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v2.5.1

• Chinese characters in paths should no longer result in breakpoints not being hit during debugging

v2.5.0

• A new Open Observatory command is now available during Dart and Flutter debugging sessions to launch Observatory in a browser
• A new Open Timeline command is now available during Flutter debugging sessions to launch the Observatory Timeline in a browser
• Closing Labels are now enabled by default when you are using a version of the SDK that supports it
  • A new option (dart.closingLabels) has been added to allow these to be disabled
• The setting dart.flutterHotReloadOnSave now defaults to true and will force a hot reload upon saving (if there are no errors in the file being saved)
• Progress messages will now be shown in the status bar when building/debugging Flutter projects
• Characters typed at the end of a line will no longer appear after the Closing Labels
• The dart.sdkContainer option (which adds a quick “SDK Picker”) now works if pointing directly at an SDK instead of its parent