WindowsCapability: Specified Windows Capability not found #454

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1. gtbuchanan commented on Dec 15, 2025

   

   gtbuchanan

   on Dec 15, 2025

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   Yes, this one has some odd behavior. The issue appears to be related to permissions, but adding securityContext: elevated to the winget YAML results in the same error. I ended up doing this as a workaround:

       - resource: xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/xScript
         directives:
           allowPrerelease: true
           description: Enable Sudo
           securityContext: elevated
         id: sudo
         settings:
           GetScript: |
             @{ Result = (sudo config) }
           TestScript: |
             $Result = (sudo config 2> $null)
             $Result -ne $null -and $Result.Contains("Inline")
           SetScript: |
             sudo config --enable normal
       - resource: xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/xScript
         dependsOn: [sudo]
         directives:
           description: Install OpenSSH Client
         id: openssh
         settings:
           GetScript: |
             $Command = "(Get-WindowsCapability -Online -Name 'OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0').State"
             $EncodedCommand = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($Command))
             $State = (sudo --disable-input powershell -EncodedCommand $EncodedCommand)
             @{ Result = $State }
           TestScript: |
             $Command = "(Get-WindowsCapability -Online -Name 'OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0').State"
             $EncodedCommand = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($Command))
             $State = (sudo --disable-input powershell -EncodedCommand $EncodedCommand)
             $State -Eq 'Installed'
           SetScript: |
             $Command = "Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name 'OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0'"
             $EncodedCommand = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($Command))
             sudo --disable-input powershell -EncodedCommand $EncodedCommand