PowerShell 7.5.5 and 7.4.14 (LTS) has been released

Engine Updates and Fixes​

• Fix up SSHConnectionInfo ssh PATH checks (#26165) (Thanks @jborean93!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes​

• Close pipe client handles after creating the child ssh process (#26822)
• Fix the progress preference variable in script cmdlets (#26791) (Thanks @cmkb3!)

Tools​

• Add merge conflict marker detection to linux-ci workflow and refactor existing actions to use reusable get-changed-files action (#26812)
• Add reusable get-changed-files action and refactor existing actions (#26811)
• Create GitHub Copilot setup workflow (#26807)
• Refactor analyze job to reusable workflow and enable on Windows CI (#26799)

Tests​

• Mark flaky Update-Help web tests as pending to unblock CI (#26837)
• Add GitHub Actions annotations for Pester test failures (#26836)
• Fix $PSDefaultParameterValues leak causing tests to skip unexpectedly (#26823)
• Fix merge conflict checker for empty file lists and filter *.cs files (#26813)
• Update the Update-Help tests to use -Force to remove read-only files (#26788)
• Add markdown link verification for PRs (#26407)

Build and Packaging Improvements​

• Revert change to module name ThreadJob (#26997)
• Update branch for release (#26990)
• Fix ConvertFrom-ClearlyDefinedCoordinates to handle API object coordinates (#26987)
• Update CGManifests (#26981)
• Hardcode Official templates (#26968)
• Split TPN manifest and Component Governance manifest (#26967)
• Fix a preview detection test for the packaging script (#26966)
• Correct the package name for .deb and .rpm packages (#26964)
• Bring Release Changes from v7.6.0-preview.6 (#26963)
• Merge the v7.6.0-preview.5 release branch back to master (#26958)
• Fix macOS preview package identifier detection to use version string (#26835)
• Update metadata.json to update the Latest attribute with a better name (#26826)
• Remove unused runCodesignValidationInjection variable from pipeline templates (#26825)
• Update Get-ChangeLog to handle backport PRs correctly (#26824)
• Mirror .NET/runtime ICU version range in PowerShell (#26821) (Thanks @kasperk81!)
• Update the macos package name for preview releases to match the previous pattern (#26820)
• Fix condition syntax for StoreBroker package tasks in MSIX pipeline (#26819)
• Fix template path for rebuild branch check in package.yml (#26818)
• Add rebuild branch support with conditional MSIX signing (#26817)
• Move package validation to package pipeline (#26816)
• Optimize/split windows package signing (#26815)
• Improve ADO package build and validation across platforms (#26814)
• Add log grouping to build.psm1 for collapsible GitHub Actions logs (#26810)
• Remove usage of fpm for DEB package generation (#26809)
• Replace fpm with native macOS packaging tools (pkgbuild/productbuild) (#26801)
• Fix build to only enable ready-to-run for the Release configuration (#26798)
• Fix R2R for fxdependent packaging (#26797)
• Refactor: Centralize xUnit tests into reusable workflow and remove legacy verification (#26794)
• Replace fpm with native rpmbuild for RPM package generation (#26793)
• Add libicu76 dependency to support Debian 13 (#26792) (Thanks @RichardSlater!)
• Specify .NET search by build type (#26408)
• Fix buildinfo.json uploading for preview, LTS, and stable releases (#26773)
• Fix path to metadata.json in channel selection script (#26400)
• Separate store automation service endpoints and resolve AppID (#26266)
• Update a few packages to use the right version corresponding to .NET 9 (#26671)
• Add network isolation policy parameter to vPack pipeline (#26393)
• Convert Azure DevOps Linux Packaging pipeline to GitHub Actions workflow (#26391)
• Integrate Windows packaging into windows-ci workflow using reusable workflow (#26390)
• GitHub Workflow cleanup (#26389)
• Update vPack name (#26221)

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General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes​

• Fix PSMethodInvocationConstraints.GetHashCode method (#26959)

Tools​

• Add merge conflict marker detection to linux-ci workflow and refactor existing actions to use reusable get-changed-files action (#26362)
• Add reusable get-changed-files action and refactor existing actions (#26361)
• Refactor analyze job to reusable workflow and enable on Windows CI (#26342)

Tests​

• Skip the flaky Update-Help test for the PackageManagement module (#26871)
• Fix $PSDefaultParameterValues leak causing tests to skip unexpectedly (#26869)
• Add GitHub Actions annotations for Pester test failures (#26800)
• Mark flaky Update-Help web tests as pending to unblock CI (#26805)
• Update the Update-Help tests to use -Force to remove read-only files (#26786)
• Fix merge conflict checker for empty file lists and filter *.cs files (#26387)
• Add markdown link verification for PRs (#26340)

Build and Packaging Improvements​

• Update MaxVisitCount and MaxHashtableKeyCount if visitor safe value context indicates SkipLimitCheck is true (Internal 38882)
• Hardcode Official templates (#26962)
• Split TPN manifest and Component Governance manifest (#26961)
• Correct the package name for .deb and .rpm packages (#26960)
• Bring over all changes for MSIX packaging template (#26933)
• .NET Resolution and Store Publishing Updates (#26930)
• Update Application Insights package version to 2.23.0 (#26883)
• Update metadata.json to update the Latest attribute with a better name (#26872)
• Update Get-ChangeLog to handle backport PRs correctly (#26870)
• Remove unused runCodesignValidationInjection variable from pipeline templates (#26868)
• Refactor: Centralize xUnit tests into reusable workflow and remove legacy verification (#26864)
• Fix buildinfo.json uploading for preview, LTS, and stable releases (#26863)
• Fix macOS preview package identifier detection to use version string (#26774)
• Update the macOS package name for preview releases to match the previous pattern (#26435)
• Fix condition syntax for StoreBroker package tasks in MSIX pipeline (#26434)
• Fix template path for rebuild branch check in package.yml (#26433)
• Add rebuild branch support with conditional MSIX signing (#26418)
• Move package validation to package pipeline (#26417)
• Backport Store publishing improvements (#26401)
• Fix path to metadata.json in channel selection script (#26399)
• Optimize/split Windows package signing (#26413)
• Improve ADO package build and validation across platforms (#26405)
• Separate Store Automation Service Endpoints, Resolve AppID (#26396)
• Fix the task name to not use the pre-release task (#26395)
• Remove usage of fpm for DEB package generation (#26382)
• Replace fpm with native macOS packaging tools (pkgbuild/productbuild) (#26344)
• Replace fpm with native rpmbuild for RPM package generation (#26337)
• Add log grouping to build.psm1 for collapsible GitHub Actions logs (#26363)
• Convert Azure DevOps Linux Packaging pipeline to GitHub Actions workflow (#26336)
• Integrate Windows packaging into windows-ci workflow using reusable workflow (#26335)
• Add network isolation policy parameter to vPack pipeline (#26339)
• GitHub Workflow cleanup (#26334)
• Add build to vPack Pipeline (#25980)
• Update vPack name (#26222)

Documentation and Help Content​

• Update Third Party Notices (#26892)

Release v7.4.14 Release of PowerShell · PowerShell/PowerShell

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