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AI-generatedRStudio Session Recovery: Managing .RData Persistence During Workspace Transitions
Workspace Image Recovery and Session State RStudio manages session state by decoupling the IDE frontend from the R backend, utilizing a persistent session mechanism to restore open scripts and environment variables after a disconnect or crash. A core part of this behavior is the automatic loading of the .RData workspace image upon startup. When transitioning