v3.6.2 Release
This patch release improves the Delta Analyzer preview, fixes issues with discovering local Power BI Desktop instances, and includes several editor and tracing fixes.
More reliable Power BI Desktop discovery
Local instance discovery now uses a thread-safe cache and refreshes it when the port for a connection is not found. A missing Power BI file name no longer causes an error when resolving the connection's file name.
6-Nov-2026 This release also fixes discovery on Windows 11 systems that report Power BI Desktop's listening sockets with an unexpected TCP state. This would cause the connection dialog to not find running instances of Power BI Desktop. This appears to be a change introduced in a recent Windows 11 patch.
Delta Analyzer improvements
The Delta Analyzer (Preview) now handles column mapping stored in Delta checkpoints, so columns can be displayed using their logical names rather than their internal physical names. This addresses #1492.
Checkpoint support also covers multipart V1 checkpoints and V2 JSON or Parquet checkpoints, including their sidecar files. The analyzer reconstructs the table snapshot from the checkpoint and subsequent commits. If required checkpoint files or transaction history are missing or invalid, it reports an error rather than displaying an incomplete set of active files.
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Fixes
- Fix #1492: support Delta column mapping and checkpoint formats in the Delta Analyzer
- Fix #1494: allow Alt+Enter to insert a new line in the query editor
- Fix #1496: update external help links to the current Microsoft community and Analysis Services Q&A pages
- Fix #1497: display the percent sign in the editor zoom dropdown options
- Fix #1499: close the code completion popup when clicking elsewhere in the editor
- Fix #1507: discover Power BI Desktop instances when Windows reports their listening sockets with TCP state 0
- Fix local Power BI instance caching and file-name lookup
- Fix the timestamp used when capturing error trace events