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7.4 Changelog

7.4.6 - 2024-10-22

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump .NET SDK to 8.0.403
  • Copy to static site instead of making blob public (#24269) (#24473)
  • Add ability to capture MSBuild Binary logs when restore fails (#24128)
  • Keep the roff file when gzipping it. (#24450)
  • Update PowerShell-Coordinated_Packages-Official.yml (#24449)
  • Update and add new NuGet package sources for different environments. (#24440)
  • Add PMC mapping for Debian 12 (bookworm) (#24413)
  • Fixes to Azure Public feed usage (#24429)
  • Delete assets/AppImageThirdPartyNotices.txt (#24256)
  • Delete demos directory (#24258)
  • Add specific path for issues in tsaconfig (#24244)
  • Checkin generated manpage (#24423)
  • Add updated libicu dependency for Debian packages (#24301)
  • Add mapping to azurelinux repo (#24290)
  • Update vpack pipeline (#24281)
  • Add BaseUrl to buildinfo json file (#24376)
  • Delete the msix blob if it's already there (#24353)
  • Make some release tests run in a hosted pools (#24270)
  • Create new pipeline for compliance (#24252)
  • Use Managed Identity for APIScan authentication (#24243)
  • Check Create and Submit in vPack build by default (#24181)
  • Capture environment better (#24148)
  • Refactor Nuget package source creation to use New-NugetPackageSource function (#24104)
  • Make Microsoft feeds the default (#24426)
  • Bump to .NET 8.0.403 and update dependencies (#24405)

7.4.5 - 2024-08-20

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix WebCmdlets when -Body is specified but ContentType is not (#24145)

Tests

  • Rewrite the mac syslog tests to make them less flaky (#24152)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump .NET SDK to 8.0.400
  • Add feature flags for removing network isolation (Internal 32126)
  • Update ThirdPartyNotices.txt for v7.4.5 (#24160)
  • Update cgmanifest.json for v7.4.5 (#24159)
  • Update .NET SDK to 8.0.400 (#24151)
  • Cleanup unused csproj (#24146)
  • Remember installation options and used them to initialize options for the next installation (#24143)
  • Fix failures in GitHub action markdown-link-check (#24142)
  • Use correct signing certificates for RPM and DEBs (#21522)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Update docs sample nuget.config (#24147)
  • Fix up broken links in Markdown files (#24144)

7.4.4 - 2024-07-18

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Resolve paths correctly when importing files or files referenced in the module manifest (Internal 31780)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump .NET to 8.0.303
  • Enumerate over all signed zip packages in macos signing
  • Update TPN for the v7.4.4 release (Internal 31793)
  • Add update cgmanifest (Internal 31789)
  • Add macos signing for package files (#24015) (#24059)
  • Update .NET SDK to 8.0.303 (#24038)

7.4.3 - 2024-06-18

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix the error when using Start-Process -Credential without the admin privilege (#21393) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Fix Test-Path -IsValid to check for invalid path and filename characters (#21358)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Fix generating OutputType when running in Constrained Language Mode (#21605)
  • Expand ~ to $home on Windows with tab completion (#21529)
  • Make sure both stdout and stderr can be redirected from a native executable (#20997)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update to .NET 8.0.6

We thank the following contributors!

@ForNeVeR!
  • Fixes for change to new Engineering System.
  • Fix argument passing in GlobalToolShim (#21333) (Thanks @ForNeVeR!)
  • Create powershell.config.json for PowerShell.Windows.x64 global tool (#23941)
  • Remove markdown link check on release branches (#23937)
  • Update to .NET 8.0.6 (#23936)
  • Fix error in the vPack release, debug script that blocked release (#23904)
  • Add branch counter variables for daily package builds (#21523)
  • Updates to package and release pipelines (#23800)
  • Fix exe signing with third party signing for WiX engine (#23878)
  • Use PSScriptRoot to find path to Wix module (#21611)
  • [StepSecurity] Apply security best practices (#21480)
  • Fix build failure due to missing reference in GlobalToolShim.cs (#21388)
  • Update installation on Wix module (#23808)
  • Use feed with Microsoft Wix toolset (#21651)
  • Create the Windows.x64 global tool with shim for signing (#21559)
  • Generate MSI for win-arm64 installer (#20516)
  • update wix package install (#21537)
  • Add a PAT for fetching PMC cli (#21503)
  • Official PowerShell Package pipeline (#21504)

7.4.2 - 2024-04-11

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Revert "Adjust PUT method behavior to POST one for default content type in WebCmdlets" (#21049)
  • Fix regression with Get-Content when -Tail 0 and -Wait are both used (#20734) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix Get-Error serialization of array values (#21085) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Fix a regression in Format-Table when header label is empty (#21156)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Revert the PR #17856 (Do not preserve temporary results when no need to do so) (#21368)
  • Make sure the assembly/library resolvers are registered at early stage (#21361)
  • Handle the case that Runspace.DefaultRunspace is null when logging for WDAC Audit (#21344)
  • Fix PowerShell class to support deriving from an abstract class with abstract properties (#21331)
  • Fix the regression when doing type inference for $_ (#21223) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump to .NET 8.0.4
  • Revert analyzer package back to stable
  • Update SDK, deps and cgmanifest for 7.4.2
  • Revert changes to packaging.psm1
  • Update PSResourceGet version from 1.0.2 to 1.0.4.1 (#21439)
  • Verify environment variable for OneBranch before we try to copy (#21441)
  • Remove surrogateFile setting of APIScan (#21238)
  • Add dotenv install as latest version does not work with current Ruby version (#21239)
  • Multiple fixes in official build pipeline (#21408)
  • Add back 2 transitive dependency packages (#21415)
  • Update PSReadLine to v2.3.5 for the next v7.4.x servicing release (#21414)
  • PowerShell co-ordinated build OneBranch pipeline (#21364)

7.4.1 - 2024-01-11

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix Group-Object output using interpolated strings (#20745) (Thanks @mawosoft!)
  • Fix Start-Process -PassThru to make sure the ExitCode property is accessible for the returned Process object (#20749) (#20866) (Thanks @CodeCyclone!)
  • Fix rendering of DisplayRoot for network PSDrive (#20793) (#20863)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Ensure filename is not null when logging WDAC ETW events (#20910) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Fix four regressions introduced by WDAC audit logging feature (#20913)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump .NET 8 to version 8.0.101
  • Update .NET SDK and dependencies for v7.4.1 (Internal 29142)
  • Update cgmanifest for v7.4.1 (#20874)
  • Update package dependencies for v7.4.1 (#20871)
  • Set the rollForwardOnNoCandidateFx in runtimeconfig.json to roll forward only on minor and patch versions (#20689) (#20865)
  • Remove RHEL7 publishing to packages.microsoft.com as it's no longer supported (#20849) (#20864)
  • Fix the tab completion tests (#20867)

7.4.0 - 2023-11-16

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Added a missing ConfigureAwait(false) call to webcmdlets so they don't block (#20622)
  • Fix Group-Object so output uses current culture (#20623)
  • Block getting help from network locations in restricted remoting sessions (#20615)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump .NET 8 to 8.0.0 RTM build
  • Add internal .NET SDK URL parameter to release pipeline (Internal 28474)
  • Update the CGManifest file for v7.4.0 release (Internal 28457)
  • Fix repository root for the nuget.config (Internal 28456)
  • Add internal nuget feed to compliance build (Internal 28449)
  • Copy azure blob with PowerShell global tool to private blob and move to CDN during release (Internal 28438)
  • Fix release build by making the internal SDK parameter optional (#20658) (Internal 28440)
  • Make internal .NET SDK URL as a parameter for release builld (#20655) (Internal 28428)
  • Update PSResourceGet version for 1.0.1 release (#20652) (Internal 28427)
  • Bump .NET 8 to 8.0.0 RTM build (Internal 28360)
  • Remove Auth header content from ErrorRecord (Internal 28409)
  • Fix setting of variable to consume internal SDK source (Internal 28354)
  • Bump Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure to v3.0.0 (Internal 28352)
  • Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native to v7.4.0 (#20617) (#20624)

7.4.0-rc.1 - 2023-10-24

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix Test-Connection due to .NET 8 changes (#20369) (#20531)
  • Add telemetry to check for specific tags when importing a module (#20371) (#20540)
  • Fix Copy-Item progress to only show completed when all files are copied (#20517) (#20544)
  • Fix unixmode to handle setuid and sticky when file is not an executable (#20366) (#20537)
  • Fix UNC path completion regression (#20419) (#20541)
  • Fix implicit remoting proxy cmdlets to act on common parameters (#20367) (#20530)
  • Fix Get-Service non-terminating error message to include category (#20276) (#20529)
  • Fixing regression in DSC (#20268) (#20528)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!
  • Update ThirdPartyNotices.txt file (Internal 28110)
  • Update CGManifest for release
  • Fix package version for .NET nuget packages (#20551) (#20552)
  • Only registry App Path for release package (#20478) (#20549)
  • Bump PSReadLine from 2.2.6 to 2.3.4 (#20305) (#20533)
  • Bump Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure (#20511) (#20512) (#20433) (#20434) (#20534) (#20535) (#20545) (#20547)
  • Bump to .NET 8 RC2 (#20510) (#20543)
  • Add SBOM for release pipeline (#20519) (#20548)
  • Bump version of Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet to v1.0.0 (#20485) (#20538)
  • Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.5.1 to 2.5.3 (#20486) (#20542)
  • Bump JsonSchema.Net from 5.2.5 to 5.2.6 (#20421) (#20532)
  • Fix alpine tar package name and do not crossgen alpine fxdependent package (#20459) (#20536)
  • Increase timeout when publishing packages to packages.microsoft.com (#20470) (#20539)
  • Block any preview vPack release (#20243) (#20526)
  • Add surrogate file for compliance scanning (#20423)

7.4.0-preview.6 - 2023-09-28

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Set approved experimental features to stable for 7.4 release (#20362)
  • Revert changes to continue using BinaryFormatter for Out-GridView (#20360)
  • Remove the comment trigger from feedback provider (#20346)

Tests

  • Continued improvement to tests for release automation (#20259)
  • Skip the test on x86 as InstallDate is not visible on Wow64 (#20255)
  • Harden some problematic release tests (#20254)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Move to .NET 8.0.100-rc.1.23463.5
  • Update the regex for package name validation (Internal 27783, 27795)
  • Update ThirdPartyNotices.txt (Internal 27772)
  • Remove the ref folder before running compliance (#20375)
  • Updates RIDs used to generate component Inventory (#20372)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 4.7.0 to 4.8.0-2.final (#20368)
  • Fix the release build by moving to the official .NET 8-rc.1 release build version (#20365)
  • Update the experimental feature JSON files (#20363)
  • Bump XunitXml.TestLogger from 3.1.11 to 3.1.17 (#20364)
  • Update Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet to 0.9.0-rc1 (#20361)
  • Update .NET SDK to version 8.0.100-rc.1.23455.8 (#20358)
  • Use fxdependent-win-desktop runtime for compliance runs (#20359)
  • Add mapping for mariner arm64 stable (#20348)
  • Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1 (#20357)
  • Bump JsonSchema.Net from 5.2.1 to 5.2.5 (#20356)
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.7.1 to 17.7.2 (#20355)
  • Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0 (#20354)
  • Bump JsonSchema.Net from 5.1.3 to 5.2.1 (#20353)
  • Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 (#20352)
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.7.0 to 17.7.1 (#20351)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 4.7.0-2.final to 4.7.0 (#20350)
  • Release build: Change the names of the PATs (#20349)
  • Put the calls to Set-AzDoProjectInfo and Set-AzDoAuthToken` in the right order (#20347)
  • Bump Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure (continued) (#20262)
  • Bump Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure to 3.0.0-preview.2 (#20261)
  • Enable vPack provenance data (#20260)
  • Start using new packages.microsoft.com cli (#20258)
  • Add mariner arm64 to PMC release (#20257)
  • Fix typo donet to dotnet in build scripts and pipelines (#20256)

7.4.0-preview.5 - 2023-08-21

Breaking Changes

  • Change how relative paths in Resolve-Path are handled when using the RelativeBasePath parameter (#19755) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Fix dynamic parameter completion (#19510) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Use OrdinalIgnoreCase to lookup script breakpoints (#20046) (Thanks @fflaten!)
  • Guard against null or blank path components when adding to module path (#19922) (Thanks @stevenebutler!)
  • Fix deadlock when piping to shell associated file extension (#19940)
  • Fix completion regression for filesystem paths with custom PSDrive names (#19921) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Add completion for variables assigned by the Data statement (#19831) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix a null reference crash in completion code (#19916) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix Out-GridView by implementing Clone() method to replace old use of binary format serialization (#20050)
  • Support Unix domain socket in WebCmdlets (#19343) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Wait-Process: add -Any and -PassThru parameters (#19423) (Thanks @dwtaber!)
  • Added the switch parameter -CaseInsensitive to Select-Object and Get-Unique cmdlets (#19683) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
  • Restore-Computer and Stop-Computer should fail with error when not running via sudo on Unix (#19824)
  • Add Help proxy function for non-Windows platforms (#19972)
  • Remove input text from the error message resulted by SecureString and PSCredential conversion failure (#19977) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
  • Add Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet to the telemetry module list (#19926)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@eltociear, @Molkree, @MartinGC94
  • Fix use of ThrowIf where the arguments were reversed (#20052)
  • Fix typo in Logging.Tests.ps1 (#20048) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Apply the InlineAsTypeCheck in the engine code - 2nd pass (#19694) (Thanks @Molkree!)
  • Apply the InlineAsTypeCheck rule in the engine code - 1st pass (#19692) (Thanks @Molkree!)
  • Remove unused string completion code (#19879) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)

Tools

  • Give the assignPRs workflow write permissions (#20021)

Tests

  • Additional test hardening for tests which fail in release pass. (#20093)
  • Don't use a completion which has a space in it (#20064)
  • Fixes for release tests (#20028)
  • Remove spelling CI in favor of GitHub Action (#19973)
  • Hide expected error for negative test on windows for script extension (#19929)
  • Add more debugging to try to determine why these test fail in release build. (#19829)

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Update ThirdPartyNotices for 7.4.0-preview.5
  • Update PSResourceGet to 0.5.24-beta24 (#20118)
  • Fix build after the change to remove win-arm32 (#20102)
  • Add comment about pinned packages (#20096)
  • Bump to .NET 8 Preview 7 (#20092)
  • Remove Win-Arm32 from release build. (#20095)
  • Add alpine framework dependent package (#19995)
  • Bump JsonSchema.Net from 4.1.8 to 5.1.3 (#20089)
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.6.3 to 17.7.0 (#20088)
  • Move build to .NET 8 preview 6 (#19991)
  • Bump Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure from 2.0.0 to 3.0.0-preview.1 (#20081)
  • Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.31.0 to 0.32.0 (#20076)
  • Auto assign PR Maintainer (#20020)
  • Delete rule that was supposed to round-robin assign a maintainer (#20019)
  • Update the cgmanifest (#20012)
  • Update the cgmanifest (#20008)
  • Bump JsonSchema.Net from 4.1.7 to 4.1.8 (#20006)
  • Bump JsonSchema.Net from 4.1.6 to 4.1.7 (#20000)
  • Add mariner arm64 package build to release build (#19946)
  • Check for pre-release packages when it's a stable release (#19939)
  • Make PR creation tool use --web because it is more reliable (#19944)
  • Update to the latest NOTICES file (#19971)
  • Update variable used to bypass the blocking check for multiple NuGet feeds for release pipeline (#19963)
  • Update variable used to bypass the blocking check for multiple NuGet feeds (#19967)
  • Update README.md and metadata.json for release v7.2.13 and v7.3.6 (#19964)
  • Don't publish notice on failure because it prevent retry (#19955)
  • Change variable used to bypass nuget security scanning (#19954)
  • Update the cgmanifest (#19924)
  • Publish rpm package for rhel9 (#19750)
  • Bump XunitXml.TestLogger from 3.0.78 to 3.1.11 (#19900)
  • Bump JsonSchema.Net from 4.1.5 to 4.1.6 (#19885)
  • Bump xunit from 2.4.2 to 2.5.0 (#19902)
  • Remove HostArchitecture dynamic parameter for osxpkg (#19917)
  • FabricBot: Onboarding to GitOps.ResourceManagement because of FabricBot decommissioning (#19905)
  • Change variable used to bypass nuget security scanning (#19907)
  • Checkout history for markdown lint check (#19908)
  • Switch to GitHub Action for linting markdown (#19899)
  • Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.4.5 to 2.5.0 (#19901)
  • Add runtime and packaging type info for mariner2 arm64 (#19450)
  • Update to the latest NOTICES file (#19856)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Update README.md and metadata.json for 7.4.0-preview.4 release (#19872)
  • Fix grammatical issue in ADOPTERS.md (#20037) (Thanks @nikohoffren!)
  • Replace docs.microsoft.com URLs in code with FWLinks (#19996)
  • Change docs.microsoft.com to learn.microsoft.com (#19994)
  • Update man page to match current help for pwsh (#19993)
  • Merge 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.2.12 and 7.2.13 changelogs (#19968)
  • Fix ///-comments that violate the docs schema (#19957)
  • Update the link for getting started in README.md (#19932)
  • Migrate user docs to the PowerShell-Docs repository (#19871)

7.4.0-preview.4 - 2023-06-29

Breaking Changes

  • Test-Json: Use JsonSchema.Net (System.Text.Json) instead of NJsonSchema (Newtonsoft.Json) (#18141) (Thanks @gregsdennis!)
  • Test-Connection: Increase output detail when performing a TCP test (#11452) (Thanks @jackdcasey!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Fix native executables not redirecting to file (#19842)
  • Add a new experimental feature to control native argument passing style on Windows (#18706)
  • Fix TabExpansion2 variable leak when completing variables (#18763) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Enable completion of variables across ScriptBlock scopes (#19819) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix completion of the foreach statement variable (#19814) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix variable type inference precedence (#18691) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix member completion for PowerShell Enum class (#19740) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix parsing for array literals in index expressions in method calls (#19224) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix incorrect string to type conversion (#19560) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix slow execution when many breakpoints are used (#14953) (Thanks @nohwnd!)
  • Add a public API for getting locations of PSModulePath elements (#19422)
  • Add WDAC Audit logging (#19641)
  • Improve path completion (#19489) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix an indexing out of bound error in CompleteInput for empty script input (#19501) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Improve variable completion performance (#19595) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Allow partial culture matching in Update-Help (#18037) (Thanks @dkaszews!)
  • Fix the check when reading input in NativeCommandProcessor (#19614)
  • Add support of respecting $PSStyle.OutputRendering on the remote host (#19601)
  • Support byte stream piping between native commands and file redirection (#17857)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Disallow negative values for Get-Content cmdlet parameters -Head and -Tail (#19715) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Make Update-Help throw proper error when current culture is not associated with a language (#19765) (Thanks @josea!)
  • Do not require activity when creating a completed progress record (#18474) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • WebCmdlets: Add alias for -TimeoutSec to -ConnectionTimeoutSeconds and add -OperationTimeoutSeconds (#19558) (Thanks @stevenebutler!)
  • Avoid checking screen scraping on non-Windows platforms before launching native app (#19812)
  • Add reference to PSResourceGet (#19597)
  • Add FileNameStar to MultipartFileContent in WebCmdlets (#19467) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Add ParameterSetName for the -Detailed parameter of Test-Connection (#19727)
  • Remove the property disabling optimization (#19701)
  • Filter completion for enum parameter against ValidateRange attributes (#17750) (Thanks @fflaten!)
  • Small cleanup Invoke-RestMethod (#19490) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix wildcard globbing in root of device paths (#19442) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Add specific error message that creating Junctions requires absolute path (#19409)
  • Fix array type parsing in generic types (#19205) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Improve the verbose message of WebCmdlets to show correct HTTP version (#19616) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix HTTP status from 409 to 429 for WebCmdlets to get retry interval from Retry-After header. (#19622) (Thanks @mkht!)
  • Remove minor versions from PSCompatibleVersions (#18635) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update JsonSchema.Net version to 4.1.0 (#19610) (Thanks @gregsdennis!)
  • Allow combining of -Skip and -SkipLast parameters in Select-Object cmdlet. (#18849) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
  • Fix constructing PSModulePath if a sub-path has trailing separator (#13147)
  • Add Get-SecureRandom cmdlet (#19587)
  • Fix New-Item to re-create Junction when -Force is specified (#18311) (Thanks @GigaScratch!)
  • Improve Hashtable key completion for type constrained variable assignments, nested Hashtables and more (#17660) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Set-Clipboard -AsOSC52 for remote usage (#18222) (Thanks @dkaszews!)
  • Refactor MUIFileSearcher.AddFiles in the help related code (#18825) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Set SetLastError to true for symbolic and hard link native APIs (#19566)
  • Fix Get-AuthenticodeSignature -Content to not roundtrip the bytes to a Unicode string and then back to bytes (#18774) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • WebCmdlets: Rename -TimeoutSec to -ConnectionTimeoutSeconds (with alias) and add -OperationTimeoutSeconds (#19558) (Thanks @stevenebutler!)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@eltociear, @ArmaanMcleod, @turbedi, @CarloToso, @Molkree, @xtqqczze
  • Fix typo in NativeCommandProcessor.cs (#19846) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Rename file from PingPathCommand.cs to TestPathCommand.cs (#19782) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
  • Make use of the new Random.Shared property (#18417) (Thanks @turbedi!)
  • six files (#19695) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Apply IDE0019: InlineAsTypeCheck in Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands (#19688)(#19690)(#19687)(#19689) (Thanks @Molkree!)
  • Remove PSv2CompletionCompleter as part of the PowerShell v2 code cleanup (#18337) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Enable more nullable annotations in WebCmdlets (#19359) (Thanks @CarloToso!)

Tools

  • Add Git mailmap for Andy Jordan (#19469)
  • Add backport function to release tools (#19568)

Tests

  • Improve reliability of the Ctrl+c tests for WebCmdlets (#19532) (Thanks @stevenebutler!)
  • Fix logic for Import-CliXml test (#19805)
  • Add some debugging to the transcript test for SilentlyContinue (#19770)
  • Re-enable Get-ComputerInfo pending tests (#19746)
  • Update syslog parser to handle modern formats. (#19737)
  • Pass -UserScope as required by RunUpdateHelpTests (#13400) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
  • Change how isPreview is determined for default cmdlets tests (#19650)
  • Skip file signature tests on 2012R2 where PKI cmdlet do not work (#19643)
  • Change logic for testing missing or extra cmdlets. (#19635)
  • Fix incorrect test cases in ExecutionPolicy.Tests.ps1 (#19485) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fixing structure typo in test setup (#17458) (Thanks @powercode!)
  • Fix test failures on Windows for time zone and remoting (#19466)
  • Harden 'All approved Cmdlets present' test (#19530)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Updated to .NET 8 Preview 4

We thank the following contributors!

@krishnayalavarthi
  • Update to the latest NOTICES file (#19537)(#19820)(#19784)(#19720)(#19644)(#19620)(#19605)(#19546)
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.5.0 to 17.6.3 (#19867)(#19762)(#19733)(#19668)(#19613)
  • Update the cgmanifest (#19847)(#19800)(#19792)(#19776)(#19763)(#19697)(#19631)
  • Bump StyleCop.Analyzers from 1.2.0-beta.406 to 1.2.0-beta.507 (#19837)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 4.6.0-1.final to 4.7.0-2.final (#19838)(#19667)
  • Update to .NET 8 Preview 4 (#19696)
  • Update experimental-feature json files (#19828)
  • Bump JsonSchema.Net from 4.1.1 to 4.1.5 (#19790)(#19768)(#19788)
  • Update group to assign PRs in fabricbot.json (#19759)
  • Add retry on failure for all upload tasks in Azure Pipelines (#19761)
  • Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender from 7.2.0 to 7.2.1 (#19751)(#19752)
  • Delete symbols on Linux as well (#19735)
  • Update windows.json packaging BOM (#19728)
  • Disable SBOM signing for CI and add extra files for packaging tests (#19729)
  • Update experimental-feature json files (#19698(#19588))
  • Add ProductCode in registry for MSI install (#19590)
  • Runas format changed (#15434) (Thanks @krishnayalavarthi!)
  • For Preview releases, add pwsh-preview.exe alias to MSIX package (#19602)
  • Add prompt to fix conflict during backport (#19583)
  • Add comment in wix detailing use of UseMU (#19371)
  • Verify that packages have license data (#19543)
  • Add an explicit manual stage for changelog update (#19551)
  • Update the team member list in releaseTools.psm1 (#19544)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Update metadata.json and README.md for upcoming releases (#19863)(#19542)
  • Update message to use the actual parameter name (#19851)
  • Update CONTRIBUTING.md to include Code of Conduct enforcement (#19810)
  • Update working-group-definitions.md (#19809)(#19561)
  • Update working-group.md to add section about reporting working group members (#19758)
  • Correct capitalization in readme (#19666) (Thanks @Aishat452!)
  • Updated the public dashboard link (#19634)
  • Fix a typo in serialization.cs (#19598) (Thanks @eltociear!)

7.4.0-preview.3 - 2023-04-20

Breaking Changes

  • Remove code related to #requires -pssnapin (#19320)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Change the arrow used in feedback suggestion to a more common Unicode character (#19534)
  • Support trigger registration in feedback provider (#19525)
  • Update the ICommandPredictor interface to reduce boilerplate code from predictor implementation (#19414)
  • Fix a crash in the type inference code (#19400) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)

Performance

  • Speed up Resolve-Path relative path resolution (#19171) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Infer external application output as strings (#19193) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix a race condition in Add-Type (#19471)
  • Detect insecure https-to-http redirect only if both URIs are absolute (#19468) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Support Ctrl+c when connection hangs while reading data in WebCmdlets (#19330) (Thanks @stevenebutler!)
  • Enable type conversion of AutomationNull to $null for assignment (#19415)
  • Add the parameter -Environment to Start-Process (#19374)
  • Add the parameter -RelativeBasePath to Resolve-Path (#19358) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Exclude redundant parameter aliases from completion results (#19382) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Allow using a folder path in WebCmdlets' -OutFile parameter (#19007) (Thanks @CarloToso!)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@eltociear, @CarloToso
  • Fix typo in typeDataXmlLoader.cs (#19319) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Fix typo in Compiler.cs (#19491) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Inline the GetResponseObject method (#19380) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Simplify ContentHelper methods (#19367) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Initialize regex lazily in BasicHtmlWebResponseObject (#19361) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix codefactor issue in if-statement (part 5) (#19286) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Add nullable annotations in WebRequestSession.cs (#19291) (Thanks @CarloToso!)

Tests

  • Harden the default command test (#19416)
  • Skip VT100 tests on Windows Server 2012R2 as console does not support it (#19413)
  • Improve package management acceptance tests by not going to the gallery (#19412)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@dkattan
  • Fixing MSI checkbox (#19325)
  • Update the experimental feature JSON files (#19297)
  • Update the cgmanifest (#19459, #19465)
  • Update .NET SDK version to 8.0.100-preview.3.23178.7 (#19381)
  • Force updating the transitive dependency on Microsoft.CSharp (#19514)
  • Update DotnetRuntimeMetadata.json to consume the .NET 8.0.0-preview.3 release (#19529)
  • Move PSGallery sync to a pool (#19523)
  • Fix the regex used for package name check in vPack build (#19511)
  • Make the vPack PAT library more obvious (#19505)
  • Change Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp back to 4.5.0 (#19464) (Thanks @dkattan!)
  • Update to the latest NOTICES file (#19332)
  • Add PoolNames variable group to compliance pipeline (#19408)
  • Fix stage dependencies and typo in release build (#19353)
  • Fix issues in release build and release pipeline (#19338)

7.4.0-preview.2 - 2023-03-14

Breaking Changes

  • Update some PowerShell APIs to throw ArgumentException instead of ArgumentNullException when the argument is an empty string (#19215) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add the parameter -ProgressAction to the common parameters (#18887)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Fix PlainText output to correctly remove the Reset VT sequence without number (#19283)
  • Fix ConciseView to handle custom ParserError error records (#19239)
  • Fix VtSubstring helper method to correctly check characters copied (#19240)
  • Update the FeedbackProvider interface to return structured data (#19133)
  • Make the exception error in PowerShell able to associate with the right history entry (#19095)
  • Fix for JEA session leaking functions (#19024)
  • Add WDAC events and system lockdown notification (#18893)
  • Fix support for nanoserver due to lack of AMSI (#18882)

Performance

  • Use interpolated strings (#19002)(#19003)(#18977)(#18980)(#18996)(#18979)(#18997)(#18978)(#18983)(#18992)(#18993)(#18985)(#18988) (Thanks @CarloToso!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix completion for PSCustomObject variable properties (#18682) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Improve type inference for Get-Random (#18972) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Make -Encoding parameter able to take ANSI encoding in PowerShell (#19298) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Telemetry improvements for tracking experimental feature opt out (#18762)
  • Support HTTP persistent connections in Web Cmdlets (#19249) (Thanks @stevenebutler!)
  • Fix using XML -Body in webcmdlets without an encoding (#19281) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Add the Statement property to $MyInvocation (#19027) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
  • Fix Start-Process -Wait with -Credential (#19096) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Adjust PUT method behavior to POST one for default content type in WebCmdlets (#19152) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Improve verbose message in web cmdlets when content length is unknown (#19252) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Preserve WebSession.MaximumRedirection from changes (#19190) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Take into account ContentType from Headers in WebCmdlets (#19227) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Use C# 11 UTF-8 string literals (#19243) (Thanks @turbedi!)
  • Add property assignment completion for enums (#19178) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix class member completion for classes with base types (#19179) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Add -Path and -LiteralPath parameters to Test-Json cmdlet (#19042) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
  • Allow to preserve the original HTTP method by adding -PreserveHttpMethodOnRedirect to Web cmdlets (#18894) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Webcmdlets display an error on HTTPS to http redirect (#18595) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Build the relative URI for links from the response in Invoke-WebRequest (#19092) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix redirection for -CustomMethod POST in WebCmdlets (#19111) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Dispose previous response in Webcmdlets (#19117) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Improve Invoke-WebRequest XML and json errors format (#18837) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix error formatting to remove the unneeded leading newline for concise view (#19080)
  • Add -NoHeader parameter to ConvertTo-Csv and Export-Csv cmdlets (#19108) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
  • Fix Start-Process -Credential -Wait to work on Windows (#19082)
  • Add ValidateNotNullOrEmpty to OutFile and InFile parameters of WebCmdlets (#19044) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Correct spelling of "custom" in event (#19059) (Thanks @spaette!)
  • Ignore expected error for file systems not supporting alternate streams (#19065)
  • Adding missing guard for telemetry opt out to avoid NullReferenceException when importing modules (#18949) (Thanks @powercode!)
  • Fix progress calculation divide by zero in Copy-Item (#19038)
  • Add progress to Copy-Item (#18735)
  • WebCmdlets parse XML declaration to get encoding value, if present. (#18748) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • HttpKnownHeaderNames update headers list (#18947) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix bug with managing redirection and KeepAuthorization in Web cmdlets (#18902) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix Get-Error to work with strict mode (#18895)
  • Add AllowInsecureRedirect switch to Web cmdlets (#18546) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Invoke-RestMethod -FollowRelLink fix links containing commas (#18829) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Prioritize the default parameter set when completing positional arguments (#18755) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Add -CommandWithArgs parameter to pwsh (#18726)
  • Enable creating composite subsystem implementation in modules (#18888)
  • Fix Format-Table -RepeatHeader for property derived tables (#18870)
  • Add StatusCode to HttpResponseException (#18842) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix type inference for all scope variables (#18758) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Add completion for Using keywords (#16514) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@CarloToso, @iSazonov, @xtqqczze, @turbedi, @syntax-tm, @eltociear, @ArmaanMcleod
  • Small cleanup in the WebCmdlet code (#19299) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Remove unused GUID detection code from console host (#18871) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Fix CodeFactor issues in the code base - part 4 (#19270) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix codefactor if part 3 (#19269) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix codefactor if part 2 (#19267) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix codefactor if part 1 (#19266) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Remove comment and simplify condition in WebCmdlets (#19251) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Small style changes (#19241) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Use ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty as appropriate [part 1] (#19215) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use using variable to reduce the nested level (#19229) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Use ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty() in more places (#19213) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Replace BitConverter.ToString with Convert.ToHexString where appropriate (#19216) (Thanks @turbedi!)
  • Replace Requires.NotNullOrEmpty(string) with ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty (#19197) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfNegativeOrZero when applicable (#19201) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use CallerArgumentExpression on Requires.NotNull (#19200) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Revert a few change to not use 'ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull' (#19151)
  • Corrected some minor spelling mistakes (#19176) (Thanks @syntax-tm!)
  • Fix a typo in InitialSessionState.cs (#19177) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Fix a typo in pwsh help content (#19153)
  • Revert comment changes in WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs (#19136) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Small cleanup webcmdlets (#19128) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Merge partials in WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs (#19126) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Cleanup WebCmdlets comments (#19124) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Added minor readability and refactoring fixes to Process.cs (#19123) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
  • Small changes in Webcmdlets (#19109) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Rework SetRequestContent in WebCmdlets (#18964) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Small cleanup WebCmdlets (#19030) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Update additional interpolated string changes (#19029)
  • Revert some of the interpolated string changes (#19018)
  • Cleanup StreamHelper.cs, WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs and InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs (#18950) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Small cleanup common code of webcmdlets (#18946) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Simplification of GetHttpMethod and HttpMethod in WebCmdlets (#18846) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix typo in ModuleCmdletBase.cs (#18933) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Fix regression in RemoveNulls (#18881) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace all NotNull with ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull (#18820) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Cleanup InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs (#18861) (Thanks @CarloToso!)

Tools

  • Add a Mariner install script (#19294)
  • Add tool to trigger license information gathering for NuGet modules (#18827)

Tests

  • Update and enable the test for the type of $input (#18968) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Increase the timeout for creating the WebListener (#19268)
  • Increase the timeout when waiting for the event log (#19264)
  • Add Windows ARM64 CI (#19040)
  • Change test so output does not include newline (#19026)
  • Allow system lock down test debug hook to work with new WLDP API (#18962)
  • Add tests for Allowinsecureredirect parameter in Web cmdlets (#18939) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Enable get-help pattern tests on Unix (#18855) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Create test to check if WebCmdlets decompress brotli-encoded data (#18905) (Thanks @CarloToso!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@bergmeister, @xtqqczze
  • Restructure the package build to simplify signing and packaging stages (#19321)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 4.4.0 to 4.6.0-2.23152.6 (#19306)(#19233)
  • Test fixes for stabilizing tests (#19068)
  • Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 13.0.2 to 13.0.3 (#19290)(#19289)
  • Fix mariner sudo detection (#19304)
  • Add stage for symbols job in Release build (#18937)
  • Bump .NET to Preview 2 version (#19305)
  • Move workflows that create PRs to private repo (#19276)
  • Use reference assemblies generated by dotnet (#19302)
  • Update the cgmanifest (#18814)(#19165)(#19296)
  • Always regenerate files WXS fragment (#19196)
  • MSI installer: Add checkbox and MSI property DISABLE_TELEMETRY to optionally disable telemetry. (#10725) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
  • Add -Force to Move-Item to fix the GitHub workflow (#19262)
  • Update and remove outdated docs to fix the URL link checks (#19261)
  • Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.30.4 to 0.31.0 (#19232)
  • Add pattern to replace for reference API generation (#19214)
  • Split test artifact build into windows and non-windows (#19199)
  • Set LangVersion compiler option to 11.0 (#18877) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update to .NET 8 preview 1 build (#19194)
  • Simplify Windows Packaging CI Trigger YAML (#19160)
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.4.0 to 17.5.0 (#18823)(#19191)
  • Add URL for all distributions (#19159)
  • Bump Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool from 7.0.1 to 7.0.3 (#18925)(#19155)
  • Add verification of R2R at packaging (#19129)
  • Allow cross compiling windows (#19119)
  • Update CodeQL build agent (#19113)
  • Bump XunitXml.TestLogger from 3.0.70 to 3.0.78 (#19066)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers from 3.3.3 to 3.3.4 (#18975)
  • Bump BenchmarkDotNet to 0.13.3 (#18878) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 7.4.0-preview.1 to 7.4.0-preview.2 (#18910)
  • Add checks for Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 in the MSI installer (#18904)
  • Update build to include WinForms / WPF in all Windows builds (#18859)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Update to the latest NOTICES file (#19169)(#19309)(#19086)(#19077)
  • Update supported distros in readme (#18667) (Thanks @techguy16!)
  • Remove the 'Code Coverage Status' badge (#19265)
  • Pull in changelogs for v7.2.10 and v7.3.3 releases (#19219)
  • Update tools metadata and README (#18831)(#19204)(#19014)
  • Update a broken link in the README.md (#19187)
  • Fix typos in comments (#19064) (Thanks @spaette!)
  • Add 7.2 and 7.3 changelogs (#19025)
  • typos (#19058) (Thanks @spaette!)
  • Fix typo in dotnet-tools/README.md (#19021) (Thanks @spaette!)
  • Fix up all comments to be in the proper order with proper spacing (#18619)
  • Changelog for v7.4.0-preview.1 release (#18835)

7.4.0-preview.1 - 2022-12-20

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Add Instrumentation to AmsiUtil and make the init variable readonly (#18727)
  • Fix typo in OutOfProcTransportManager.cs (#18766) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Allow non-default encodings to be used in user's script/code (#18605)
  • Add Dim and DimOff to $PSStyle (#18653)
  • Change exec from alias to function to handle arbitrary arguments (#18567)
  • The command prefix should also be in the error color for NormalView (#18555)
  • Skip cloud files marked as "not on disk" during command discovery (#18152)
  • Replace UTF8Encoding(false) with Encoding.Default (#18356) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix Switch-Process to set termios appropriate for child process (#18467)
  • On Unix, only explicitly terminate the native process if not in background (#18215)
  • Treat [NullString]::Value as the string type when resolving methods (#18080)
  • Improve pseudo binding for dynamic parameters (#18030) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Make experimental feature PSAnsiRenderingFileInfo stable (#18042)
  • Update to use version 2.21.0 of Application Insights. (#17903)
  • Do not preserve temporary results when no need to do so (#17856)

Performance

  • Remove some static constants from Utils.Separators (#18154) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Avoid using regular expression when unnecessary in ScriptWriter (#18348)
  • Use source generator for PSVersionInfo to improve startup time (#15603) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Skip evaluating suggestions at startup (#18232)
  • Avoid using Regex when not necessary (#18210)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Update to use ComputeCore.dll for PowerShell Direct (#18194)
  • Replace ArgumentNullException(nameof()) with ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull() (#18792)(#18784) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Remove TabExpansion from remote session configuration (#18795) (Internal 23331)
  • WebCmdlets get Retry-After from headers if status code is 429 (#18717) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Implement SupportsShouldProcess in Stop-Transcript (#18731) (Thanks @JohnLBevan!)
  • Fix New-Item -ItemType Hardlink to resolve target to absolute path and not allow link to itself (#18634)
  • Add output types to Format commands (#18746) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix the process CommandLine on Linux (#18710) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Fix SuspiciousContentChecker.Match to detect a predefined string when the text starts with it (#18693)
  • Switch $PSNativeCommandUseErrorActionPreference to $true when feature is enabled (#18695)
  • Fix Start-Job to check the existence of working directory using the PowerShell way (#18675)
  • Webcmdlets add 308 to redirect codes and small cleanup (#18536) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Ensure HelpInfo.Category is consistently a string (#18254)
  • Remove gcloud from the legacy list because it's resolved to a .ps1 script (#18575)
  • Add gcloud and sqlcmd to list to use legacy argument passing (#18559)
  • Fix native access violation (#18545) (#18547) (Thanks @chrullrich!)
  • Fix issue when completing the first command in a script with an empty array expression (#18355) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Improve type inference of hashtable keys (#17907) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix Switch-Process to copy the current env to the new process (#18452)
  • Fix Switch-Process error to include the command that is not found (#18443)
  • Update Out-Printer to remove all decorating ANSI escape sequences from PowerShell formatting (#18425)
  • Web cmdlets set default charset encoding to UTF8 (#18219) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix incorrect cmdlet name in the script used by Restart-Computer (#18374) (Thanks @urizen-source!)
  • Add the function cd~ (#18308) (Thanks @GigaScratch!)
  • Fix type inference error for empty return statements (#18351) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix the exception reporting in ConvertFrom-StringData (#18336) (Thanks @GigaScratch!)
  • Implement IDisposable in NamedPipeClient (#18341) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Replace command-error suggestion with new implementation based on subsystem plugin (#18252)
  • Remove the ProcessorArchitecture portion from the full name as it's obsolete (#18320)
  • Make the fuzzy searching flexible by passing in the fuzzy matcher (#18270)
  • Add -FuzzyMinimumDistance parameter to Get-Command (#18261)
  • Improve startup time by triggering initialization of additional types on background thread (#18195)
  • Fix decompression in web cmdlets (#17955) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Add CustomTableHeaderLabel formatting to differentiate table header labels that are not property names (#17346)
  • Remove the extra new line form List formatting (#18185)
  • Minor update to the FileInfo table formatting on Unix to make it more concise (#18183)
  • Fix Parent property on processes with complex name (#17545) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Make PowerShell class not affiliate with Runspace when declaring the NoRunspaceAffinity attribute (#18138)
  • Complete the progress bar rendering in Invoke-WebRequest when downloading is complete or cancelled (#18130)
  • Display download progress in human readable format for Invoke-WebRequest (#14611) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
  • Update WriteConsole to not use stackalloc for buffer with too large size (#18084)
  • Filter out compiler generated types for Add-Type -PassThru (#18095)
  • Fixing CA2014 warnings and removing the warning suppression (#17982) (Thanks @creative-cloud!)
  • Make experimental feature PSNativeCommandArgumentPassing stable (#18044)
  • Make experimental feature PSAMSIMethodInvocationLogging stable (#18041)
  • Handle PSObject argument specially in method invocation logging (#18060)
  • Fix typos in EventResource.resx (#18063) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Make experimental feature PSRemotingSSHTransportErrorHandling stable (#18046)
  • Make experimental feature PSExec stable (#18045)
  • Make experimental feature PSCleanBlock stable (#18043)
  • Fix error formatting to use color defined in $PSStyle.Formatting (#17987)
  • Remove unneeded use of chmod 777 (#17974)
  • Support mapping foreground/background ConsoleColor values to VT escape sequences (#17938)
  • Make pwsh server modes implicitly not show banner (#17921)
  • Add output type attributes for Get-WinEvent (#17948) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Remove 1 second minimum delay in Invoke-WebRequest for small files, and prevent file-download-error suppression. (#17896) (Thanks @AAATechGuy!)
  • Add completion for values in comparisons when comparing Enums (#17654) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix positional argument completion (#17796) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix member completion in attribute argument (#17902) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Throw when too many parameter sets are defined (#17881) (Thanks @fflaten!)
  • Limit searching of charset attribute in meta tag for HTML to first 1024 characters in webcmdlets (#17813)
  • Fix Update-Help failing silently with implicit non-US culture. (#17780) (Thanks @dkaszews!)
  • Add the ValidateNotNullOrWhiteSpace attribute (#17191) (Thanks @wmentha!)
  • Improve enumeration of inferred types in pipeline (#17799) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@MartinGC94, @CarloToso, @iSazonov, @xtqqczze, @turbedi, @trossr32, @eltociear, @AtariDreams, @jborean93
  • Add TSAUpload for APIScan (#18446)
  • Use Pattern matching in ast.cs (#18794) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Cleanup webrequestpscmdlet.common.cs (#18596) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Unify CreateFile pinvoke in SMA (#18751) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Cleanup webresponseobject.common (#18785) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common cleanup and merge partials (#18736) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Replace GetDirectories in CimDscParser (#14319) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • WebResponseObject.Common merge partials atomic commits (#18703) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Enable pending test for Start-Process (#18724) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove one CreateFileW (#18732) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport for WNetAddConnection2 (#18721) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Use File.OpenHandle() instead CreateFileW pinvoke (#18722) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport for WNetGetConnection (#18690) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport - 1 (#18603) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 3 (#18564) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA - 7 (#18594) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Use static DateTime.UnixEpoch and RandomNumberGenerator.Fill() (#18621) (Thanks @turbedi!)
  • Rewrite Get-FileHash to use static HashData methods (#18471) (Thanks @turbedi!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 8 (#18599) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 4 (#18579) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove NativeCultureResolver as dead code (#18582) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 6 (#18581) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 2 (#18543) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Use standard SBCS detection (#18593) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove unused pinvokes in RemoteSessionNamedPipe (#18583) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 5 (#18580) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove SafeRegistryHandle (#18597) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove ArchitectureSensitiveAttribute from the code base (#18598) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Build COM adapter only on Windows (#18590)
  • Include timer instantiation for legacy telemetry in conditional compiler statements in Get-Help (#18475) (Thanks @trossr32!)
  • Convert DllImport to LibraryImport for recycle bin, clipboard, and computerinfo cmdlets (#18526)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 1 (#18520) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in engine (#18496)
  • Fix typo in InitialSessionState.cs (#18435) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Remove remaining unused strings from resx files (#18448)
  • Use new LINQ Order() methods instead of OrderBy(static x => x) (#18395) (Thanks @turbedi!)
  • Make use of StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries when possible (#18412) (Thanks @turbedi!)
  • Replace some string.Join(string) calls with string.Join(char) (#18411) (Thanks @turbedi!)
  • Remove unused strings from FileSystem and Registry providers (#18403)
  • Use generic GetValues<T>, GetNames<T> enum methods (#18391) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove unused resource strings from SessionStateStrings (#18394)
  • Remove unused resource strings in System.Management.Automation (#18388)
  • Use Enum.HasFlags part 1 (#18386) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove unused strings from parser (#18383)
  • Remove unused strings from Utility module (#18370)
  • Remove unused console strings (#18369)
  • Remove unused strings from ConsoleInfoErrorStrings.resx (#18367)
  • Code cleanup in ContentHelper.Common.cs (#18288) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Remove FusionAssemblyIdentity and GlobalAssemblyCache as they are not used (#18334) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove some static initializations in StringManipulationHelper (#18243) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use MemoryExtensions.IndexOfAny in PSv2CompletionCompleter (#18245) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use MemoryExtensions.IndexOfAny in WildcardPattern (#18242) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Small cleanup of the stub code (#18301) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix typo in RemoteRunspacePoolInternal.cs (#18263) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Some more code cleanup related to the use of PSVersionInfo (#18231)
  • Use MemoryExtensions.IndexOfAny in SessionStateInternal (#18244) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use overload APIs that take char instead of string when it's possible (#18179) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace UTF8Encoding(false) with Encoding.Default (#18144) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove unused variables (#18058) (Thanks @AtariDreams!)
  • Fix typo in PowerShell.Core.Instrumentation.man (#17963) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Migrate WinTrust functions to a common location (#17598) (Thanks @jborean93!)

Tools

  • Add a function to get the PR Back-port report (#18299)
  • Add a workaround in automatic rebase workflow to continue on error (#18176)
  • Update list of PowerShell team members in release tools (#17909)
  • Don't block if we fail to create the comment (#17869)

Tests

  • Add testexe.exe -echocmdline to output raw command-line received by the process on Windows (#18591)
  • Mark charset test as pending (#18511)
  • Skip output rendering tests on Windows Server 2012 R2 (#18382)
  • Increase timeout to make subsystem tests more reliable (#18380)
  • Add missing -Tag 'CI' to describe blocks. (#18316)
  • Use short path instead of multiple quotes in Get-Item test relying on node (#18250)
  • Replace the CIM class used for -Amended parameter test (#17884) (Thanks @sethvs!)
  • Stop ongoing progress-bar in Write-Progress test (#17880) (Thanks @fflaten!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!
  • Fix reference assembly generation logic for Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility (#18818)
  • Update the cgmanifest (#18676)(#18521)(#18415)(#18408)(#18197)(#18111)(#18051)(#17913)(#17867)(#17934)(#18088)
  • Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native to the latest preview version v7.4.0-preview.1 (#18805)
  • Remove unnecessary reference to System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe (#18806)
  • Update the release tag in metadata.json for next preview (#18799)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18750)
  • Bump .NET SDK to version 7.0.101 (#18786)
  • Bump cirrus-actions/rebase from 1.7 to 1.8 (#18788)
  • Bump decode-uri-component from 0.2.0 to 0.2.2 (#18712)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 4.4.0-4.final to 4.4.0 (#18562)
  • Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 13.0.1 to 13.0.2 (#18657)
  • Apply expected file permissions to Linux files after Authenticode signing (#18643)
  • Remove extra quotes after agent moves to pwsh 7.3 (#18577)
  • Don't install based on build-id for RPM (#18560)
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.3.2 to 17.4.0 (#18487)
  • Bump minimatch from 3.0.4 to 3.1.2 (#18514)
  • Avoid depending on the pre-generated experimental feature list in private and CI builds (#18484)
  • Update release-MsixBundle.yml to add retries (#18465)
  • Bump System.Data.SqlClient from 4.8.4 to 4.8.5 in /src/Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK (#18515)
  • Bump to use internal .NET 7 GA build (#18508)
  • Insert the pre-release nuget feed before building test artifacts (#18507)
  • Add test for framework dependent package in release pipeline (#18506) (Internal 23139)
  • Update to azCopy 10 (#18509)
  • Fix issues with uploading changelog to GitHub release draft (#18504)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18442)
  • Add authenticode signing for assemblies on linux builds (#18440)
  • Do not remove penimc_cor3.dll from build (#18438)
  • Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 7.3.0-rc.1 to 7.3.0 (#18405)
  • Allow two-digit revisions in vPack package validation pattern (#18392)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18363)
  • Bump to .NET 7 RC2 official version (#18328)
  • Bump to .NET 7 to version 7.0.100-rc.2.22477.20 (#18286)
  • Replace win7 runtime with win8 and remove APISets (#18304)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18312)
  • Recurse the file listing. (#18277)
  • Create tasks to collect and publish hashes for build files. (#18276)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18262)
  • Remove ETW trace collection and uploading for CLR CAP (#18253)
  • Do not cleanup pwsh.deps.json for framework dependent packages (#18226)
  • Add branch counter to APIScan build (#18214)
  • Remove unnecessary native dependencies from the package (#18213)
  • Remove XML files for min-size package (#18189)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18216)
  • Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 7.3.0-preview.1 to 7.3.0-rc.1 (#18217)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18201)
  • Move ApiScan to compliance build (#18191)
  • Fix the verbose message when using dotnet-install.sh (#18184)
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.3.1 to 17.3.2 (#18163)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18164)
  • Make the link to minimal package blob public during release (#18158)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18147)
  • Update MSI exit message (#18137)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 4.4.0-1.final to 4.4.0-2.final (#18132)
  • Re-enable building with Ready-to-Run (#18105)
  • Update DotnetRuntimeMetadata.json for .NET 7 RC1 build (#18091)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18096)
  • Add schema for cgmanifest.json (#18036)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 4.3.0-3.final to 4.3.0 (#18012)
  • Add XML reference documents to NuPkg files for SDK (#17997)
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.3.0 to 17.3.1 (#18000)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#17988)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#17983)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#17945)
  • Make sure Security.types.ps1xml gets signed in release build (#17916)
  • Make Register Microsoft Update timeout (#17910)
  • Merge changes from v7.0.12 v7.2.6 and v7.3.0-preview.7
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.2.0 to 17.3.0 (#17871)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Update readme and metadata for releases (#18780)(#18493)(#18393)(#18332)(#18128)(#17870)
  • Remove 'please' and 'Core' from README.md per MS style guide (#18578) (Thanks @Rick-Anderson!)
  • Change unsupported XML documentation tag (#18608)
  • Change public API mention of monad to PowerShell (#18491)
  • Update security reporting policy to recommend security portal for more streamlined reporting (#18437)
  • Changelog for v7.3.0 (#18505) (Internal 23161)
  • Replace msh in public API comment based documentation with PowerShell equivalent (#18483)
  • Add missing XML doc elements for methods in RunspaceFactory (#18450)
  • Changelog for v7.3.0-rc.1 (#18400)
  • Update changelogs for v7.2.7 and v7.0.13 (#18342)
  • Update the changelog for v7.3.0-preview.8 (#18136)
  • Add the ConfigurationFile option to the PowerShell help content (#18093)
  • Update help content about the PowerShell flag -NonInteractive (#17952)