Workshop and SDKcraft 0.9.5 release notes

17 August 2026

These release notes cover new features and changes in Workshop and SDKcraft 0.9.5.

Requirements and compatibility

Workshop relies on Snap and LXD:

What’s new in 0.9.5

Workshop and SDKcraft 0.9.5 preserve manual interface connections across workshop refresh, enable a Workshop-specific OpenSSH client configuration by default, and support the desktop interface in WSL. The release also switches SDKcraft to Ubuntu One SSO, adds the sdkcraft logout command and the sdkcraft login --export option for CI pipelines, and prepares the first public release of the VS Code Workshop extension.

Workshop

Repository: https://github.com/canonical/workshop

  • Manual interface connections are now preserved on workshop refresh. workshop restore resets connections to defaults.

  • Support the desktop interface in a WSL environment. See the outstanding WSL bug for details.

  • Enable Workshop-specific OpenSSH client config by default on distributions that support /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/. Connecting to a workshop host via SSH requires no manual configuration. See docs for more info. Your running workshops need to be removed and launched again to benefit from the automatic configuration.

  • workshop init --sdks is now optional and accepts in-project and try SDKs.

SDKcraft

Repository: https://github.com/canonical/sdkcraft

  • Switched to Ubuntu One SSO. It requires sdkcraft logout and sdkcraft login to get new credentials.

  • Added the sdkcraft login --export option to export credentials in a file for CI pipelines.

  • Added the sdkcraft logout command.

Reference SDKs

Repository: https://github.com/canonical/reference-sdks

  • vscode-remote SDK: will be made obsolete and phased out due to the automatic OpenSSH configuration change. The upcoming first release of the VS Code extension will take care of the code server caching and preserving configuration over refreshes.

Docs

Repository: https://github.com/canonical/workshop

  • Updated README to be example-focused and less verbose.

  • Expanded documentation on workshop hostnames and automatic SSH configuration.

  • Documented the backward compatibility policy for workshops.

VS Code Workshop extension

Repository: https://github.com/canonical/vscode-workshop

  • Prepared VS Code extension for the first public release. The extension will be made available after the Workshop 0.9.5 release.

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