Known Issues

SecureString

The SecureString class is not the well-known C# SecureString, as the library is not available in .NET Core. However, PowerShell continues to use the type for two main reasons: FullCLR compatibility, and as a specially-treated type (that is, behavior is dependent on the type being SecureString). Instead, the SecureString is Mono's completely not secure whatsoever, but open-source and "compatible" stub that acts just like a plaintext StringBuilder. It has no encryption.

Additionally ReadLineSafe is not implemented, meaning Get-Credential fails with PlatformNotSupportedException.

`ControlPanelItemCommand.cs`

The file monad/src/commands/management/ControlPanelItemCommand.cs has been removed temporarily from Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management because we cannot resolve [Shell32.ShellFolderItem] for FullCLR builds. This must be fixed ASAP.

`GetComputerInfoCommand.cs`

The file src\Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management\commands\management\GetComputerInfoCommand.cs is not currently compiled because it needs resources.

Jobs

The PowerShell jobs fail, see #1010.

xUnit

The xUnit tests can only be run on Linux.

Console Output

Performance issues have been seen in some scenarios, such as nested SSH sessions. We believe this is likely an issue with Console.ReadKey() and are investigating.

Non-interactive console bugs

The ConsoleHost is buggy when running under an environment without a proper TTY. This is due to exceptions thrown in the RawUI class from System.Console that are silenced in the formatting subsystem. See issue #984.

Sessions

PowerShell sessions do not work because of remoting requirements, so New-PSSession etc. crash.

Aliases

The aliases that conflict with native Linux / OS X commands are removed. This is an open discussion in issue #929. See commit 7d9f43966 for their removal, and 3582bb421 for the merge.

Unavailable cmdlets

This project includes the CoreCLR versions of the Commands.Management, Commands.Utility, Security, and PSDiagnostics modules.

The Archive, Diagnostics, PSGet, and Host modules are not yet included.

The WSMan.Management module cannot be included unless the Management.Infrastructure.Native library is ported.

The CoreCLR version of the Commands.Utility module does not contain the following cmdlets that exist in the FullCLR version:

ConvertFrom-String
ConvertTo-Html
Export-PSSession
Get-TraceSource
Import-PSSession
Invoke-RestMethod
Invoke-WebRequest
Out-GridView
Out-Printer
Send-MailMessage
Set-TraceSource
Show-Command
Trace-Command
Update-List

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