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
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!)
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