What's new and changed in RStudio Server with R 3.6

RStudio® Server with R 3.6 updates can include new features, bug fixes, and security updates. Updates are listed in reverse chronological order so that the latest release is at the beginning of the topic.

You can see a list of the new features for the platform and all of the services at What's new in IBM® Cloud Pak for Data.

Installing or upgrading RStudio Server with R 3.6

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Refresh 9 of Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.0

A new version of RStudio Server with R 3.6 was released in May 2022.

Operand version: 4.0.9

This release includes the following changes:

Bug fixes

This release includes the following fix:

Issue: RStudio in the new upgraded production environment crashes intermittently due to multiple sign-in authentication requests, leading to a session timeout.
Resolution: RStudio routing rules is now updated. The issue is now resolved.

Security fixes

This release includes fixes for the following security issues:

CVE-2021-23841, CVE-2021-43138, CVE-2021-45346, CVE-2022-0778, CVE-2022-1154, CVE-2022-1271, CVE-2022-24785, CVE-2022-27191

Refresh 8 of Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.0

A new version of RStudio Server with R 3.6 was released in April 2022.

Operand version: 4.0.8

This release includes the following changes:

New features

The 4.0.8 release of RStudio Server with R 3.6 includes the following features and updates:

Support for R 3.6 on IBM Runtimes 22.1: You can now use an IBM Runtimes 22.1 on R 3.6 environment when you work on R notebooks and scripts. This R 3.6 environment is based on the IBM Runtimes 22.1 release. For information on the IBM Runtimes 22.1 release, see Environments.

Bug fixes

This release includes the following fix:

Issue: Failure to git push in RStudio due to wrong git certificate location
Resolution: The issue is now fixed.
Issue: FailedMount and FailedPreStopHook at RStudio runtime startup
Resolution: The issue is now fixed.
Issue: Security fixes with previously used odbc v1.2.2
Resolution: The default R odbc package provided with RStudio and Rscript job now uses the updated odbc v1.3.3 R package

Security fixes: CVE-2005-4807, CVE-2005-4808, CVE-2006-2362, CVE-2007-1420, CVE-2007-2691, CVE-2007-5925, CVE-2009-0819, CVE-2009-3490, CVE-2009-4028, CVE-2009-5029, CVE-2009-5155, CVE-2010-1621, CVE-2010-1626, CVE-2010-2252, CVE-2010-3192, CVE-2010-3677, CVE-2010-3682, CVE-2010-4051, CVE-2010-4052, CVE-2011-1089, CVE-2011-1095, CVE-2011-1658, CVE-2011-1659, CVE-2011-2702, CVE-2011-4609, CVE-2011-5320, CVE-2012-4412, CVE-2012-4424, CVE-2012-6656, CVE-2013-1914, CVE-2013-2207, CVE-2013-4237, CVE-2013-4332, CVE-2013-4458, CVE-2013-4788, CVE-2013-7423, CVE-2013-7424, CVE-2014-0475, CVE-2014-4043, CVE-2014-4877, CVE-2014-5119, CVE-2014-6040, CVE-2014-8121, CVE-2014-8484, CVE-2014-8485, CVE-2014-8501, CVE-2014-8502, CVE-2014-8503, CVE-2014-8504, CVE-2014-8737, CVE-2014-8738, CVE-2014-9402, CVE-2014-9761, CVE-2014-9939, CVE-2014-9984, CVE-2015-0235, CVE-2015-1472, CVE-2015-1473, CVE-2015-1781, CVE-2015-2575, CVE-2015-5180, CVE-2015-5277, CVE-2015-7547, CVE-2015-8315, CVE-2015-8776, CVE-2015-8777, CVE-2015-8778, CVE-2015-8779, CVE-2015-8982, CVE-2015-8983, CVE-2015-8984, CVE-2015-8985, CVE-2016-10228, CVE-2016-10735, CVE-2016-1234, CVE-2016-1248, CVE-2016-3075, CVE-2016-3706, CVE-2016-4429, CVE-2016-4971, CVE-2016-5417, CVE-2016-6323, CVE-2016-7098, CVE-2017-1000366, CVE-2017-1000382, CVE-2017-11109, CVE-2017-12132, CVE-2017-12133, CVE-2017-12448, CVE-2017-12449, CVE-2017-12450, CVE-2017-12451, CVE-2017-12452, CVE-2017-12453, CVE-2017-12454, CVE-2017-12455, CVE-2017-12456, CVE-2017-12457, CVE-2017-12458, CVE-2017-12459, CVE-2017-13089, CVE-2017-13090, CVE-2017-15670, CVE-2017-15671, CVE-2017-15804, CVE-2017-16137, CVE-2017-17087, CVE-2017-5953, CVE-2017-6349, CVE-2017-6350, CVE-2017-6508, CVE-2018-0494, CVE-2018-1000001, CVE-2018-11236, CVE-2018-11237, CVE-2018-14040, CVE-2018-14042, CVE-2018-20483, CVE-2018-20676, CVE-2018-20677, CVE-2018-6485, CVE-2019-12735, CVE-2019-20807, CVE-2019-5953, CVE-2019-8331, CVE-2020-13091, CVE-2020-29573, CVE-2020-35457, CVE-2020-36048, CVE-2020-36049, CVE-2020-6802, CVE-2020-6816, CVE-2020-8244, CVE-2021-1639, CVE-2021-20066, CVE-2021-20270, CVE-2021-20294, CVE-2021-23177, CVE-2021-23368, CVE-2021-23382, CVE-2021-23566, CVE-2021-27218, CVE-2021-27219, CVE-2021-28153, CVE-2021-31566, CVE-2021-31879, CVE-2021-33587, CVE-2021-33623, CVE-2021-35958, CVE-2021-37692, CVE-2021-3770, CVE-2021-3778, CVE-2021-3795, CVE-2021-3796, CVE-2021-3803, CVE-2021-3872, CVE-2021-3875, CVE-2021-3903, CVE-2021-3918, CVE-2021-3927, CVE-2021-3928, CVE-2021-3973, CVE-2021-3974, CVE-2021-3984, CVE-2021-3999, CVE-2021-4019, CVE-2021-4069, CVE-2021-4136, CVE-2021-4166, CVE-2021-4173, CVE-2021-4187, CVE-2021-4192, CVE-2021-4193, CVE-2021-44531, CVE-2021-44532, CVE-2021-44533, CVE-2022-0128, CVE-2022-0156, CVE-2022-0158, CVE-2022-0213, CVE-2022-0261, CVE-2022-0318, CVE-2022-0351, CVE-2022-0355, CVE-2022-0359, CVE-2022-0361, CVE-2022-0368, CVE-2022-0392, CVE-2022-0393, CVE-2022-0407, CVE-2022-0408, CVE-2022-0413, CVE-2022-0417, CVE-2022-0443, CVE-2022-0554, CVE-2022-0572, CVE-2022-0629, CVE-2022-0685, CVE-2022-0696, CVE-2022-0714, CVE-2022-0729, CVE-2022-0868, CVE-2022-21670, CVE-2022-21725, CVE-2022-21726, CVE-2022-21727, CVE-2022-21728, CVE-2022-21729, CVE-2022-21730, CVE-2022-21731, CVE-2022-21732, CVE-2022-21733, CVE-2022-21734, CVE-2022-21735, CVE-2022-21736, CVE-2022-21737, CVE-2022-21738, CVE-2022-21739, CVE-2022-21740, CVE-2022-21741, CVE-2022-21824, CVE-2022-23218, CVE-2022-23219, CVE-2022-23308, CVE-2022-23557, CVE-2022-23558, CVE-2022-23559, CVE-2022-23560, CVE-2022-23561, CVE-2022-23562, CVE-2022-23563, CVE-2022-23564, CVE-2022-23565, CVE-2022-23566, CVE-2022-23567, CVE-2022-23568, CVE-2022-23569, CVE-2022-23570, CVE-2022-23571, CVE-2022-23572, CVE-2022-23573, CVE-2022-23574, CVE-2022-23575, CVE-2022-23576, CVE-2022-23577, CVE-2022-23578, CVE-2022-23579, CVE-2022-23580, CVE-2022-23581, CVE-2022-23582, CVE-2022-23583, CVE-2022-23584, CVE-2022-23585, CVE-2022-23586, CVE-2022-23587, CVE-2022-23588, CVE-2022-23589, CVE-2022-23590, CVE-2022-23591, CVE-2022-23592, CVE-2022-23593, CVE-2022-23595, CVE-2022-23852, CVE-2022-24407, CVE-2022-25235, CVE-2022-25236, CVE-2022-25315

Refresh 7 of Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.0

A new version of RStudio Server with R 3.6 was released in March 2022.

Operand version: 4.0.7

This release includes the following changes:

Bug fixes

This release includes the following fix:

Issue: Unable to sync project with git repository.
Resolution: The issue is now fixed.

Security fixes: CVE-2009-0581, CVE-2009-0723, CVE-2009-0733, CVE-2016-20012, CVE-2016-4074, CVE-2017-14166, CVE-2017-14501, CVE-2018-1000654, CVE-2018-1000879, CVE-2018-1000880, CVE-2018-1121, CVE-2018-16428, CVE-2018-20406, CVE-2018-20839, CVE-2019-12904, CVE-2019-13224, CVE-2019-16163, CVE-2019-19012, CVE-2019-19203, CVE-2019-19204, CVE-2019-19246, CVE-2019-8905, CVE-2019-8906, CVE-2020-13692, CVE-2020-21674, CVE-2020-35512, CVE-2021-23177, CVE-2021-29923, CVE-2021-31566, CVE-2021-3408, CVE-2021-3521, CVE-2021-35937, CVE-2021-35938, CVE-2021-35939, CVE-2021-3634, CVE-2021-38185, CVE-2021-38297, CVE-2021-39293, CVE-2021-3981, CVE-2021-3997, CVE-2021-3999, CVE-2021-40528, CVE-2021-41092, CVE-2021-43519, CVE-2021-43618, CVE-2021-45960, CVE-2021-46143, CVE-2022-21668, CVE-2022-21724, CVE-2022-22822, CVE-2022-22823, CVE-2022-22824, CVE-2022-22825, CVE-2022-22826, CVE-2022-22827, CVE-2022-23852

Refresh 6 of Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.0

A new version of RStudio Server with R 3.6 was released in February 2022.

Operand version: 4.0.6

This release includes the following changes:

Security fixes: CVE-2018-11770, CVE-2018-11804, CVE-2018-12700, CVE-2019-17571, CVE-2019-20386, CVE-2020-13956, CVE-2020-16135, CVE-2020-1712, CVE-2020-27218, CVE-2020-27619, CVE-2020-9488, CVE-2021-21290, CVE-2021-21295, CVE-2021-21409, CVE-2021-37136, CVE-2021-37137, CVE-2021-3872, CVE-2021-3984, CVE-2021-4019

Refresh 4 of Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.0

A new version of RStudio Server with R 3.6 was released in December 2021.

Operand version: 4.0.4

This release includes the following changes:

New features

The 4.0.4 release of RStudio Server with R 3.6 includes the following features and updates:

Support for Power® 9 hardware: You can now install RStudio Server with R 3.6 on Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform Version 4.8 clusters running on Power 9 hardware.

Bug fixes

This release includes the following fix:

Issue: Data in a persistent storage volume is not mounted when RStudio is launched in a project with default Git integration.
Resolution: The persistent storage volume is automatically mounted when RStudio is launched. You can view data in the storage volume and write files to it.

Security fixes: CVE-2017-18018, CVE-2017-18640, CVE-2018-16429, CVE-2018-16487, CVE-2018-20845, CVE-2018-20847, CVE-2018-2581, CVE-2018-2627, CVE-2018-3721, CVE-2018-5727, CVE-2018-5785, CVE-2018-7489, CVE-2019-1010266, CVE-2019-10744, CVE-2019-12973, CVE-2019-13750, CVE-2019-13751, CVE-2019-17594, CVE-2019-17595, CVE-2019-18218, CVE-2019-19603, CVE-2019-20838, CVE-2019-5827, CVE-2020-10001, CVE-2020-12399, CVE-2020-12762, CVE-2020-13435, CVE-2020-14145, CVE-2020-14155, CVE-2020-15257, CVE-2020-15389, CVE-2020-24370, CVE-2020-25649, CVE-2020-27814, CVE-2020-27823, CVE-2020-27824, CVE-2020-27828, CVE-2020-27842, CVE-2020-27843, CVE-2020-27845, CVE-2020-28469, CVE-2020-28500, CVE-2020-35448, CVE-2020-35490, CVE-2020-35491, CVE-2020-7598, CVE-2020-8203, CVE-2021-20231, CVE-2021-20232, CVE-2021-20266, CVE-2021-20284, CVE-2021-21334, CVE-2021-22876, CVE-2021-22898, CVE-2021-22925, CVE-2021-23336, CVE-2021-23337, CVE-2021-23406, CVE-2021-23440, CVE-2021-23840, CVE-2021-26926, CVE-2021-26927, CVE-2021-27645, CVE-2021-28153, CVE-2021-28918, CVE-2021-29418, CVE-2021-29921, CVE-2021-31535, CVE-2021-3200, CVE-2021-3272, CVE-2021-33197, CVE-2021-33503, CVE-2021-33560, CVE-2021-33574, CVE-2021-33928, CVE-2021-33929, CVE-2021-33930, CVE-2021-33938, CVE-2021-3426, CVE-2021-3445, CVE-2021-35515, CVE-2021-35516, CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-3572, CVE-2021-3575, CVE-2021-35942, CVE-2021-36084, CVE-2021-36085, CVE-2021-36086, CVE-2021-36087, CVE-2021-36090, CVE-2021-3765, CVE-2021-3778, CVE-2021-3796, CVE-2021-42574

Refresh 3 of Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.0

A new version of RStudio Server with R 3.6 was released in November 2021.

Operand version: 4.0.3

This release includes the following changes:

New features

The 4.0.3 release of RStudio Server with R 3.6 includes the following features and updates:

Support for adding custom libraries from CRAN repositories: You can now install and use libraries from custom CRAN repositories, such as Nexus Repository, when you write R scripts in RStudio. For details, see Using libs from CRAN repositories in RStudio.
Support for accessing data in a storage volume: R scripts can now access data from a volume on an NFS server or a persistent volume claim (PVC). For details, see Storage volume connection.

Security fixes: CVE-2007-3716, CVE-2008-1191, CVE-2008-3103, CVE-2008-3105, CVE-2008-3106, CVE-2008-3109, CVE-2008-3110, CVE-2008-5347, CVE-2008-5349, CVE-2008-5352, CVE-2008-5358, CVE-2020-28168, CVE-2020-28493, CVE-2020-35492, CVE-2020-7754, CVE-2020-7774, CVE-2020-7788, CVE-2021-20191, CVE-2021-22946, CVE-2021-22947, CVE-2021-23343, CVE-2021-23362, CVE-2021-27290, CVE-2021-29469, CVE-2021-32798, CVE-2021-32803, CVE-2021-32804, CVE-2021-3749, CVE-2021-37635, CVE-2021-37636, CVE-2021-37637, CVE-2021-37638, CVE-2021-37639, CVE-2021-37640, CVE-2021-37641, CVE-2021-37642, CVE-2021-37643, CVE-2021-37644, CVE-2021-37645, CVE-2021-37646, CVE-2021-37647, CVE-2021-37648, CVE-2021-37649, CVE-2021-37650, CVE-2021-37651, CVE-2021-37652, CVE-2021-37653, CVE-2021-37654, CVE-2021-37655, CVE-2021-37656, CVE-2021-37657, CVE-2021-37658, CVE-2021-37659, CVE-2021-37660, CVE-2021-37661, CVE-2021-37662, CVE-2021-37663, CVE-2021-37664, CVE-2021-37665, CVE-2021-37666, CVE-2021-37667, CVE-2021-37668, CVE-2021-37669, CVE-2021-37670, CVE-2021-37671, CVE-2021-37672, CVE-2021-37673, CVE-2021-37674, CVE-2021-37675, CVE-2021-37676, CVE-2021-37677, CVE-2021-37678, CVE-2021-37679, CVE-2021-37680, CVE-2021-37681, CVE-2021-37682, CVE-2021-37683, CVE-2021-37684, CVE-2021-37685, CVE-2021-37686, CVE-2021-37687, CVE-2021-37688, CVE-2021-37689, CVE-2021-37690, CVE-2021-37691, CVE-2021-37701, CVE-2021-37712, CVE-2021-37713

Refresh 2 of Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.0

A new version of RStudio Server with R 3.6 was released in October 2021.

Operand version: 4.0.2

This release includes the following changes:

New features

The 4.0.2 release of RStudio Server with R 3.6 includes the following features and updates:

Support for Anaconda Repository for IBM Cloud Pak® for Data: You can use software packages and libraries from Anaconda Repository for IBM Cloud Pak for Data in RStudio Server with R 3.6. See Using libs from Anaconda Repository.

Security fixes: CVE-2020-25648, CVE-2020-25658, CVE-2020-8265, CVE-2020-8287, CVE-2021-22883, CVE-2021-22884, CVE-2021-22918, CVE-2021-22922, CVE-2021-22923, CVE-2021-22924, CVE-2021-2341, CVE-2021-2369, CVE-2021-2388, CVE-2021-27218, CVE-2021-31879, CVE-2021-32640, CVE-2021-33910, CVE-2021-3421, CVE-2021-35065, CVE-2021-3664, CVE-2021-37692

Refresh 1 of Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.0

A new version of RStudio Server with R 3.6 was released in August 2021.

Operand version: 4.0.1

This release includes the following changes:

New features

The 4.0.1 release of RStudio Server with R 3.6 includes the following features and updates:

Support for upgrade

You can now upgrade RStudio Server with R 3.6 from the following Cloud Pak for Data releases:

Cloud Pak for Data Version 3.5.x
Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.0.x

Security fixes: CVE-2016-10228, CVE-2017-14502, CVE-2017-15713, CVE-2017-15718, CVE-2018-11766, CVE-2018-1296, CVE-2018-8029, CVE-2019-13012, CVE-2019-18276, CVE-2019-19246, CVE-2019-25013, CVE-2019-2708, CVE-2019-3842, CVE-2019-9169, CVE-2020-13434, CVE-2020-13543, CVE-2020-13584, CVE-2020-13776, CVE-2020-14343, CVE-2020-15358, CVE-2020-15945, CVE-2020-24330, CVE-2020-24331, CVE-2020-24332, CVE-2020-24977, CVE-2020-26116, CVE-2020-26137, CVE-2020-26266, CVE-2020-26268, CVE-2020-26270, CVE-2020-26271, CVE-2020-27218, CVE-2020-27223, CVE-2020-27618, CVE-2020-27619, CVE-2020-27783, CVE-2020-28196, CVE-2020-29361, CVE-2020-29362, CVE-2020-29363, CVE-2020-8231, CVE-2020-8284, CVE-2020-8285, CVE-2020-8286, CVE-2020-8927, CVE-2020-9492, CVE-2020-9948, CVE-2020-9951, CVE-2020-9983, CVE-2021-20271, CVE-2021-23336, CVE-2021-27219, CVE-2021-28163, CVE-2021-28918, CVE-2021-29418, CVE-2021-29512, CVE-2021-29513, CVE-2021-29514, CVE-2021-29515, CVE-2021-29516, CVE-2021-29517, CVE-2021-29518, CVE-2021-29519, CVE-2021-29520, CVE-2021-29521, CVE-2021-29522, CVE-2021-29523, CVE-2021-29524, CVE-2021-29525, CVE-2021-29526, CVE-2021-29527, CVE-2021-29528, CVE-2021-29529, CVE-2021-29530, CVE-2021-29531, CVE-2021-29532, CVE-2021-29533, CVE-2021-29534, CVE-2021-29535, CVE-2021-29536, CVE-2021-29537, CVE-2021-29538, CVE-2021-29539, CVE-2021-29540, CVE-2021-29541, CVE-2021-29542, CVE-2021-29543, CVE-2021-29544, CVE-2021-29545, CVE-2021-29546, CVE-2021-29547, CVE-2021-29548, CVE-2021-29549, CVE-2021-29550, CVE-2021-29551, CVE-2021-29552, CVE-2021-29553, CVE-2021-29554, CVE-2021-29555, CVE-2021-29556, CVE-2021-29557, CVE-2021-29558, CVE-2021-29559, CVE-2021-29560, CVE-2021-29561, CVE-2021-29562, CVE-2021-29563, CVE-2021-29564, CVE-2021-29565, CVE-2021-29566, CVE-2021-29567, CVE-2021-29568, CVE-2021-29569, CVE-2021-29570, CVE-2021-29571, CVE-2021-29572, CVE-2021-29573, CVE-2021-29574, CVE-2021-29575, CVE-2021-29576, CVE-2021-29577, CVE-2021-29578, CVE-2021-29579, CVE-2021-29580, CVE-2021-29581, CVE-2021-29582, CVE-2021-29583, CVE-2021-29584, CVE-2021-29585, CVE-2021-29586, CVE-2021-29587, CVE-2021-29588, CVE-2021-29589, CVE-2021-29590, CVE-2021-29591, CVE-2021-29592, CVE-2021-29593, CVE-2021-29594, CVE-2021-29595, CVE-2021-29596, CVE-2021-29597, CVE-2021-29598, CVE-2021-29599, CVE-2021-29600, CVE-2021-29601, CVE-2021-29602, CVE-2021-29603, CVE-2021-29604, CVE-2021-29605, CVE-2021-29606, CVE-2021-29607, CVE-2021-29608, CVE-2021-29609, CVE-2021-29610, CVE-2021-29611, CVE-2021-29612, CVE-2021-29613, CVE-2021-29614, CVE-2021-29615, CVE-2021-29616, CVE-2021-29617, CVE-2021-29618, CVE-2021-29619, CVE-2021-3177, CVE-2021-3326, CVE-2021-34428, CVE-2021-3516, CVE-2021-3517, CVE-2021-3518, CVE-2021-3520, CVE-2021-3537, CVE-2021-3541

Initial release of Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.0

A new version of RStudio Server with R 3.6 was released as part of Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.0.

Operand version: 4.0.0

This release includes the following changes:

New features

Version 4.0.0 of the RStudio Server with R 3.6 service includes the following features and updates:

Create custom R environment images for RStudio: You can build custom images based on the RStudio runtime image available in Watson™ Studio. Building custom images enables you to optimize the standard software configuration of your RStudio runtime for your application needs.
For details, see Building custom images.