Highlights

• Support for loops (#1469, #1521, #1628, #1647)
• Support for existing keyword (#1339)
• New "decorators"-style parameter modifier syntax (#1324)
• Support for multi-line strings (#1542)
• Allow output names to overlap with symbols (#1623)

Feature work and bug fixes

Bicep team:

• Include API version for generated reference() function calls on 'existing' resources (#1466)
• Block runtime properties for resource/module 'scope' (#1467)
• Fix for duplicate semantic tokens (#1503)
• Fix erroneous environment() type definition (#1528)
• Allow decompilation of and() & or() with >2 params (#1526)
• Add --outdir, --outfile params to build command (#1519)
• Block cross-scope resource deployment without modules (#1559)
• Added basic unicode support (#1370)
• module file path completions (#1236)
• Added ResourceGroup and SubscriptionId fields to nested deployment resource (#1433)
• Added generated metadata info (#1533)

@miqm:

• Fixed interpolated StringSyntax used in object's property name (#1375)
• ARM Integer type is now long instead int (#1334)
• Permitted resourceGroup -> subscription (self and named) and subscription -> resourceGroup in named subscription deployments. (#1420)
• Added single qoute as completion trigger character (#1377)
• Replacing coalesce function with double question mark ?? operator (#1489)

@StefanIvemo:

• Updated Bicep Playground Favicon (#1543)

Doc updates

@ciwchris:

• Fix typos in creating modules tutorial (#1654)

@JFolberth:

• Update Readme 'life better' section (#1481)

@piraces:

• Add new community contribution to README.md (#1419)

Examples

@fberson:

• New exmaple: Vnet with Subnet and USer Defined Route (#1459)

@JFolberth:

• added automation account with logging (#1381)

@johndowns:

• Fix default HTTPS port number in Front Door examples (#1397)
• Add example for HTTP-triggered function (#1437)
• Add sample for adding storage static website (with deployment script) (#1442)

@MarcusFelling:

• Add example to deploy app + data + identity + monitoring (#1395)

@ehrnst:

• Added example for custom policy definition with assignment (#1394)

@MCKLMT:

• Add traffic-manager-webapp example (#1414)

@sebader:

• Azure Portal Dashboard sample (#1486)