4.6.0a0

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New features added

• feat(completer): Add syntax highlighting for ghost text #18073 (@MUFFANUJ, @Darshan808, @jtpio, @krassowski)

Deprecated features

• Drives: Deprecate the notion of defaultContentProvider #18169 (@martinRenou, @brichet, @jasongrout, @jtpio, @krassowski)

Enhancements made

• Add a "Stop Debugger" button to the paused overlay #18184 (@arjxn-py, @jtpio, @krassowski, @martinRenou)
• Detect and log slow plugins #18181 (@Darshan808, @jtpio, @krassowski)
• Add the 'jupyterlab' entry point #18158 (@brichet, , )

Bugs fixed

• Fix search icon styling in command palette #18202 (@Meriem-BenIsmail, @jtpio, @krassowski)
• Fix scrollPastEnd for text editors #18186 (@Meriem-BenIsmail, @krassowski)
• Restore focus after closing the command palette #18167 (@Meriem-BenIsmail, @jasongrout, )

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• Check if the list of commands, tokens and plugins has changed #18198 (@jtpio, @krassowski)
• Revert "Add the 'jupyterlab' entry point" #18166 (@jtpio, @jasongrout)
• Update to Playwright 1.57.0 #18151 (@jtpio, @krassowski)
• Prevent some supply-chain attack vectors #18142 (, , )

Documentation improvements

• Update announcement and installation instructions post 4.5.0 final release #18125 (@krassowski, @jtpio, @ktaletsk)
• Clean up old references to restructured text #18123 (@jtpio, @krassowski)
• Add plotting and visualization documentation #18094 (@MMesch, @Darshan808, )

Contributors to this release

The following people contributed discussions, new ideas, code and documentation contributions, and review. See our definition of contributors.

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