CLion 2023.2.1 Bug-Fix Update

Anastasia Kazakova

The CLion bug-fix update 2023.2.1 is now available! If you haven’t yet upgraded to v2023.2, now is definitely a good time to do so!

The key enhancements in the major 2023.2 update include:

1. The Beta version of AI Assistant is now available as a plugin with limited access.
2. Streamlined integration with PlatformIO, an open-source platform for embedded developers.
3. Enhanced integration for vcpkg, one of the most widely adopted package managers in C++.
4. Major debugger updates, including attach to remote and WSL processes and register value views.

The fixes included in this bug-fix update are listed below. Download build 232.9559.58 from our website, through the Toolbox App, as a snap package for Ubuntu, or via a patch from the IDE.

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Fixes and improvements

CLion v2023.2.1 brings several important bug-fixes and improvements:

• AI Assistant:
  • We removed redundant empty lines in the AI Chat when requesting a CMake error explanation.
  • AI actions work correctly when called at the end of Doxygen comments.
• We added support for the “external” strategy of “toolset” and “architecture” fields in CMakePresets.json for MSVC compilers (CPP-31353).
• We fixed an issue with CLion not detecting shell scripts correctly and marking them as C++ header instead (CPP-34057, CPP-26460, CPP-28799).
• CLion no longer wipes the toolchain settings when arm is specified as a target architecture for the MSVC toolchain.
• Qt:
  • CLion now opens a Qt UI Designer when clicking on Qt UI files.
• Debugger enhancements:
  • Inlay variable values in CMake debugger no longer disappear.
  • The GDB driver in CLion no longer crashes with an error during remote library loading (CPP-34058).
  • Attach to Process no longer fails in cross-language debug cases (CPP-27667).
• The new PlatformIO plugin for CLion received several fixes and updates (CPP-34587, CPP-34184).
• Performance issues caused by package management integration have been fixed (CPP-34406).

Full release notes are here.

What’s coming next

Are you interested in what’s coming next? The CLion 2023.3 roadmap includes overall improvements to IDE performance and quality, LLM-based improvements, Meson and Bazel support, the ability to inspect assembly without a debug session, and other enhancements. Read this blog post for more details.

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