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* Expanded support for SCons variables declared in the legacy format ``${SCONS_VARNAME}`` (`issue 4828 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4828>`_)

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* Added support for Python 3.12
* Introduced the capability to launch the debug server in a separate process (`issue 4722 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4722>`_)
* Introduced a warning during the verification of MCU maximum RAM usage, signaling when the allocated RAM surpasses 100% (`issue 4791 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4791>`_)
* Drastically enhanced the speed of project building when operating in verbose mode (`issue 4783 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4783>`_)
* Upgraded the build engine to the latest version of SCons (4.6.0) to improve build performance, reliability, and compatibility with other tools and systems (`release notes <https://github.com/SCons/scons/releases/tag/4.6.0>`__)
* Enhanced the handling of built-in variables in |PIOCONF| during |INTERPOLATION| (`issue 4695 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4695>`_)
* Enhanced PIP dependency declarations for improved reliability and extended support to include Python 3.6 (`issue 4819 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4819>`_)
* Implemented automatic installation of missing dependencies when utilizing a SOCKS proxy (`issue 4822 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4822>`_)
* Implemented a fail-safe mechanism to terminate a debugging session if an unknown CLI option is passed (`issue 4699 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4699>`_)
* Rectified an issue where ``${platformio.name}`` erroneously represented ``None`` as the default `project name <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf/sections/platformio/options/generic/name.html>`__ (`issue #4717 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4717>`_)
* Resolved an issue where the ``COMPILATIONDB_INCLUDE_TOOLCHAIN`` setting was not correctly applying to private libraries (`issue 4762 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4762>`_)
* Resolved an issue where ``get_systype()`` inaccurately returned the architecture when executed within a Docker container on a 64-bit kernel with a 32-bit userspace (`issue 4777 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4777>`_)
* Resolved an issue with incorrect handling of the ``check_src_filters`` option when used in multiple environments (`issue 4788 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4788>`_)
* Resolved an issue where running `pio project metadata <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/core/userguide/project/cmd_metadata.html>`__ resulted in duplicated "include" entries (`issue #4723 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4723>`_)
* Resolved an issue where native debugging failed on the host machine (`issue 4745 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4745>`_)
* Resolved an issue where custom debug configurations were being inadvertently overwritten in VSCode's ``launch.json`` (`issue 4810 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4810>`_)

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* Resolved a possible issue that may cause generated projects for `PlatformIO IDE for VSCode <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/integration/ide/vscode.html>`__ to fail to launch a debug session because of a missing "objdump" binary when GDB is not part of the toolchain package
* Resolved a regression issue that resulted in the malfunction of the Memory Inspection feature within |PIOHOME|

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* Resolved an issue that caused generated projects for `PlatformIO IDE for VSCode <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/integration/ide/vscode.html>`__ to break when the ``-iprefix`` compiler flag was used
* Resolved an issue encountered while utilizing the `pio pkg exec <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/core/userguide/pkg/cmd_exec.html>`__ command on the Windows platform to execute Python scripts from a package
* Implemented a crucial improvement to the `pio run <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/core/userguide/cmd_run.html>`__ command, guaranteeing that the ``monitor`` target is not executed if any of the preceding targets, such as ``upload``, encounter failures
* `Cppcheck <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/plus/check-tools/cppcheck.html>`__ v2.11 with new checks, CLI commands and various analysis improvements
* Resolved a critical issue that arose on macOS ARM platforms due to the Python "requests" module, leading to a "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'chardet'" (`issue 4702 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4702>`_)

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* Rectified a regression bug that occurred when the ``-include`` flag was passed via the `build_flags <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf/sections/env/options/build/build_flags.html>`__ option as a relative path and subsequently expanded (`issue #4683 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4683>`_)
* Resolved an issue that resulted in unresolved absolute toolchain paths when generating the `Compilation database "compile_commands.json" <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/integration/compile_commands.html>`__ (`issue #4684 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4684>`_)

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* Added a new ``--lint`` option to the `pio project config <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/core/userguide/project/cmd_config.html>`__ command, enabling users to efficiently perform linting on the |PIOCONF|
* Enhanced the parsing of the |PIOCONF| to provide comprehensive diagnostic information
* Expanded the functionality of the |LIBRARYJSON| manifest by allowing the use of the underscore symbol in the `keywords <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/manifests/library-json/fields/keywords.html>`__ field
* Optimized project integration templates to address the issue of long paths on Windows (`issue 4652 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4652>`_)
* Refactored |UNITTESTING| engine to resolve compiler warnings with "-Wpedantic" option (`pull 4671 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/pull/4671>`_)
* Eliminated erroneous warning regarding the use of obsolete PlatformIO Core when downgrading to the stable version (`issue 4664 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4664>`_)
* Updated the `pio project metadata <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/core/userguide/project/cmd_metadata.html>`__ command to return C/C++ flags as parsed Unix shell arguments when dumping project build metadata
* Resolved a critical issue related to the usage of the ``-include`` flag within the `build_flags <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf/sections/env/options/build/build_flags.html>`__ option, specifically when employing dynamic variables (`issue #4682 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4682>`_)
* Removed PlatformIO IDE for Atom from the documentation as `Atom has been deprecated <https://github.blog/2022-06-08-sunsetting-atom/>`__