Release notes from PowerShell-PowerShell

v7.1.0-preview.3: 7.1.0-preview.3 - 2020-05-14

2020-05-19T18:01:22Z

Breaking Changes

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

Engine Updates and Fixes

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

Experimental Features

Support passing PSPath to native commands (PowerShell#12386)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

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

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @RDIL, @powercode

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

Tools

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

Tests

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

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@jcotton42, @iSazonov

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

Documentation and Help Content

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

v7.1.0-preview.2: 7.1.0-preview.2

2020-04-23T16:18:36Z

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 (PowerShell#10830) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Do not wrap return result to PSObject when converting ScriptBlock to delegate (PowerShell#10619)

Engine Updates and Fixes

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

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

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

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@ShaydeNofziger, @RDIL

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

Tools

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

Tests

Pin major Pester version to 4 to prevent breaking changes caused by upcoming release of v5 (PowerShell#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 (PowerShell#12394)
Bump System.IO.Packaging (PowerShell#12365)
Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.18.3 to 0.20.0 (PowerShell#12379)
Bump to .NET 5 Preview 3 pre-release (PowerShell#12353)
Bump PowerShellGet from 2.2.3 to 2.2.4 (PowerShell#12342)
Linux: Initial support for Gentoo installations. (PowerShell#11429) (Thanks @rkitover!)
Upgrade to .NET 5 Preview 2 (PowerShell#12250) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Fix the Sync PSGalleryModules to Artifacts build (PowerShell#12277)
Bump PSReadLine from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1 (PowerShell#12243)
Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.11 to 10.1.12 (PowerShell#12230)
Update change log generation script to support collapsible sections (PowerShell#12214)

Documentation and Help Content

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

v7.1.0-preview.1

2020-03-26T17:35:46Z

Breaking Changes

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

Engine Updates and Fixes

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

Experimental Features

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

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

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

Code Cleanup

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

Tools

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

Tests

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

Build and Packaging Improvements

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

Documentation and Help Content

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

v7.0.0

2020-03-03T23:30:13Z

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Enable Ctrl+C to work for global tool (PowerShell#11959)
Fix ConciseView to not show the line information within the error messages (PowerShell#11952)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Publish PowerShell into the Windows engineering system package format (PowerShell#11960)
Bump .NET core framework to 3.1.2 (PowerShell#11963)
Ensure the man page gzip has the correct name for LTS release (PowerShell#11956)
Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.13.0 to 2.13.1 (PowerShell#11925)

v7.0.0-rc.3 - 2020-02-21

2020-02-21T23:52:08Z

Breaking Changes

Fix Invoke-Command missing error on session termination (PowerShell#11586)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Update the map between console color to VT sequences (PowerShell#11891)
Fix SSH remoting error on Windows platform (PowerShell#11907)
Restore the PowerShellStreamType enum with an ObsoleteAttribute (PowerShell#11836)
Handle cases where CustomEvent was not initially sent (PowerShell#11807)
Fix how COM objects are enumerated (PowerShell#11795)
Fix NativeDllHandler to not throw when file is not found (PowerShell#11787)
Restore SetBreakpoints API (PowerShell#11622)
Do not needlessly pass -l login_name or -p port to ssh (PowerShell#11518) (Thanks @LucaFilipozzi!)
Fix for JEA user role in virtual account (PowerShell#11668)
Do not resolve types from assemblies that are loaded in separate AssemblyLoadContext (PowerShell#11088)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Sync current directory in WinCompat remote session (PowerShell#11809)
Add WinCompat deny list support using a setting in powershell.config.json (PowerShell#11726)
Fix unnecessary trimming of line resulting in incorrect index with ConciseView (PowerShell#11670)

Code Cleanup

Change name of ClrVersion parameter back to revert change in capitalization (PowerShell#11623)

Tools

Update changelog generation script (PowerShell#11736) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Update to CredScan v2 (PowerShell#11765)

Tests

Make sure to test whether we skip a test using consistent logic (PowerShell#11892)
Skip directory creation at root test on macOS (PowerShell#11878)
Update Get-PlatformInfo helper and tests for Debian 10, 11 and CentOS 8 (PowerShell#11842)
Ensure correct pwsh is used for test runs (PowerShell#11486) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Add LTSRelease value from metadata.json to release.json (PowerShell#11897)
Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.12.1 to 2.13.0 (PowerShell#11894)
Make LTS package always not a preview (PowerShell#11895)
Bump System.Data.SqlClient from 4.8.0 to 4.8.1 (PowerShell#11879)
Change LTSRelease value in metadata.json to true for RC.3 release (Internal 10960)
Update LTS logic to depend on metadata.json (PowerShell#11877)
Set default value of LTSRelease to false (PowerShell#11874)
Refactor packaging pipeline (PowerShell#11852)
Make sure LTS packages have symbolic links for pwsh and pwsh-lts (PowerShell#11843)
Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 7.0.0-rc.2 to 7.0.0 (PowerShell#11839)
Update the NuGet package generation to include cimcmdlet.dll and most of the built-in modules (PowerShell#11832)
Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive from 1.2.4.0 to 1.2.5 (PowerShell#11833)
Bump PSReadLine from 2.0.0-rc2 to 2.0.0 (PowerShell#11831)
Add trace source and serialization primitives to the allowed assembly list (Internal 10911)
Update the NextReleaseTag to be v7.0.0-preview.7 (PowerShell#11372)
Change packaging to produce LTS packages (PowerShell#11772)
Build tar packages only when building on Ubuntu (PowerShell#11766)
Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.4 to 10.1.5 (PowerShell#11730)
Fix symbolic link creation in packaging.psm1 (PowerShell#11723)
Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.12.0 to 2.12.1 (PowerShell#11708)
Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.3 to 10.1.4 (PowerShell#11620)
Move to latest Azure DevOps agent images (PowerShell#11704)
Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.18.0 to 0.18.1 (PowerShell#11641)

Documentation and Help Content

Add links to diffs on Github in changelog (PowerShell#11652) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Fix markdown-link test failure (PowerShell#11653) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

v6.2.4 - 01/27/2020

2020-01-27T22:01:03Z

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Enable Start-Process to work on Windows 7 (PowerShell#10417) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix global tool issues around exit code, command line parameters, and paths with spaces (PowerShell#10461)
Make Add-Type usable in applications that host PowerShell (PowerShell#10587)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update to use TSAv2 (PowerShell#9914)
Update the dotnet SDK install script URL in �uild.psm1 (PowerShell#10927)
Update dependencies needed by Azure PowerShell and patch for Newtonsoft.Json (Internal 10798)
Fix path for getting reference assemblies (Internal 10792)
Update release date in changelog (Internal 10824)

v7.0.0-rc.2 - 1/16/2020

2020-01-16T23:29:15Z

Breaking Changes

Use ISOWeek for week numbers in Get-Date accounting for leap years (PowerShell#11536) (Thanks @paalbra!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Revert the PRs that made DBNull.Value and NullString.Value treated as $null (PowerShell#11584)
Support expanding ~ in $env:PATH when doing command discovery (PowerShell#11552)
Skip null data in output data received handler to fix a NullReferenceException (PowerShell#11448) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add ssh parameter sets for the parameter -JobName in Invoke-Command (PowerShell#11444)
Adding PowerShell Editor Services and PSScriptAnalyzer to tracked modules (PowerShell#11514)
Fix key exchange hang with SecureString for the OutOfProc transports (PowerShell#11380, PowerShell#11406)
Add setting to disable the implicit WinPS module loading (PowerShell#11332)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Fix NullReferenceException in ConciseView (PowerShell#11435) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Remove the default value of $true for the parameter -RequireLicenseAcceptance in New-ModuleManifest (PowerShell#11512) (Thanks @ThomasNieto!)
Make Web Cmdlets skip processing the content headers with a null or empty value for backward compatibility (PowerShell#11421) (Thanks @spongemike2!)
Don't format exceptions that are not ErrorRecord objects (PowerShell#11415)
Mark InitialSessionState.ImportPSSnapIn as Obsolete (PowerShell#11399)
Use PositionMessage for the line context information for ConciseView (PowerShell#11398)
Add trailing line number to filename for ConciseView (PowerShell#11391)
Update HelpInfoUri for all modules in PowerShell 7.0 (PowerShell#11389)
Remove unnecessary newline in ConciseView (PowerShell#11383)
Move Set-StrictMode to the outer script block for ErrorView (PowerShell#11381)
Remove the declaration of Get-Error experimental feature from module manifest (PowerShell#11369)
Update error message if Update-Help fails for the current UICulture (PowerShell#11356)
Test-Connection: Fallback to hop IP Address on -Traceroute without -ResolveDestination (PowerShell#11335) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Add null host name check in WSMan (PowerShell#11288) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add Type member to exceptions containing type of exception for Get-Error (PowerShell#11076)
Write an error if argument is a directory in Get-FileHash cmdlet (PowerShell#11114) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Update Get-Error to not modify the original $Error object (PowerShell#11125)

Code Cleanup

Use .NET code to check for processor architecture instead of P/Invoke (PowerShell#11046) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Tests

Test fixes for various platforms (PowerShell#11579, PowerShell#11541)
Various test fixes for debugger and remoting (PowerShell#11528)
DSC test fixes for Alpine and Raspbian (PowerShell#11508)
Normalize line endings before comparing string in tests (PowerShell#11499)
Fix ssh remoting test to work on all platforms (PowerShell#11500)
Build test artifacts for Alpine (PowerShell#11483)
Make null member access tests as string to avoid parsing errors (PowerShell#11385)
Fix test failing when UnixStat feature is disabled (PowerShell#11370)
Update hosting tests to use the SDK version from the build property (PowerShell#11368)
Add retry to Enter-PSHostProcess test (PowerShell#11360)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 7.0.0-rc.1 to 7.0.0.rc.2 (PowerShell#11583)
Update .NET SDK version to 3.1.101 (PowerShell#11582)
Bump PSReadLine from 2.0.0-rc1 to 2.0.0-rc2 (PowerShell#11581)
Bump NJsonSchema from 10.0.28 to 10.1.3 (PowerShell#11382, PowerShell#11573)
Generate the correct reference assembly for Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost NuGet package (PowerShell#11545)
Update building of MSIX for RC to use 100 range revision (PowerShell#11526)
Fix symbolic links on Debian 10 packages (PowerShell#11474)
Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive from 1.2.3.0 to 1.2.4.0 (PowerShell#11502)
Add script to rebuild WIX component references (PowerShell#11485)
Bump PackageManagement from 1.4.5 to 1.4.6 (PowerShell#11427)
Bump PowerShellGet from 2.2.2 to 2.2.3 (PowerShell#11426)
Bump ThreadJob from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3 (PowerShell#11416)
Fix symbolic links to libs on Debian 10 (PowerShell#11390)
Improve Ubuntu detection for Ubuntu derivatives like GalliumOS etc (PowerShell#11155)

Documentation and Help Content

Fix broken link in debugging README.md (PowerShell#11503)

v7.0.0-rc.1 - 12/16/2019

2019-12-16T21:35:45Z

Breaking Changes

Make update notification support LTS and default channels (PowerShell#11132)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Improvements in breakpoint APIs for remote scenarios (PowerShell#11312)
Fix PowerShell class definition leaking into another Runspace (PowerShell#11273)
Fix a regression in formatting caused by the FirstOrDefault primitive added in 7.0.0-Preview1 (PowerShell#11258)
Additional Microsoft Modules to track in PS7 Telemetry (PowerShell#10751)
Make approved features non-experimental (PowerShell#11303)
Update ConciseView to use TargetObject if applicable (PowerShell#11075)
Fix NullReferenceException in CompletionCompleters public methods (PowerShell#11274)
Fix apartment thread state check on non-Windows platforms (PowerShell#11301)
Update setting PSModulePath to concatenate the process and machine environment variables (PowerShell#11276)
Bump .NET Core to 3.1.0 (PowerShell#11260)
Fix detection of $PSHOME in front of $env:PATH (PowerShell#11141)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Fix for issue on Raspbian for setting date of file changes in UnixStat Experimental Feature (PowerShell#11313)
Add -AsPlainText to ConvertFrom-SecureString (PowerShell#11142)
Added WindowsPS version check for WinCompat (PowerShell#11148)
Fix error-reporting in some WinCompat scenarios (PowerShell#11259)
Add native binary resolver (PowerShell#11032) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Update calculation of char width to respect CJK chars correctly (PowerShell#11262)
Add Unblock-File for macOS (PowerShell#11137)
Fix regression in Get-PSCallStack (PowerShell#11210) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Remove autoloading of the ScheduledJob module when using Job cmdlets (PowerShell#11194)
Add OutputType to Get-Error cmdlet and preserve original typenames (PowerShell#10856)
Fix null reference in SupportsVirtualTerminal property (PowerShell#11105)

Code Cleanup

Change comment and element text to meet Microsoft standards (PowerShell#11304)

Tests

Make unreliable DSC test pending (PowerShell#11131)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Fix Nuget package signing for Coordinated Package build (PowerShell#11316)
Update dependencies from PowerShell Gallery and NuGet (PowerShell#11323)
Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.11.0 to 2.12.0 (PowerShell#11305)
Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 3.3.1 to 3.4.0 (PowerShell#11265)
Updates packages for Debian 10 and 11 (PowerShell#11236)
Only enable experimental features prior to RC (PowerShell#11162)
Update macOS minimum version (PowerShell#11163)
Bump NJsonSchema from 10.0.27 to 10.0.28 (PowerShell#11170)

Documentation and Help Content

Refactor change logs into one log per release (PowerShell#11165)
Fix FWLinks for PowerShell 7 online help documents (PowerShell#11071)

v7.0.0-preview.6 - 10/21/2019

2019-11-21T22:25:18Z

Breaking Changes

Update Test-Connection to work more like the one in Windows PowerShell (PowerShell#10697) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Preserve $? for ParenExpression, SubExpression and ArrayExpression (PowerShell#11040)
Set working directory to current directory in Start-Job (PowerShell#10920) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Allow pwsh to inherit $env:PSModulePath and enable powershell.exe to start correctly (PowerShell#11057)

Experimental Features

Provide Unix stat information in filesystem output (PowerShell#11042)
Support null-conditional operators ?. and ?[] in PowerShell language (PowerShell#10960)
Support using non-compatible Windows PowerShell modules in PowerShell Core (PowerShell#10973)

Performance

Avoid using closure in Parser.SaveError (PowerShell#11006)
Improve the caching when creating new Regex instances (PowerShell#10657) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Improve processing of the PowerShell built-in type data from types.ps1xml, typesV3.ps1xml and GetEvent.types.ps1xml (PowerShell#10898)
Update PSConfiguration.ReadValueFromFile to make it faster and more memory efficient (PowerShell#10839)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Add limit check in Get-WinEvent (PowerShell#10648) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix command runtime so StopUpstreamCommandsException doesn't get populated in -ErrorVariable (PowerShell#10840)
Set the output encoding to [Console]::OutputEncoding for native commands (PowerShell#10824)
Support multi-line code blocks in examples (PowerShell#10776) (Thanks @Greg-Smulko!)
Add Culture parameter to Select-String cmdlet (PowerShell#10943) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix Start-Job working directory path with trailing backslash (PowerShell#11041)
ConvertFrom-Json: Unwrap collections by default (PowerShell#10861) (Thanks @danstur!)
Use case-sensitive Hashtable for Group-Object cmdlet with -CaseSensitive and -AsHashtable switches (PowerShell#11030) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Handle exception if enumerating files fails when rebuilding path to have correct casing (PowerShell#11014)
Fix ConciseView to show Activity instead of myCommand (PowerShell#11007)
Allow web cmdlets to ignore HTTP error statuses (PowerShell#10466) (Thanks @vdamewood!)
Fix piping of more than one CommandInfo to Get-Command (PowerShell#10929)
Add back Get-Counter cmdlet for Windows (PowerShell#10933)
Make ConvertTo-Json treat [AutomationNull]::Value and [NullString]::Value as $null (PowerShell#10957)
Remove brackets from ipv6 address for SSH remoting (PowerShell#10968)
Fix crash if command sent to pwsh is just whitespace (PowerShell#10977)
Added cross-platform Get-Clipboard and Set-Clipboard (PowerShell#10340)
Fix setting original path of filesystem object to not have extra trailing slash (PowerShell#10959)
Support $null for ConvertTo-Json (PowerShell#10947)
Add back Out-Printer command on Windows (PowerShell#10906)
Fix Start-Job -WorkingDirectory with whitespace (PowerShell#10951)
Return default value when getting null for a setting in PSConfiguration.cs (PowerShell#10963) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Handle IO exception as non-terminating (PowerShell#10950)
Add GraphicalHost assembly to enable Out-GridView, Show-Command, and Get-Help -ShowWindow (PowerShell#10899)
Take ComputerName via pipeline in Get-HotFix (PowerShell#10852) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
Fix tab completion for parameters so that it shows common parameters as available (PowerShell#10850)
Fix GetCorrectCasedPath() to first check if any system file entries is returned before calling First() (PowerShell#10930)
Set working directory to current directory in Start-Job (PowerShell#10920) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Change TabExpansion2 to not require -CursorColumn and treat as $InputScript.Length (PowerShell#10849)
Handle case where Host may not return Rows or Columns of screen (PowerShell#10938)
Fix use of accent colors for hosts that don't support them (PowerShell#10937)
Add back Update-List command (PowerShell#10922)
Update FWLink Id for Clear-RecycleBin (PowerShell#10925)
During tab completion, skip file if can't read file attributes (PowerShell#10910)
Add back Clear-RecycleBin for Windows (PowerShell#10909)
Add $env:__SuppressAnsiEscapeSequences to control whether to have VT escape sequence in output (PowerShell#10814)

Code Cleanup

Cleanup style issues in Compiler.cs (PowerShell#10368) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Remove the unused type converter for CommaDelimitedStringCollection (PowerShell#11000) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Cleanup style in InitialSessionState.cs (PowerShell#10865) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Code clean up for PSSession class (PowerShell#11001)
Remove the not-working 'run Update-Help from Get-Help when Get-Help runs for the first time' feature (PowerShell#10974)
Fix style issues (PowerShell#10998) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Cleanup: use the built-in type alias (PowerShell#10882) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Remove the unused setting key ConsolePrompting and avoid unnecessary string creation when querying ExecutionPolicy setting (PowerShell#10985)
Disable update notification check for daily builds (PowerShell#10903) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Reinstate debugging API lost in PowerShell#10338 (PowerShell#10808)

Tools

Add default setting for the SDKToUse property so that it builds in VS (PowerShell#11085)
Install-Powershell.ps1: Add parameter to use MSI installation (PowerShell#10921) (Thanks @MJECloud!)
Add basic examples for install-powershell.ps1 (PowerShell#10914) (Thanks @kilasuit!)

Tests

Fix stringdata test to correctly validate keys of hashtables (PowerShell#10810)
Unload test modules (PowerShell#11061) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Increase time between retries of testing URL (PowerShell#11015)
Update tests to accurately describe test actions. (PowerShell#10928) (Thanks @romero126!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Updating links in README.md and metadata.json for Preview.5 (PowerShell#10854)
Select the files for compliance tests which are owned by PowerShell (PowerShell#10837)
Allow win7x86 msix package to build. (Internal 10515)
Allow semantic versions to be passed to NormalizeVersion function (PowerShell#11087)
Bump .NET core framework to 3.1-preview.3 (PowerShell#11079)
Bump PSReadLine from 2.0.0-beta5 to 2.0.0-beta6 in /src/Modules (PowerShell#11078)
Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 12.0.2 to 12.0.3 (PowerShell#11037) (PowerShell#11038)
Add Debian 10, 11 and CentOS 8 packages (PowerShell#11028)
Upload Build-Info Json file with the ReleaseDate field (PowerShell#10986)
Bump .NET core framework to 3.1-preview.2 (PowerShell#10993)
Enable build of x86 MSIX package (PowerShell#10934)
Update the dotnet SDK install script URL in build.psm1 (PowerShell#10927)
Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.17.1 to 0.18.0 (PowerShell#10887)
Bump ThreadJob from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 (PowerShell#10886)
Update AppX Manifest and Packaging module to conform to MS Store requirements (PowerShell#10878)

Documentation and Help Content

Update CONTRIBUTING.md (PowerShell#11096) (Thanks @mklement0!)
Fix installation doc links in README.md (PowerShell#11083)
Adds examples to install-powershell.ps1 script (PowerShell#11024) (Thanks @kilasuit!)
Fix to Select-String emphasis and Import-DscResource in CHANGELOG.md (PowerShell#10890)
Remove the stale link from powershell-beginners-guide.md (PowerShell#10926)

v7.0.0-preview.5 - 10/23/2019

2019-10-23T19:03:18Z

Breaking Changes

Make $PSCulture consistently reflect in-session culture changes (PowerShell#10138) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Move to .NET Core 3.1 preview 1 (PowerShell#10798)
Refactor reparse tag checks in file system provider (PowerShell#10431) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Replace CR and new line with a 0x23CE character in script logging (PowerShell#10616)
Fix a resource leak by unregistering the event handler from AppDomain.CurrentDomain.ProcessExit (PowerShell#10626)

Experimental Features

Implement Get-Error cmdlet as Experimental Feature (PowerShell#10727,PowerShell#10800)
Add ConciseView for $ErrorView and update it to remove unnecessary text and not color entire line in red (PowerShell#10641,PowerShell#10724)
Support the pipeline chain operators && and || in PowerShell language (PowerShell#9849,PowerShell#10825,PowerShell#10836)
Implement null coalescing (??) and null coalescing assignment (??=) operators (PowerShell#10636)
Support notification on pwsh startup when a new release is available and update notification message (PowerShell#10689,PowerShell#10777)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Add -Emphasize parameter to colorize Select-String output (PowerShell#8963) (Thanks @derek-xia!)
Add back Get-HotFix cmdlet (PowerShell#10740)
Make Add-Type usable in applications that host PowerShell (PowerShell#10587)
Use more effective evaluation order in LanguagePrimitives.IsNullLike() (PowerShell#10781) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Improve handling of mixed-collection piped input and piped streams of input in Format-Hex (PowerShell#8674) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Use type conversion in SSHConnection hashtables when value doesn't match expected type (PowerShell#10720) (Thanks @SeeminglyScience!)
Fix Get-Content -ReadCount 0 behavior when -TotalCount is set (PowerShell#10749) (Thanks @eugenesmlv!)
Reword access denied error message in Get-WinEvent (PowerShell#10639) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Enable tab completion for variable assignment that is enum or type constrained (PowerShell#10646)
Remove unused SourceLength remoting property causing formatting issues (PowerShell#10765)
Add -Delimiter parameter to ConvertFrom-StringData (PowerShell#10665) (Thanks @steviecoaster!)
Add positional parameter for ScriptBlock when using Invoke-Command with SSH (PowerShell#10721) (Thanks @machgo!)
Show line context information if multiple lines but no script name for ConciseView (PowerShell#10746)
Add support for \\wsl$\ paths to file system provider (PowerShell#10674)
Add the missing token text for TokenKind.QuestionMark in parser (PowerShell#10706)
Set current working directory of each ForEach-Object -Parallel running script to the same location as the calling script. (PowerShell#10672)
Replace api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-2.dll with Kernell32.dll for FindFirstStreamW and FindNextStreamW APIs (PowerShell#10680) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Tweak help formatting script to be more StrictMode tolerant (PowerShell#10563)
Add -SecurityDescriptorSDDL parameter to New-Service (PowerShell#10483) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
Remove informational output, consolidate ping usage in Test-Connection (PowerShell#10478) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Read special reparse points without accessing them (PowerShell#10662) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Direct Clear-Host output to terminal (PowerShell#10681) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add back newline for grouping with Format-Table and -Property (PowerShell#10653)
Remove [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty] from -InputObject on Get-Random to allow empty string (PowerShell#10644)
Make suggestion system string distance algorithm case-insensitive (PowerShell#10549) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix null reference exception in ForEach-Object -Parallel input processing (PowerShell#10577)

Code Cleanup

Remove WorkflowJobSourceAdapter reference that is no longer used (PowerShell#10326) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
Cleanup COM interfaces in jump list code by fixing PreserveSig attributes (PowerShell#9899) (Thanks @weltkante!)
Add a comment describing why -ia is not the alias for -InformationAction common parameter (PowerShell#10703) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
Rename InvokeCommandCmdlet.cs to InvokeExpressionCommand.cs (PowerShell#10659) (Thanks @kilasuit!)
Add minor code cleanups related to update notifications (PowerShell#10698)
Remove deprecated workflow logic from the remoting setup scripts (PowerShell#10320) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
Update help format to use proper case (PowerShell#10678) (Thanks @tnieto88!)
Clean up CodeFactor style issues coming in commits for the last month (PowerShell#10591) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix typo in description of PSTernaryOperator experimental feature (PowerShell#10586) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

Performance

Add minor performance improvements for runspace initialization (PowerShell#10569) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Tools

Make Install-PowerShellRemoting.ps1 handle empty string in PowerShellHome parameter (PowerShell#10526) (Thanks @Orca88!)
Switch from /etc/lsb-release to /etc/os-release in install-powershell.sh (PowerShell#10773) (Thanks @Himura2la!)
Check pwsh.exe and pwsh in daily version on Windows (PowerShell#10738) (Thanks @centreboard!)
Remove unneeded tap in installpsh-osx.sh (PowerShell#10752)

Tests

Temporary skip the flaky test TestAppDomainProcessExitEvenHandlerNotLeaking (PowerShell#10827)
Make the event handler leaking test stable (PowerShell#10790)
Sync capitalization in CI YAML (PowerShell#10767) (Thanks @RDIL!)
Add test for the event handler leaking fix (PowerShell#10768)
Add Get-ChildItem test (PowerShell#10507) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Replace ambiguous language for tests from switch to parameter for accuracy (PowerShell#10666) (Thanks @romero126!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update package reference for PowerShell SDK to preview.5 (Internal 10295)
Update ThirdPartyNotices.txt (PowerShell#10834)
Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native to 7.0.0-preview.3 (PowerShell#10826)
Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.10.0 to 2.11.0 (PowerShell#10608)
Bump NJsonSchema from 10.0.24 to 10.0.27 (PowerShell#10756)
Add MacPorts support to the build system (PowerShell#10736) (Thanks @Lucius-Q-User!)
Bump PackageManagement from 1.4.4 to 1.4.5 (PowerShell#10728)
Bump NJsonSchema from 10.0.23 to 10.0.24 (PowerShell#10635)
Add environment variable to differentiate client/server telemetry in MSI (PowerShell#10612)
Bump PSDesiredStateConfiguration from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4 (PowerShell#10603)
Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 3.2.1 to 3.3.1 (PowerShell#10607)
Update to .Net Core 3.0 RTM (PowerShell#10604) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Update MSIX packaging so the version to Windows Store requirements (PowerShell#10588)

Documentation and Help Content

Merge stable and servicing change logs (PowerShell#10527)
Update used .NET version in build docs (PowerShell#10775) (Thanks @Greg-Smulko!)
Replace links from MSDN to docs.microsoft.com in powershell-beginners-guide.md (PowerShell#10778) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix broken DSC overview link (PowerShell#10702)
Update Support_Question.md to link to Stack Overflow as another community resource (PowerShell#10638) (Thanks @mklement0!)
Add processor architecture to distribution request template (PowerShell#10661)
Add new PowerShell MoL book to learning PowerShell docs (PowerShell#10602)