Blender Dev 0.7.0-Snapshot

Released: 2026-07-19

This pre-release is a substantial PyCharm-focused rewrite. The best-effort comparison baseline is v0.6.0-Snapshot; because the current main history was rebuilt independently, this summary was derived from the current branch history and a direct tree comparison rather than a shared-ancestor commit range.

Added

• Added a PyCharm-native Blender project wizard with native Python environment selection, optional uv support, source-root setup, and generated add-on or extension scaffolding.
• Added generation of pyproject.toml, blender_manifest.toml, GPL licensing, project README content, and optional example add-on code.
• Added the Project Blender Manager tool window for Blender paths, target versions, source folders, module names, command-line arguments, log levels, reload-on-save, just-my-code, extension repositories, script directories, and project environment variables.
• Added application-level environment variables, installation scan configuration, and plugin log settings.
• Added Windows, macOS, Linux, and custom-root Blender installation discovery with version probing and cached selection state.
• Added Blender Run and Debug configurations, generated bootstrap scripts, bundled runtime extraction, debugger attachment, process-lifecycle cleanup, and stale-script cleanup.
• Added runtime actions for running a Python script, reloading configured add-ons, and stopping Blender.
• Added Debug reload-on-save support and project/add-on path mapping.
• Added version-matched fake-bpy-module dependency resolution and project dependency updates for Blender 4.2, 4.5, and 5.2 targets.
• Added project and application services for configuration persistence, runtime sessions, external processes, logging, notifications, installation scanning, and stub installation.
• Added focused tests for project configuration, plugin configuration, Blender versions, process handling, runtime cleanup, project generation, project settings, and Blender API stub workflows.
• Added project-facing HTML documentation, contributor guidance, runtime attribution, and source-level notices.

Changed

• Retargeted the plugin to PyCharm 2026.1 or newer, Java 21, and Kotlin/JVM 21.
• Reorganized production code under the com.sakurasedaia.blenderdevelopment package and separated core, process, run, state, stubs, UI, utility, and wizard responsibilities.
• Replaced the legacy project wizard and interpreter automation with PyCharm platform APIs and native Python environment controls.
• Replaced direct process helpers with ExternalProcessBuilder and consistent ProcessHandler lifecycle propagation.
• Reworked runtime bootstrap packaging so Blender-side Python files are archived into the plugin and extracted using a plugin-version and archive-hash fingerprint.
• Consolidated user-visible strings into MessageBundle.properties and refreshed icons for light and dark themes.
• Updated the selectable Blender/Python registry and added an explicit latest-stub mapping for Blender 5.2.
• Updated repository guidelines, build metadata, README content, licensing, and Blender runtime attribution.

Fixed

• Fixed Blender stub requirement overrides and project dependency-file updates.
• Fixed runtime bootstrap cleanup, session expiration, termination propagation, and missing-dependency reporting.
• Fixed project wizard layout, Python module-name validation, source-root assignment, and generated project metadata handling.
• Fixed notification title resolution and removed redundant message bundle entries.
• Fixed generated main-script indentation so the default example project is syntactically structured correctly.
• Fixed runtime archive packaging so Python cache files are excluded.

Removed

• Removed the legacy automated Blender download, installation, update, and sandbox workflows; installation management is discovery-only in this snapshot.
• Removed the legacy automated Python/uv setup path in favor of native PyCharm environment selection.
• Removed the previous com.sakurasedaia.blenderextensions implementation after migrating the supported workflow into the rewritten package structure.
• Removed the old telemetry, status widget, localized bundle set, live templates, and superseded project/run configuration implementations.
• Removed tracked internal wiki documents; internal technical notes now remain local-only.

Known Issues

• This remains a pre-release and is not production-hardened.
• Local runtime HTTP command channels are loopback-only but are not yet authenticated.
• Some discovered Windows and custom installation records may contain a directory rather than the final executable.
• The default runtime dependency bootstrap does not yet enforce installed versions or wheel hashes.
• Normal Run does not establish the full runtime command/debug handshake used by Debug.
• Live Blender integration is not covered by the JVM test suite.