We are excited to release v1.10 of the Azure Quantum Development Kit! This month's release includes several new features and improvements including:
Code editing improvements
Code editing is now greatly improved. A couple of examples of the many improvements:
- **Context aware completions** (1947) show only the relevant completions for the location. For example, only showing types when in a type position:
<img width="346" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/347c4fc9-c746-438d-bb1a-998b65375e79">
- **Namespace member** (1947) completion lists are now provided when drilling into namespaces:
<img width="346" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/09c92c4d-68e6-4fbd-b647-9a4fc064b50c">
- **User Defined Type** (1954) member completions are now populated
<img width="383" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/577addec-32f7-465f-9c3d-b865e033b42c">
And much more! Parser error recovery has also been greatly improved so that editor assistance is available whilst mid-edit in many more scenarios.
Noisy simulation
You can now add Pauli noise to simulations run from Python or VS Code (1971, 1975, 1980). This can help model the results of running on a real quantum machine for education purposes, and to help develop and test the effectiveness of error correction.
Below shows the results of configuring 5% bit-flip noise in VS Code and running a histogram on the GHZ sample. This would return only $\ket{000}$ and $\ket{111}$ shot results if run in a noise free simulation.
<img width="944" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5274198c-ece5-4049-ac44-ae9e829fc51d">
To see how to use noisy simulation in Python, check out the sample notebook at <https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/blob/main/samples/notebooks/noise.ipynb>
Refreshed API docs interface
The in-editor Q API documentation has had a UI refresh (1978). This is accessed via the "Q: Show API documentation" command in the command palette when editing a Q file. The new UX allows you to quickly & easily search & navigate the APIs within your project, referenced projects, and the standard library.
<img width="792" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0b6e6026-492f-461d-a9b1-30762915020f">
File icons
The Q file extension (.qs) now gets a unique icon in VS Code (1976)
<img width="279" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6af754e0-b6fa-45b4-b68e-6e379e988cd4">
Custom measurements and resets
Previously you could define custom gates, but not custom measurement or reset operations. With 1967, 1981, and 1985 this is now possible. This allows for the definition and use of custom operations for quantum simulation and QIR code generation.
Samples for this feature will be added shortly, in the meantime see the test code at <https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/blob/v1.10.1/compiler/qsc/src/codegen/tests.rs#L529> for an example of how this may be used.
Python telemetry
In this release we have added telemetry to our `qsharp` Python package to collect minimal and anonymous metrics on feature usage and performance. This will allow us to focus our investments going forward on the most valuable areas. Please see the [notes in the package readme](https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/blob/v1.10.1/pip/README.md#telemetry) for details on what is collected and how to disable it.
What's changed
And much more!! See the below list of changes in this release for the full details.
* Added DoubleAsStringWithPrecision function - Multiple Katas by devikamehra in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1897
* bump vscode/test-web by minestarks in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1945
* Refactor physical resource estimation by msoeken in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1943
* Update yarn dependencies by billti in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1948
* Update filtering for targets by cesarzc in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1949
* Add summary lines back into stdlib readmes by sezna in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1952
* add Q package registry document by sezna in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1932
* Error budget pruning strategy in resource estimator core by msoeken in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1951
* Use all github dependencies in published libraries by sezna in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1956
* Set the markdown renderer on load by billti in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1957
* Bump pyo3 from 0.22.2 to 0.22.4 by dependabot in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1964
* Minor lint fix for Rust 1.81 by swernli in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1965
* Fix to partial evaluation generating branch instructions on constant conditions by cesarzc in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1963
* Show no quantum state when debugging code with no qubits by swernli in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1953
* More precise completions and namespace member completions by minestarks in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1947
* allow needless raw string hashes and unnecessary wraps by sezna in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1969
* UDT field completions by minestarks in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1954
* Rust 1.82 by idavis in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1970
* Added Pauli noise support to sparse simulator by DmitryVasilevsky in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1971
* Add custom measurement operations to Q by orpuente-MS in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1967
* Expose pauli noise settings in VS Code by billti in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1975
* Python clients can now run simulation with Pauli noise by DmitryVasilevsky in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1974
* Add .qs file icons by billti in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1976
* Fix py38 types by billti in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1977
* Python: Result should implement comparison operators by minestarks in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1979
* Improve the built-in API docs UX by billti in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1978
* Added sample notebook with noise by DmitryVasilevsky in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1980
* Add support for custom resets using the `Reset()` attribute by orpuente-MS in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1981
* Telementry event for noisy simulation by DmitryVasilevsky in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1982
* Unify implementations of custom measurements and custom resets by orpuente-MS in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1985
* Initial Python telemetry by billti in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1972
* Fix Py3.8 type error by billti in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1988
* More parser error recovery, unlocking completions in more locations by minestarks in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1987
* `DumpMachine` output in Python and console should be empty with no qubits allocated by swernli in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1984
* `DumpMachine` in playground should display message when no qubits are allocated by swernli in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1989
* Disable completions in attribute arguments by minestarks in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1986
* Allow `Default::default()` pattern by sezna in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1991
* Add telemetry events for interop by idavis in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1990
* Bump version to 1.10 by billti in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1992
* Revert "Set min python version to 3.9 and add 3.12 to list" by idavis in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1996
* No completions in comments by minestarks in https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/pull/1999
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/microsoft/qsharp/compare/v1.9.0...v1.10.1