0.6.13 (#18817)

• @Mrfiregem:

  • Showed deprecation entries in scope commands output (#18815)

• @hexbinoct:

  • Lexed quotes inside interpolated string subexpressions (#18812)

• @latent-9:

  • fix(stor): rejected a missing file in stor import instead of discarding the in-memory database (#18809)

• @app/dependabot:

  • build(deps): bumped bytesize from 2.4.0 to 2.7.0 (#18825)
  • build(deps): bumped taiki-e/install-action from 2.85.8 to 2.85.11 (#18824)
  • build(deps): bumped actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain from 1.12.0 to 1.17.0 (#18823)
  • build(deps): bumped Swatinem/rust-cache from 2.9.1 to 2.9.2 (#18822)

reedline

• @kronberger-droid:

  • fix(painter): stopped trimming the newline that ends a multi-line prompt (#1147)
  • chore: raised rust-version to the 1.95 the locked deps requirements (#1146)
  • fix(painter): stopped gating the exit erase on after-cursor text (#1145)
  • fix(engine): decided menu completions once the completer answers (#1144)
  • fix(painter): pinned the cursor when a line fills the terminal width (#1141)
  • feat(helix)!: added helix edit mode behind a feature flag (#1138)
  • fix(painter): didn't re-use a bottom-flush prompt anchor after a scroll (#1133)

• @james-kassabian:

  • Took the external-print anchor from the terminal, not a count (#1139)

Documentation

• @orthonormalremy:

  • converted the direnv export PATH to a list before loading it into env (#2223)

• @idzikovsky:

  • Fixed missing word in style guide for surrounding constructs (#2222)

• @app/dependabot:

  • bumped js-yaml from 3.15.0 to 3.15.1 (#2221)

Tree-sitter

• @app/dependabot:
  • chore(deps-dev): bumped js-yaml from 4.3.0 to 4.3.1 (#255)

nufmt

• @fdncred:
  • batched fixes (#212)

VSCode Extension

• @mst-mkt:
  • fix: fixed Syntax highlighting broken for bare string values in records (#237)

New nu-parser

• @InnocentZero:
  • Fixed type inferencing in partial if blocks (#73)
  • Added oneof<...> type declarations (#71)