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+release: rc1
+apache: true
+title: 1.4.0
+date: 2024-06-20
+summary: >
+    Adds debugger, data editor, TDNL and intellisense improvements
+    along with package upgrades and bug fixes.
+
+source-dist:
+    - "apache-daffodil-vscode-1.4.0-src.zip"
+
+binary-dist:
+    - "apache-daffodil-vscode-1.4.0.vsix"
+---
+
+This release contains new features and fixes listed below.
+
+#### New Features & Fixes
+
+* Debugger:
+    * Simplification of the configuration and setup of the extension through changes to the launch wizard.
+    * Added settings to launch configurations for root element name and namespace to debug schema files from a jar.
+    * Fixed issue with empty infoset files being created.
+    * Fixed issue with infoset file extension not matching output format.
+        * Users now receive a warning that file path does not end with the correct extension and will be updated appropriately.
+    * Changed how late-arriving events were handled when requesting old state.
+    * Resolved issues with zip file corruption in VS Code debug sessions.
+    * Resolved issues when running in Java 17+.
+    * Provide better feedback to user to understand error and debug messages.
+    * Upgraded to Apache Daffodil 3.8.0.
+* Data Editor:
+    * Removed HexView and replaced with Ωedit™.
+    * Highlighting of bytes/bits to track the infoset when debugging.
+    * Providing a more intuitive data representation of First and Last Byte.
+    * Fixed issue where binary display radix would still display 16 bytes per row, instead of 8.
+    * Fixed inability to edit a "non-regular" sized file ( file size < 2 ).
+    * Rerouted all file / viewport UI offset traversal to use toplevel seek() function.
+    * Implemented new Help layout for larger/enhanced Tooltip implementations.
+    * Fixed issue where the editor edit instructions were difficult to read on smaller width/height windows.
+    * Better traversal and navigation of data and byte index.
+    * Added Relative and Absolute seek offset determination and traversal.
+    * Addition of Multicharacter encodings, Byte Order Maker, and language detection.
+    * Improved viewport geometries configurations, management, and manipulation: including bytes per rows, number of rows, togglable views, reframing, * persisting selections, etc.
+    * Ability to write selection to a file operation.
+    * Ability to navigate to a certain relative byte index.
+    * Data profiling improvements.
+    * Saving selected segments to a file.
+* IntelliSense:
+    * Added hover functionality to display the attributes available to specific tags.
+    * Making XPath validation more complete.
+    * Better under the hood testing to ensure a smoother development process for adding new IntelliSense suggestions.
+    * Continue developing on a Matrix Spreadsheet for the DFDL community to reference in regard to the specifications.
+* TDML:
+    * Created a custom TDML GUI editor.
+    * Copy, Append and Execute TDML test case functionality.
+* Documentation: 
+    * Improved the barrier to entry for contributors by providing additional documentation on how to get started and work with our team.
+* Known Issues:
+    * Nightly tests failing intermittently 
+    * TDML Copy, Execute and Append Functionality is currently not working on MacOS Platform 
+    * TDML functionality currently do not have proper error messages to help user identify the root cause. 
+    * Data Editor Continues Logging Upon Debug Completion 
+    * Byte highlighting doesn't always work when scrolling through the results in the Data Editor 
+
+#### Closed Issues
+
+[GitHub v1.4.0 Closed Issues](https://github.com/apache/daffodil-vscode/milestone/5?closed=1)