PowerShell/CHANGELOG/7.1.md
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7.1 Changelog

7.1.4 - 2021-08-12

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump .NET SDK to version 5.0.400
  • Remove the cat file from PSDesiredStateConfiguration module (Internal 16723)
  • Update .NET SDK version and other packages (Internal 16715)

7.1.3 - 2021-03-11

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Remove the 32K character limit on the environment block for Start-Process (#14111)
  • Fix webcmdlets to properly construct URI from body when using -NoProxy (#14673)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix PromptForCredential() to add targetName as domain (#14504)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump .NET SDK to 5.0.4

  • Bump .NET SDK to 5.0.4 (Internal 14775)
  • Disable running markdown link verification in release build CI (#14971, #14974, #14975)
  • Use template that disables component governance for CI (#14938)
  • Declare which variable group is used for checking the blob in the release build (#14970)
  • Add suppress for nuget multi-feed warning (#14893)
  • Disable code signing validation where the file type is not supported (#14885)
  • Install wget on CentOS 7 docker image (#14857)
  • Fix install-dotnet download (#14856)
  • Make universal Deb package based on deb package spec (#14681)
  • Fix release build to upload global tool packages to artifacts (#14620)
  • Update ini component version in test package.json (#14454)
  • Add manual release automation steps and improve changelog script (#14445)
  • Update markdown test packages with security fixes (#14145)
  • Fix a typo in the Get-ChangeLog function (#14129)
  • Disable global tool copy to unblock release

7.1.2 - 2021-02-11

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump .NET SDK to version 5.0.103
  • Fix third party signing for files in sub-folders (#14751)
  • Bump .NET SDK to version 5.0.103 (Internal 14459)
  • Publish the global tool package for stable release

7.1.1 - 2021-01-14

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Avoid an exception if file system does not support reparse points (#13634) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Make AppLocker Enforce mode take precedence over UMCI Audit mode (#14353)

Code Cleanup

  • Fix syntax error in Windows packaging script (#14377)

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Use one feed in each nuget.config in official builds (#14363)
  • Fix path signed RPMs are uploaded from in release build (#14424)
  • Fix issue with unsigned build (#14367)
  • Move macOS and NuGet packages to ESRP signing (#14324)
  • Move Windows packages signing to use ESRP (#14060)
  • Move Linux packages to ESRP signing (#14210)
  • Migrate 3rd party signing to ESRP (#14010)
  • Don't do a shallow checkout (#13992)
  • Move to ESRP signing for Windows files (#13988)
  • Add checkout step to release build templates (#13840)

7.1.0 - 2020-11-11

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Fix a logic bug in MapSecurityZone (#13921) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Update pwsh -? output to match docs (#13748)

Tests

  • markdownlint security updates (#13730)

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Fixes to release pipeline for GA release (Internal 13410)
  • Add validation and dependencies for Ubuntu 20.04 distribution to packaging script (#13993)
  • Change PkgES Lab to unblock build (Internal 13376)
  • Add .NET install workaround for RTM (#13991)
  • Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native version from 7.1.0-rc.2 to 7.1.0 (#13976)
  • Bump PSReadLine version to 2.1.0 (#13975)
  • Bump .NET to version 5.0.100-rtm.20526.5 (#13920)
  • Update script to use .NET RTM feeds (#13927)

7.1.0-rc.2 - 2020-10-20

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Rename Get-Subsystem to Get-PSSubsystem and fix two related minor issues (#13765)
  • Add missing PSToken token table entries to fix the PSParser API (#13779)
  • Add additional PowerShell modules to the tracked modules list (#12183)
  • Fix blocking wait when starting file associated with a Windows application (#13750)
  • Revert PSNativePSPathResolution to being an experimental feature (#13734)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Emit warning if ConvertTo-Json exceeds -Depth value (#13692)

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Change Linux package script call to publish to the production repository in release builds (#13714)
  • Update PSReadLine version to 2.1.0-rc1 (#13777)
  • Move PowerShell build to dotnet 5.0-RC.2 (#13780)
  • Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native to 7.1.0-rc.2 (#13794)

7.1.0-rc.1 - 2020-09-29

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Make fixes to ComInterop code as suggested by .NET team (#13533)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix case where exception message contains just "`n" on Windows (#13684)
  • Recognize CONOUT$ and CONIN$ as reserved device names (#13508) (Thanks @davidreis97!)
  • Fix ConciseView for interactive advanced function when writing error (#13623)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @soccypowa

  • Simplify logical negation (#13555) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fixed the indentation of the help content for -nologo (#13557) (Thanks @soccypowa!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@heaths

  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.24 to 10.1.26 (#13586)
  • Bump PowerShellGet from 2.2.4 to 2.2.5 (#13683)
  • Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.14.0 to 2.15.0 (#13639)
  • Update PowerShell to build against dotnet 5.0-RC.1 (#13643)
  • Write the InstallLocation to fixed registry key (#13576) (Thanks @heaths!)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Update README and metadata.json for 7.1.0-preview.7 release (#13565)

7.1.0-preview.7 - 2020-09-08

Breaking Changes

  • Fix $? to not be $false when native command writes to stderr (#13395)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Initial work of the subsystem plugin model (for minimal powershell) (#13186)
  • Optimize GetSystemLockdownPolicy for non-lockdown scenarios (#13438)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Revert "Add the parameter -Paged to Get-Help to support paging (#13374)" (#13519)
  • Add support for TLS 1.3 in Web cmdlets (#13409) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Add null check for args in CommandLineParser (#13451) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Process reparse points for Microsoft Store applications (#13481) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Move PSNullConditionalOperators feature out of experimental (#13529)
  • Move PSNativePSPathResolution feature out of Experimental (#13522)
  • Use field if property does not exist for ObRoot when using PowerShell Direct to container (#13375) (Thanks @hemisphera!)
  • Suppress UTF-7 obsolete warnings (#13484)
  • Avoid multiple enumerations of an IEnumerable<Expression> instance in Compiler.cs (#13491)
  • Change Add-Type -OutputType to not support ConsoleApplication and WindowsApplication (#13440)
  • Create warnings when UTF-7 is specified as an encoding (#13430)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @tamasvajk

  • Add single blank line after copyright header (#13486) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use read-only auto-implemented properties (#13507) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use boolean instead of bitwise operators on bool values (#13506) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix erroneous assert (#13495) (Thanks @tamasvajk!)
  • Cleanup: remove duplicate words in comments (#13539) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Reformat StringUtil (#13509) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use uint instead of long for PDH constants (#13502) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Cleanup: Remove redundant empty lines (#13404) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add StringUtil.Format overload to avoid unnecessary allocations (#13408) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix test hooks for CommandLineParameterParser (#13459)
  • Remove redundant delegate creation (#13441) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tools

  • vscode: Add editorconfig to recommended extensions (#13537) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove the out-dated ZapDisable related code from build.psm1 (#13350) (Thanks @jackerr3!)

Tests

  • Disable WMF download link validation test (#13479)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@yecril71pl

  • Add Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk dependency (Internal 12589)
  • Update .NET NuGet package version to 5.0.0-preview.8.20407.11 (Internal 12555)
  • Update to .NET 5 preview 8 (#13530)
  • Change stage dependency for docker release stage in release pipeline (#13512)
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 16.7.0 to 16.7.1 (#13492)
  • Create the folder before copying the global tools (#13476)
  • A few fixes to the release pipeline (#13473)
  • Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.20.0 to 0.21.1 (#13463)
  • Add a pre-check for git to build.psm1 (#13227) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Update README links and metadata.json for 7.1.0-preview.6 (#13437)

7.1.0-preview.6 - 2020-08-17

Breaking Changes

  • Rename -FromUnixTime to -UnixTimeSeconds on Get-Date to allow Unix time input (#13084) (Thanks @aetos382!)
  • Make $ErrorActionPreference not affect stderr output of native commands (#13361)
  • Allow explicitly specified named parameter to supersede the same one from hashtable splatting (#13162)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Refactor command line parser to do early parsing (#11482) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Add support for some .NET intrinsic type converters (#12580) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Refresh and enable the ComInterop code in PowerShell (#13304)

Experimental Features

  • Add -Runspace parameter to all *-PSBreakpoint cmdlets (#10492) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix error message from new symbolic link missing target (#13085) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
  • Make the parameter args non-nullable in the public ConsoleHost APIs (#13429)
  • Add missing dispose for CancellationTokenSource (#13420) (Thanks @Youssef1313!)
  • Add the parameter -Paged to Get-Help to support paging (#13374)
  • Fix Get-Help not properly displaying if parameter supports wildcards (#13353) (Thanks @ThomasNieto!)
  • Update pwsh help for -InputFormat parameter (#13355) (Thanks @sethvs!)
  • Declare MIT license for files copied from Roslyn (#13305) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Improve BigInteger casting behaviors (#12629) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Fix Get-Acl -LiteralPath "HKLM:Software\Classes\*" behavior (#13107) (Thanks @Shriram0908!)
  • Add DefaultVisit method to the visitor interface and class (#13258)
  • Fix conflicting shorthand switch -s (STA) for pwsh (#13262) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Change Read-Host -MaskInput to use existing SecureString path, but return as plain text (#13256)
  • Remove ComEnumerator as COM objects using IEnumerator is now supported in .NET 5.0 (#13259)
  • Use temporary personal path at Runspace startup when the 'HOME' environment variable is not defined (#13239)
  • Fix Invoke-Command to detect recursive call of the same history entry (#13197)
  • Change pwsh executable -inputformat switch prefix -in to -inp to fix conflict with -interactive (#13205) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Handle WSL filesystem path when analyze security zone of a file (#13120)
  • Make other switches mandatory in Split-Path (#13150) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
  • New Fluent Design icon for PowerShell 7 (#13100) (Thanks @sarthakmalik!)
  • Fix Move-Item to support cross-mount moves on Unix (#13044)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @yecril71pl, @ThomasNieto, @dgoldman-msft

  • Use null check with pattern-matching instead of object.ReferenceEquals (#13065) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix comparison of value type object to null (#13285) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use is operator instead of as operator (#13287) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Change SwitchParameter fields to properties (#13291) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Change "operable" to "executable" (#13281) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
  • Remove AssemblyInfo property from list views (#13331) (Thanks @ThomasNieto!)
  • Use is not syntax where appropriate and remove unnecessary parentheses (#13323) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove unreachable code in CustomShellCommands.cs (#13316) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add copyright header to .editorconfig and update files (#13306) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix typo in Out-File.cs and Out-Printer.cs (#13298) (Thanks @dgoldman-msft!)
  • Fix SA1026CodeMustNotContainSpaceAfterNewKeywordInImplicitlyTypedArrayAllocation (#13249) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove usage of do statement to create an infinite loop (#13137) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use int instead of uint in places where it's more appropriate (#13141) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use int instead of long to avoid Interlocked.Read (#13069) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tools

  • Fix dotnet install errors (#13387)
  • Increase the timeout of Windows daily build to 90 minutes (#13354)
  • Update the dependabot configuration to version 2 (#13230) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Fix Test-XUnitTestResults function (#13270) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Update .devcontainer to use nightly docker SDK images (#13128)

Tests

  • Mark Test-Connection -TraceRoute tests as pending (#13310)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @iSazonov, @77, @WorrenB

  • Update README.md and metadata.json for next release (#13059)
  • Create release pipeline as a yaml pipeline (#13394)
  • Update infrastructure to consume private builds from .NET (#13427)
  • Fix breaks in packages daily build due to macOS signing changes (#13421)
  • Sign individual files for macOS PKG (#13392)
  • Disable code sign validation on jobs that do not sign (#13389)
  • Bump PSReadLine from 2.0.2 to 2.0.4 (#13240)
  • Update build documentation for Visual Studio 2019 dependency (#13336) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 3.6.0 to 3.7.0 (#13360)
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 16.6.1 to 16.7.0 (#13364)
  • Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.4.2 to 2.4.3 (#13343)
  • Use Authenticode certificate for MSIX signing (#13330)
  • Add default help content to the assets folder (#13257)
  • Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.7.20366.2 to 5.0.100-preview.7.20366.15 (#13200)
  • Set C# language version to preview/9.0 (#13090) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Use pwsh for build and test of package in CI build (#13223)
  • Remove rcedit dependency, move daily ico dependency to props file (#13123)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.23 to 10.1.24 (#13214)
  • Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.7.20364.3 to 5.0.100-preview.7.20366.2 (#13192)
  • Add support for installing arm64 MSIX package. (#13043) (Thanks @77!)
  • Fix Azure file copy issues in release build (#13182)
  • Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.7.20358.6 to 5.0.100-preview.7.20364.3 (#13155)
  • Fix Azure file copy break in Azure DevOps (#13173)
  • Bump Xunit.SkippableFact from 1.4.8 to 1.4.13 (#13143)
  • Add new chibi svg version of the avatar (#13160) (Thanks @WorrenB!)
  • Refactor MSI code to make it easier to add a WiX exe installer (#13139)
  • Disable ReadyToRun for debug build (#13144) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Add new chibi version of the avatar (#13140)
  • Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.7.20356.2 to 5.0.100-preview.7.20358.6 (#13134) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)
  • Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.6.20318.15 to 5.0.100-preview.7.20356.2 (#13125) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Fix/clarify instructions for running Start-PSPester tests (#13373)
  • Improve inline documentation for VerbInfo (#13265) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
  • Improve the wording of inline comments in the help system (#13274) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
  • Correct grammar in README.md and other docs (#13269) (Thanks @tasnimzotder!)
  • Add "GitHub Actions Python builds" to ADOPTERS.md (#13228) (Thanks @brcrista!)
  • Update change logs for 6.2.x and 7.0.x (#13194)
  • Update README.md and metadata.json for the v7.0.3 release (#13187)

7.1.0-preview.5 - 2020-07-06

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Ensure assemblies listed in the module manifest FileList field are not loaded (#12968)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze

  • Code performance fixes (#12956) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tools

  • Add missing .editorconfig settings present in dotnet/runtime (#12871) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tests

  • Add new test for Format-Custom to avoid data loss (#11393) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Fixed upgrade code in MSI package.

  • Change log for v7.1.0-preview.5 (Internal 11880)
  • Fix Path for the Preview MSI (#13070)
  • Correct stable and preview upgrade codes for MSI (#13036)
  • Changelog for `v7.1.0-preview.4` (Internal 11841)
  • Fix NuGet package compliance issues (#13045)
  • Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.4.1 to 2.4.2 (#12874)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from `10.1.21` to `10.1.23` (#13032) (#13022)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Fix links for MSI packages to point to 7.1.0-preview.3 (#13056)
  • Add update packages.microsoft.com step to distribution request template. (#13008)
  • Update windows-core.md (#13053) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add @rjmholt to maintainers list (#13033)
  • Update docs for v7.1.0-preview.4 release (#13028)

7.1.0-preview.4 - 2020-06-25

Breaking Changes

  • Make the switch parameter -Qualifier not positional for Split-Path (#12960) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
  • Resolve the working directory as literal path for Start-Process when it's not specified (#11946) (Thanks @NoMoreFood!)
  • Make -OutFile parameter in web cmdlets to work like -LiteralPath (#11701) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Ensure null-coalescing LHS is evaluated only once (#12667)
  • Fix path handling bug in PSTask (#12554) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
  • Remove extra line before formatting group (#12163) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Make module formatting not generate error with strict mode (#11943)
  • Adding more ETW logs to WSMan plugin (#12798) (Thanks @krishnayalavarthi!)
  • Restrict loading of amsi.dll to system32 folder (#12730)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix NullReferenceException in CommandSearcher.GetNextCmdlet (#12659) (Thanks @powercode!)
  • Prevent NullReferenceException in Unix computer cmdlets with test hooks active (#12651) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Fix issue in Select-Object where Hashtable members (e.g. Keys) cannot be used with -Property or -ExpandProperty (#11097) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Fix conflicting shorthand switch -w for pwsh (#12945)
  • Rename the CimCmdlet resource file (#12955) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove use of Test-Path in ConciseView (#12778)
  • Flag default switch statement condition clause as keyword (#10487) (Thanks @msftrncs!)
  • Add parameter SchemaFile to Test-Json cmdlet (#11934) (Thanks @beatcracker!)
  • Bring back Certificate provider parameters (#10622) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Fix New-Item to create symbolic link to relative path target (#12797) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Add CommandLine property to Process (#12288) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Adds -MaskInput parameter to Read-Host (#10908) (Thanks @davinci26!)
  • Change CimCmdlets to use AliasAttribute (#12617) (Thanks @thlac!)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @sethvs, @romero126, @kvprasoon, @powercode

  • Use nameof operator (#12716) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix comments in Mshexpression.cs (#12711) (Thanks @sethvs!)
  • Formatting: remove duplicate semicolons (#12666) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Replace SortedList with Generic.SortedList<TKey,TValue> (#12954) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use HashSet instead of Hashtable with null values (#12958) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Rename CopyItem.Tests.ps1 to Copy-Item.Tests.ps1 to match other tests (#10701) (Thanks @romero126!)
  • Fix RCS1114: Remove redundant delegate creation (#12917) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Code redundancy fixes (#12916) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update the PowerShell modules to use the new Help URI (#12686)
  • Reorder modifiers according to preferred order (#12864) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Expand numberOfPowershellRefAssemblies list capacity (#12840) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add readonly modifier to internal static members (#11777) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • cleanup: Use coalesce expression (#12829) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add missing assessibility modifiers (#12820) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use t_ naming convention for ThreadStatic members (#12826) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Formatting: Add empty line between declarations (#12824) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Clarify defaultRefAssemblies list capacity in AddType.cs (#12520) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fixing "Double "period" (..) in message for System.InvalidOperationException" (#12758) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
  • Rethrow to preserve stack details for better maintainability (#12723) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Delete license.rtf (#12738) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Nullable annotations for CommandSearcher (#12733) (Thanks @powercode!)
  • Redundancy: Remove 'partial' modifier from type with a single part (#12725) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove phrase 'All rights reserved' from Microsoft copyright statements (#12722) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • IDictionary -> IDictionary<string, FunctionInfo> for FunctionTable (#12658) (Thanks @powercode!)

Tools

  • Use correct isError parameter with Write-Log (#12989)
  • Disable NonPrivateReadonlyFieldsMustBeginWithUpperCaseLetter rule in StyleCop (#12855) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add @TylerLeonhardt to PowerShell team list to correct changelog generation (#12927)
  • Enable the upload of ETW traces to CLR CAP in Windows daily build (#12890)
  • Prevent GitHub workflow for daily dotnet build updates from running in forks (#12763) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
  • Add GitHub action for PR creation and Wix file generation logic (#12748)

Tests

  • Remove duplicate tests from Measure-Object.Tests.ps1 (#12683) (Thanks @sethvs!)
  • Fix tests to not write errors to console (#13010)
  • Make sure tabcompletion tests run (#12981)
  • Remove dependency on DNS for Test-Connection tests on macOS (#12943)
  • Restore markdownlint tests (#12549) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Wrap tests in pester blocks (#12700) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@iSazonov, @kvprasoon, @Saancreed, @heaths, @xtqqczze

  • Update Distribution_Request.md
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.15 to 10.1.16 (#12685)
  • Disable uploading Symbols package (#12687)
  • Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.5.20279.10 to 5.0.100-preview.6.20318.15 (#13018)
  • Remove component ref when re-generating the wix file (#13019)
  • Make sure icons are added to MSI staging folder (#12983)
  • Update DotnetRutimeMetadata.json to point to preview 6 (#12972)
  • Bump PSReadLine from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 (#12909)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.18 to 10.1.21 (#12944)
  • Check if Azure Blob exists before overwriting (#12921)
  • Enable skipped tests (#12894) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Fix break in package build by pinning ffi version to 1.12 (#12889)
  • Upgrade APIScan version (#12876)
  • Make contributors unique in Release notes (#12878) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
  • Update Linux daily CI to run in a single agent & collect traces (#12866)
  • Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.5.20278.13 to 5.0.100-preview.5.20279.10 (#12844) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)
  • Sign the MSIX files for the store (#12582)
  • Update the CI builds (#12830)
  • Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.5.20272.6 to 5.0.100-preview.5.20278.13 (#12772) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)
  • Allow use of build module on unknown Linux distros (#11146) (Thanks @Saancreed!)
  • Fix MSI upgrade and shortcut issues (#12792) (Thanks @heaths!)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.17 to 10.1.18 (#12812)
  • Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.5.20269.29 to 5.0.100-preview.5.20272.6 (#12759) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.16 to 10.1.17 (#12761)
  • Update to dotnet SDK 5.0.0-preview.5.20268.9 (#12740)
  • Remove assets\license.rtf (#12721) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0 (#12731)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Update README and metadata files for next release (#12717)
  • Update README.md removing experimental status of Arm builds, but Win-Arm64 is still preview for Stable release. (#12707)
  • Add link to Github compare in changelog (#12713) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Added missing changelog for v7.1.0-preview.2 (#12665)
  • Update required Visual Studio version in build docs (#12628) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • minor update to Distribution_Request.md (#12705) (Thanks @kilasuit!)
  • Update docs.microsoft.com links (#12653) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update change log for 6.2.5 release (#12670)
  • Update README.md and metadata.json for next release (#12668)
  • Merge 7.0.1 change log (#12669)
  • Remove markdown unused definitions (#12656) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add HoloLens to list of PowerShell adopters (#12940) (Thanks @reynoldsbd!)
  • Update README.md and metadata.json for next releases (#12939)
  • Fix broken link in README.md (#12887) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Minor typo corrections in Distribution Request Issue Templates (#12744) (Thanks @corbob!)
  • Correct 'review-for-comments' in Governance.md (#11035) (Thanks @MarvTheRobot!)
  • Fix markdown ordered lists (#12657) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix broken docs.microsoft.com link (#12776) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Replace link to Slack with link to PowerShell Virtual User Group (#12786) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update LICENSE.txt so that it's recognized as MIT (#12729)

7.1.0-preview.3 - 2020-05-14

Breaking Changes

  • Fix string parameter binding for BigInteger numeric literals (#11634) (Thanks @vexx32!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Set correct PSProvider full name at module load time (#11813) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Experimental Features

  • Support passing PSPath to native commands (#12386)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix incorrect index in format string in ParameterBinderBase (#12630) (Thanks @powercode!)
  • Copy the CommandInfo property in Command.Clone() (#12301) (Thanks @TylerLeonhardt!)
  • Apply -IncludeEqual in Compa-Object when -ExcludeDifferent is specified (#12317) (Thanks @davidseibel!)
  • Change Get-FileHash to close file handles before writing output (#12474) (Thanks @HumanEquivalentUnit!)
  • Fix inconsistent exception message in -replace operator (#12388) (Thanks @jackdcasey!)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @RDIL, @powercode, @xtqqczze, @xtqqczze

  • Replace Unicode non-breaking space character with space (#12576) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove unused New-DockerTestBuild.ps1 (#12610) (Thanks @RDIL!)
  • Annotate Assert methods for better code analysis (#12618) (Thanks @powercode!)
  • Use correct casing for cmdlet names and parameters in *.ps1 files throughout the codebase (#12584) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Document why PackageVersion is used in PowerShell.Common.props (#12523) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tools

  • Update @PoshChan config to include SSH (#12526) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Update log message in Start-PSBootstrap (#12573) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add the .NET SDK installation path to the current process path in tools/UpdateDotnetRuntime.ps1 (#12525)

Tests

  • Make CIM tab completion test case insensitive (#12636)
  • Mark ping tests as Pending due to stability issues in macOS (#12504)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@jcotton42, @iSazonov, @iSazonov, @iSazonov

  • Update build to use the new .NET SDK 5.0.100-preview.4.20258.7 (#12637)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.14 to 10.1.15 (#12608)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.13 to 10.1.14 (#12598)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.12 to 10.1.13 (#12583)
  • Update the build to sign any unsigned files as 3rd party Dlls (#12581)
  • Update .NET SDK to 5.0.100-preview.4.20229.10 (#12538)
  • Add ability to Install-Dotnet to specify directory (#12469)
  • Allow / in relative paths for using module (#7424) (#12492) (Thanks @jcotton42!)
  • Update dotnet metadata for next channel for automated updates (#12502)
  • Bump .NET to 5.0.0-preview.4 (#12507)
  • Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.13.1 to 2.14.0 (#12479)
  • Bump PackageManagement from 1.4.6 to 1.4.7 in /src/Modules (#12506)
  • Bump Xunit.SkippableFact from 1.3.12 to 1.4.8 (#12480)
  • Fix quotes to allow variable expansion (#12512)
  • Use new TargetFramework as net5.0 in packaging scripts (#12503) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Use new value for TargetFramework as net5.0 instead of netcoreapp5.0 (#12486) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Disable PublishReadyToRun for framework dependent packages (#12450)
  • Add dependabot rules to ignore updates from .NET (#12466)
  • Update README.md and metadata.json for upcoming release (#12441)
  • Turn on ReadyToRun (#12361) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Add summary to compressed sections of change log (#12429)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Add link to life cycle doc to distribution request template (#12638)
  • Update TFM reference in build docs (#12514) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix broken link for blogs in documents (#12471)

7.1.0-preview.2 - 2020-04-23

Breaking Changes

  • On Windows, Start-Process creates a process environment with all the environment variables from current session, using -UseNewEnvironment creates a new default process environment (#10830) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Do not wrap return result to PSObject when converting ScriptBlock to delegate (#10619)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Allow case insensitive paths for determining PSModulePath (#12192)
  • Add PowerShell version 7.0 to compatible version list (#12184)
  • Discover assemblies loaded by Assembly.Load(byte[]) and Assembly.LoadFile (#12203)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix WinCompat module loading to treat PowerShell 7 modules with higher priority (#12269)
  • Implement ForEach-Object -Parallel runspace reuse (#12122)
  • Fix Get-Service to not modify collection while enumerating it (#11851) (Thanks @NextTurn!)
  • Clean up the IPC named pipe on PowerShell exit (#12187)
  • Fix <img /> detection regex in web cmdlets (#12099) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Allow shorter signed hex literals with appropriate type suffixes (#11844) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Update UseNewEnvironment parameter behavior of Start-Process cmdlet on Windows (#10830) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Add -Shuffle switch to Get-Random command (#11093) (Thanks @eugenesmlv!)
  • Make GetWindowsPowerShellModulePath compatible with multiple PS installations (#12280)
  • Fix Start-Job to work on systems that don't have Windows PowerShell registered as default shell (#12296)
  • Specifying an alias and -Syntax to Get-Command returns the aliased commands syntax (#10784) (Thanks @ChrisLGardner!)
  • Make CSV cmdlets work when using -AsNeeded and there is an incomplete row (#12281) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • In local invocations, do not require -PowerShellVersion 5.1 for Get-FormatData in order to see all format data. (#11270) (Thanks @mklement0!)
  • Added Support For Big Endian UTF-32 (#11947) (Thanks @NoMoreFood!)
  • Fix possible race that leaks PowerShell object dispose in ForEach-Object -Parallel (#12227)
  • Add -FromUnixTime to Get-Date to allow Unix time input (#12179) (Thanks @jackdcasey!)
  • Change default progress foreground and background colors to provide improved contrast (#11455) (Thanks @rkeithhill!)
  • Fix foreach -parallel when current drive is not available (#12197)
  • Do not wrap return result to PSObject when converting ScriptBlock to delegate (#10619)
  • Don't write DNS resolution errors on Test-Connection -Quiet (#12204) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Use dedicated threads to read the redirected output and error streams from the child process for out-of-proc jobs (#11713)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@ShaydeNofziger, @RDIL

  • Fix erroneous comment in tokenizer.cs (#12206) (Thanks @ShaydeNofziger!)
  • Fix terms checker issues (#12189)
  • Update copyright notice to latest guidance (#12190)
  • CodeFactor cleanup (#12251) (Thanks @RDIL!)

Tools

  • Update .NET dependency update script to include test csproj files (#12372)
  • Scripts to update to .NET prerelease version (#12284)

Tests

  • Pin major Pester version to 4 to prevent breaking changes caused by upcoming release of v5 (#12262) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@rkitover, @bergmeister

  • Add the nuget.config from root to the temporary build folder (#12394)
  • Bump System.IO.Packaging (#12365)
  • Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.18.3 to 0.20.0 (#12379)
  • Bump to .NET 5 Preview 3 pre-release (#12353)
  • Bump PowerShellGet from 2.2.3 to 2.2.4 (#12342)
  • Linux: Initial support for Gentoo installations. (#11429) (Thanks @rkitover!)
  • Upgrade to .NET 5 Preview 2 (#12250) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
  • Fix the Sync PSGalleryModules to Artifacts build (#12277)
  • Bump PSReadLine from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1 (#12243)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.11 to 10.1.12 (#12230)
  • Update change log generation script to support collapsible sections (#12214)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Add documentation for WebResponseObject and BasicHtmlWebResponseObject properties (#11876) (Thanks @kevinoid!)
  • Add Windows 10 IoT Core reference in Adopters.md (#12266) (Thanks @parameshbabu!)
  • Update README.md and metadata.json for 7.1.0-preview.1 (#12211)

7.1.0-preview.1 - 2020-03-26

Breaking Changes

  • Use invariant culture string conversion for -replace operator (#10954) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Revert the PRs that made DBNull.Value and NullString.Value treated as $null (#11648)

Experimental Features

  • Use invariant culture string conversion for -replace operator (#10954) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Fix an operator preference order issue in binder code (#12075) (Thanks @DamirAinullin!)
  • Fix NullReferenceException when binding common parameters of type ActionPreference (#12124)
  • Fix default formatting for deserialized MatchInfo (#11728) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Use asynchronous streams in Invoke-RestMethod (#11095) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Address UTF-8 Detection In Get-Content -Tail (#11899) (Thanks @NoMoreFood!)
  • Handle the IOException in Get-FileHash (#11944) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Change PowerShell Core to PowerShell in a resource string (#11928) (Thanks @alexandair!)
  • Bring back MainWindowTitle in PSHostProcessInfo (#11885) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Miscellaneous minor updates to Windows Compatibility (#11980)
  • Fix ConciseView to split PositionMessage using [Environment]::NewLine (#12010)
  • Remove network hop restriction for interactive sessions (#11920)
  • Fix NullReferenceException in SuspendStoppingPipeline() and RestoreStoppingPipeline() (#11870) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Generate GUID for FormatViewDefinition InstanceId if not provided (#11896)
  • Fix ConciseView where error message is wider than window width and doesn't have whitespace (#11880)
  • Allow cross-platform CAPI-compatible remote key exchange (#11185) (Thanks @silijon!)
  • Fix error message (#11862) (Thanks @NextTurn!)
  • Fix ConciseView to handle case where there isn't a console to obtain the width (#11784)
  • Update CmsCommands to use Store vs certificate provider (#11643) (Thanks @mikeTWC1984!)
  • Enable pwsh to work on Windows systems where mpr.dll and STA is not available (#11748)
  • Refactor and implement Restart-Computer for Un*x and macOS (#11319)
  • Add an implementation of Stop-Computer for Linux and macOS (#11151)
  • Fix help function to check if less is available before using (#11737)
  • Update PSPath in certificate_format_ps1.xml (#11603) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Change regular expression to match relation-types without quotes in Link header (#11711) (Thanks @Marusyk!)
  • Fix error message during symbolic link deletion (#11331)
  • Add custom Selected.* type to PSCustomObject in Select-Object only once (#11548) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Add -AsUTC to the Get-Date cmdlet (#11611)
  • Fix grouping behavior with Boolean values in Format-Hex (#11587) (Thanks @vexx32!)
  • Make Test-Connection always use the default synchronization context for sending ping requests (#11517)
  • Correct startup error messages (#11473) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Ignore headers with null values in web cmdlets (#11424) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Re-add check for Invoke-Command job dispose. (#11388)
  • Revert "Update formatter to not write newlines if content is empty (#11193)" (#11342) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Allow CompleteInput to return results from ArgumentCompleter when AST or Script has matching function definition (#10574) (Thanks @M1kep!)
  • Update formatter to not write new lines if content is empty (#11193)

Code Cleanup

  • Use span-based overloads (#11884) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Use new string.Split() overloads (#11867) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove unreachable DSC code (#12076) (Thanks @DamirAinullin!)
  • Remove old dead code from FullCLR (#11886) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Use Dictionary.TryAdd() where possible (#11767) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Use Environment.NewLine instead of hard-coded linefeed in ParseError.ToString (#11746)
  • Fix FileSystem provider error message (#11741) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Reformat code according to EditorConfig rules (#11681) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Replace use of throw GetExceptionForHR with ThrowExceptionForHR (#11640) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Refactor delegate types to lambda expressions (#11690) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove Unicode BOM from text files (#11546) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix Typo in Get-ComputerInfo cmdlet description (#11321) (Thanks @doctordns!)
  • Fix typo in description for Get-ExperimentalFeature PSWindowsPowerShellCompatibility (#11282) (Thanks @alvarodelvalle!)
  • Cleanups in command discovery (#10815) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Review CurrentCulture (#11044) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Tools

  • Change recommended VS Code extension name from ms-vscode.csharp to ms-dotnettools.csharp (#12083) (Thanks @devlead!)
  • Specify csharp_preferred_modifier_order in EditorConfig (#11775) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update .editorconfig (#11675) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Enable EditorConfig support in OmniSharp (#11627) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Specify charset in .editorconfig as utf-8 (no BOM) (#11654) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Configure the issue label bot (#11527)
  • Avoid variable names that conflict with automatic variables (#11392) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tests

  • Add empty preview.md file to fix broken link (#12041)
  • Add helper functions for SSH remoting tests (#11955)
  • Add new tests for Get-ChildItem for FileSystemProvider (#11602) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Ensure that types referenced by PowerShellStandard are present (#10634)
  • Check state and report reason if it's not "opened" (#11574)
  • Fixes for running tests on Raspbian (#11661)
  • Unify pester test syntax for the arguments of -BeOfType (#11558) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Correct casing for automatic variables (#11568) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Avoid variable names that conflict with automatic variables part 2 (#11559) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update pester syntax to v4 (#11544) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Allow error 504 (Gateway Timeout) in markdown-link tests (#11439) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Re-balance CI tests (#11420) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Include URL in the markdown-links test error message (#11438) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use CIM cmdlets instead of WMI cmdlets in tests (#11423) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

  • Put symbols in separate package (#12169)
  • Disable x86 PDB generation (#12167)
  • Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.5 to 10.1.11 (#12050) (#12088) (#12166)
  • Create crossgen symbols for Windows x64 and x86 (#12157)
  • Move to .NET 5 preview.1 (#12140)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 3.4.0 to 3.5.0 (#12136)
  • Move to standard internal pool for building (#12119)
  • Fix package syncing to private Module Feed (#11841)
  • Add Ubuntu SSH remoting tests CI (#12033)
  • Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.18.1 to 0.18.3 (#12078)
  • Fix MSIX packaging to determine if a Preview release by inspecting the semantic version string (#11991)
  • Ignore last exit code in the build step as dotnet may return error when SDK is not installed (#11972)
  • Fix daily package build (#11882)
  • Fix package sorting for syncing to private Module Feed (#11838)
  • Set StrictMode version 3.0 (#11563) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Bump .devcontainer version to dotnet 3.1.101 (#11707) (Thanks @Jawz84!)
  • Move to version 3 of AzFileCopy (#11697)
  • Update README.md and metadata.json for next release (#11664)
  • Code Cleanup for environment data gathering in build.psm1 (#11572) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update Debian Install Script To Support Debian 10 (#11540) (Thanks @RandomNoun7!)
  • Update ADOPTERS.md (#11261) (Thanks @edyoung!)
  • Change back to use powershell.exe in 'SetVersionVariables.yml' to unblock daily build (#11207)
  • Change to use pwsh to have consistent JSON conversion for DateTime (#11126)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Replace VSCode link in CONTRIBUTING.md (#11475) (Thanks @stevend811!)
  • Remove the version number of PowerShell from LICENSE (#12019)
  • Add the 7.0 change log link to CHANGELOG/README.md (#12062) (Thanks @LabhanshAgrawal!)
  • Improvements to the contribution guide (#12086) (Thanks @ShaydeNofziger!)
  • Update the doc about debugging dotnet core in VSCode (#11969)
  • Update README.md and metadata.json for the next release (#11918) (#11992)
  • Update Adopters.md to include info on Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions (#11888) (Thanks @alepauly!)
  • Add information about how Amazon AWS uses PowerShell. (#11365) (Thanks @bpayette!)
  • Add link to .NET CLI version in build documentation (#11725) (Thanks @joeltankam!)
  • Added info about DeploymentScripts in ADOPTERS.md (#11703)
  • Update CHANGELOG.md for 6.2.4 release (#11699)
  • Update README.md and metadata.json for next release (#11597)
  • Update the breaking change definition (#11516)
  • Adding System Frontier to the PowerShell Core adopters list ADOPTERS.md (#11480) (Thanks @OneScripter!)
  • Update ChangeLog, README.md and metadata.json for 7.0.0-rc.1 release (#11363)
  • Add AzFunctions to ADOPTERS.md (#11311) (Thanks @Francisco-Gamino!)
  • Add Universal Dashboard to ADOPTERS.md (#11283) (Thanks @adamdriscoll!)
  • Add config.yml for ISSUE_TEMPLATE so that Doc, Security, Support, and Windows PowerShell issues go to URLs (#11153)
  • Add Adopters.md file (#11256)
  • Update Readme.md for preview.6 release (#11108)
  • Update SUPPORT.md (#11101) (Thanks @mklement0!)
  • Update README.md (#11100) (Thanks @mklement0!)