Azure/bicep v0.41.2

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Highlights

• Snapshot command is GA (#19084)

  Example usage:

  # capture a snapshot
  bicep snapshot main.bicepparam
  
  # validate a snapshot
  bicep snapshot main.bicepparam --mode validate
  
  # capture a snapshot with Azure context
  bicep snapshot main.bicepparam --subscription-id 3faf6056-8474-4818-a729-1aff55d6b3fa --resource-group myRg --location westus --mode overwrite

  Walkthrough YouTube - Bicep Snapshot Demo

  Official docs coming soon. In the meantime, see Using the snapshot command.

• [Experimental] @nullIfNotFound() decorator for existing resources (#18697)

  Basic example:

  @nullIfNotFound()
  resource storageAccount 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2021-04-01' existing = {
    name: 'testStorage'
  }
  
  output safeLocation string? = storageAccount.?location
  output safeSkuName string? = storageAccount.?sku.name
  output safeAccessTier string? = storageAccount.?properties.accessTier
  
  output locationWithDefault string = storageAccount.?location ?? 'westus'
  output skuNameWithDefault string = storageAccount.?sku.name ?? 'Standard_LRS'
  output accessTierWithDefault string = storageAccount.?properties.accessTier ?? 'Hot'

Bug Fixes and Features

• Add MCP server metadata JSON file to NuGet package (#18909)
• Add section on comments to Best Practices doc (#18913)
• Fix nested extendable params spread: ensure inherited spread expressions are bound correctly (#19028)
• add support for array splat completion in type syntax and enhance completion context (#18948)
• Add completions for #disable-diagnostics and #restore-diagnostics (#18919)
• Add extension namespace functions (#18910)
• [PublishExtension command] Ensure namespace functions are considered when building types archive (#18999)
• Use file handle URI in output (#18920)
• [Experimental] Visualizer V2 (#18986, #18987, #18992, #18995, #19025, #19029, #19080)

Community Contributions

• Minor typos in README.md (#19079) - thanks @gerbermarco !
• Enhance snapshot command documentation (#18959) - thanks @verschaevesiebe !
• Add snapshot command help documentation to RootCommand (#18988) - thanks @verschaevesiebe !