In LabVIEW 2026 local project state has been added to retain local session settings, like debug information (probes, breakpoints).

Reasons for making this change

This is a new feature in LabVIEW that should be ignored by source code control providers

Links to documentation supporting these rule changes

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview/page/labview-changes.html?srsltid=AfmBOoos6MOVeDDmnJZzNVa-ooN63xazEq6rMTMv1sy8X_ovqd7ihtkJ#:~:text=Enable%20or%20Disable,member%20Darin.K%5D

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