Release Notes

2.26.0

Release date: July 28, 2026

New Features

• Ruskin now runs natively on Apple Silicon Macs
• Added support for the RBRcoda OpH optical pH sensor: production, deployment, calibration with drift-corrected post-processing, simulation, and data export
• Added support for the RBRsolo⁴ D barometer: atmospheric pressure readings provide a corrected sea pressure and depth
• Added support for firmware v1.162 (104) for Generation 3 standard instruments
• Added support for firmware v2.4.1 (120) for Generation 3.5 instruments
• Added support for firmware v1.007 (204) for the RBRcoda³ Tu
• Added support for firmware v1.002 (205) for the RBRcoda chl-a
• Added support for firmware v1.006 (203) for the RBRquadrante

Improvements

• RSK-13369 - Generation 4 compact instruments: Resolved channel calibration page issues
• RSK-13785 - Generation 4 compact instruments: Simulated D|wave instruments now persist the measurement count
• RSK-13786 - Generation 4 compact instruments: Corrected autonomy calculation for bursty schedules (tide/wave)
• RSK-13958 - Generation 4 compact instruments: Fixed auto-deploy not deploying instruments
• RSK-11334 - Sensors: Updated the RBRtridente maximum and calibration range for Fluorescein
• RSK-13007 - RSK dataset: Made RSK database connections thread safe
• RSK-13998 - RSK dataset: The navigator no longer shows a partial RSK file name
• RSK-14135 - RSK dataset: Mobile storage format data files now show the correct Ruskin version in File info
• RSK-13452 - Removed tips and images from the release notes page
• RSK-13951 - The splash screen progress bar is no longer mispositioned on Windows
• RSK-14086 - Improved handling of slow instrument disconnection

Bug fixes

• RSK-13530 - Generation 4 compact instruments: The fresh battery button now resets the used parameter
• RSK-13123 - Generation 4 instruments: Fixed an error opening zipped datasets
• RSK-13957 - Generation 4 instruments: Fixed the RBRduraturo⁴ occasionally failing to start logging
• RSK-13919 - Sensors: Fixed an incorrect validation message on the RBRtridente sampling rate
• RSK-13920 - Sensors: The RBRtridente sampling rate now displays the correct value for gain calibration
• RSK-13930 - Sensors: Cancelling an RBRtridente gain calibration now switches the button state
• RSK-11635 - RSK dataset: Fixed the broken Easyparse rebuild feature
• RSK-13229 - Exports: Fixed exported text files that could not be imported into Ocean Data View (ODV) or NetCDF-based applications