The Rider 2024.3 Release Candidate Is Now Available

Sasha Ivanova

The next big release for Rider is just around the corner! If you’re eager to get a sneak peek, you can download the Release Candidate version of Rider 2024.3 from our website right now. 

Here are the feature highlights of the Rider 2024.3 RC build:

• Support for .NET 9, including full support for C# 13 features like params collections, partial properties, and the field keyword (preview feature).
• Windows Forms Designer for .NET projects targeting .NET 6.0 and newer.
• Ability to freeze and unfreeze individual threads during debugging.
• Support for running and debugging Unreal Engine games on consoles.
• Better debugging experience with IL2CPP builds in Unity.
• Improved Hot Reload for Godot.
• Support for multiline TODO comments.
• Tooltip colorization for improved readability.
• Inline AI prompts and easier context management with customizable AI chat model options in AI Assistant.
• Re-engineered code cleanup engine, enhanced naming conventions, and more flexible code formatting options.
• Updated F# support, including type hints and improved code completion.
• Enhanced version control with branch name display on the Welcome screen and an option to disable background pre-commit checks.
• Remote development is now out of Beta, with stable support for core workflows.
• Cleaner search results for web projects with Find in Files, improved component navigation for Vue, Svelte, and Astro, and inline color previews for Tailwind CSS classes.
• AI-powered text-to-SQL diffing and SQL error handling.
• IL Viewer support for assembly manifests and support for primary constructors in the decompiler.

If you encounter any issues when using the Rider 2024.3 Release Candidate, please let us know via our issue tracker.

Just a reminder: There are a few ways you can download and install the latest preview build:

• Get it from our website.
• Use the Toolbox App.
• Install this snap package from the Snapcraft store if using a compatible Linux distribution.

Which features and updates are you most excited about? Let us know in the comments below, or reach out to us on X.

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