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7.7.0-preview.1

Breaking Changes

  • Add ValidateNotNullOrEmpty attribute to the -Property of Format-Table/List/Custom (#26552)
  • Fix to use accurate message for validating a string argument is not null and not an empty string (#26668)
  • Correct handling of explicit -[Operator]:$false parameter values in Where-Object (#26485) (Thanks @yotsuda!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Update MaxVisitCount and MaxHashtableKeyCount if VisitorSafeValueContext indicates SkipLimitCheck is true
    (#27308)
  • Enable usage in AppContainers (#27305)
  • Delay update notification for one week to ensure all packages become available (#27095)
  • Fix up default value for parameters with the in modifier (#26785) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Fix WSManInstance COM interface with ResourceURI (#26692) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Refactor the module path construction code to make it more robust and easier to maintain (#26565)
  • Fix checks for local user config file paths (#26269)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Add verbose message to Get-Service when properties cannot be returned (#27109) (Thanks @reabr!)
  • Fix Remove-Item confirmation message to use provider path instead (#27123) (Thanks @scuzqy!)
  • PSStyle: validate background index against BackgroundColorMap (#27106) (Thanks @cuiweixie!)
  • Update PowerShell Profile DSC resource manifests to allow null for content (#26929)
  • Add SubjectAlternativeName property to the Signature object returned from Get-AuthenticodeSignature (#26252)
  • Mark -NoTypeInformation as obsolete no-op and evaluate -IncludeTypeInformation on by value on Csv cmdlets (#26719) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Support TargetObject position in ParserErrors (#26649) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Fix the CLR internal error and null ref exception when running show-command with PowerShell API (#26669)
  • Fix Test-Json false positive errors when using oneOf or anyOf in schema (#26618) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Add ToRegex method to WildcardPattern class (#26515) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Add -ExcludeProperty parameter to Format-* cmdlets (#26514) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Fix NOTES section formatting in comment-based help (#26512) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Disable AMSI content logging in release (#26235) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add tab completion for $PSBoundParameters.Keys switch cases and access patterns (#26483) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Fix formatting to properly handle the Reset VT sequences that appear in the middle of a string (#26424)
  • Add -Extension parameter to Join-Path cmdlet (#26482) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Make Export-Csv -Append and -NoHeader mutually exclusive (#26472) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Respect -Qualifier/-NoQualifier/-Leaf/-IsAbsolute:$false in Split-Path (#26474) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Respect -UseWindowsPowerShell:$false in New-PSSession (#26469) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Respect -Repeat/-MtuSize/-Traceroute:$false in Test-Connection (#26479) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Fix Invoke-RestMethod to support read-only files in multipart form data (#26454) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Respect -ListAvailable:$false in Get-TimeZone (#26463) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Respect -Shuffle:$false in Get-SecureRandom (#26460) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Respect -Shuffle:$false in Get-Random (#26457) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • DSC v3 resource for Powershell Profile (#26157)
  • Make the experimental feature PSFeedbackProvider stable (#26343)
  • Make some experimental features stable (#26348)
  • Add PSApplicationOutputEncoding variable (#21219) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Dynamically evaluate width of LastWriteTime for formatting output on Unix (#24624) (Thanks @MathiasMagnus!)
  • Handle null reference exception in CsvCommands.cs: ConvertPSObjectToCSV (#26144) (Thanks @mikkas456!)
  • Improve ValidateLength error message consistency and refactor validation tests (#25806) (Thanks @jorgeasaurus!)
  • Correct handling of explicit -Since:$false parameter value in Get-Uptime (#26141) (Thanks @logiclrd!)
  • Add property and event for debug attach (#25788) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Fix memory leak in GetFileShares (#25896) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Correct handling of explicit -Empty:$false parameter value in New-Guid (#26140) (Thanks @logiclrd!)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @yotsuda, @ThioJoe, @rwp0, @amritanand-py

  • Fix IDisposable implementation in sealed classes (#26215) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Enable CA1852: Seal internal types (#25890) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove obsolete CA2006 rule suppression (#25939) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use consistent indentation in the file HelpersCommon.psm1 (#26608)
  • Centralize ExcludeProperty filter application in ViewGenerator base class (#26574) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Refactor IsComputerNameValid character validation (#26274) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove obsolete test/docker/networktest directory (#26388)
  • Avoid regex for exact word matching in DscClassCache (#26306) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Enable analyzers: Use char overload (#26301) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Enable CA1200: Avoid using cref tags with a prefix (#26298) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove unused timeout variable from RemoteHyperVTests class (#26297) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Enable CA2022: Avoid inexact read with Stream.Read (#25814) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix a few simple typos in comments and string outputs (#25805) (Thanks @ThioJoe!)
  • Remove unused Azure Devops windows CI workflows (#26245)
  • Fix CA1837: Use Environment.ProcessId (#26242) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Enable IDE0080: RemoveConfusingSuppressionForIsExpression (#26206) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove redundant CharSet from StructLayout attributes. Part 1 (#26216) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix IDE0083: UseNotPattern (#26213) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix IDE0049 for string in System.Management.Automation (#25921) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix IDE0049 for object in System.Management.Automation. Part 1 (#25923) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Replace stackallocs with collection expressions (#25803) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Capitalize Windows in PSNativeWindowsTildeExpansion experimental feature description (#25266) (Thanks @rwp0!)
  • Fix SA1028: Code should not contain trailing whitespace. Part 1. (#26203) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix IDE0083: UseNotPattern (#26209) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix CA1852: Seal internal types. Part 1 (#26205) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Enable IDE0019: InlineAsTypeCheck (#25920) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix mismatched indentation in .config/suppress.json (#26192) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Replace custom method with File.ReadAllText() in ScriptAnalysis.cs (#26060) (Thanks @amritanand-py!)
  • Avoid possible multiple enumerations in ImportModuleCommand.IsPs1xmlFileHelper_IsPresentInEntries (#26104) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Enable SA1206: Declaration keywords should follow order (#24973) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Disable IDE0049: PreferBuiltInOrFrameworkType (#26094) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Enable CA1853: Unnecessary call to Dictionary.ContainsKey(key) (#26106) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Enable CA1860: Avoid using Enumerable.Any() extension method (#26109) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Enable CA1858: Use StartsWith instead of IndexOf (#26107) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add CodeQL suppressions for NativeCommandProcessor (#26729)

Tools

  • Add GitOps policy to auto-label backport candidates when CL-BuildPackaging is added (#26881)
  • Add Pester CI Analysis Skill (#26806)
  • Delete unused winget release script (#26683)
  • Improve error message from Start-NativeExecution (#26500) (Thanks @logiclrd!)
  • Add default CODEOWNERS entry for maintainers (#26660)
  • Add Attack Surface Analyzer Script (#26379)
  • Add merge conflict marker detection to linux-ci workflow and refactor existing actions to use reusable get-changed-files action (#26350)
  • Add reusable get-changed-files action and refactor existing actions (#26355)
  • Refactor analyze job to reusable workflow and enable on Windows CI (#26322)
  • Create github copilot setup workflow (#26285)
  • Update dependabot.yml to monitor release/* branches (#26251)

Tests

  • Fix the PSNativeCommandArgumentPassing test (#27057)
  • Fix Import-Module.Tests.ps1 to handle Arm32 platform (#26862)
  • Add comprehensive PowerShell class tests for ConvertTo-Json (#26769) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Add comprehensive PSCustomObject tests for ConvertTo-Json (#26743) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Add GitHub Actions annotations for Pester test failures (#26789)
  • Add comprehensive depth and multilevel composition tests for ConvertTo-Json (#26744) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Add comprehensive array and dictionary tests for ConvertTo-Json (#26742) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Add comprehensive scalar type tests for ConvertTo-Json (#26736) (Thanks @yotsuda!)
  • Fix the fuzzy test (#26402)
  • Add Fuzz Tests (#26384)
  • Fix merge conflict checker for empty file lists and filter *.cs files (#26365)
  • Fix linux_packaging job being skipped when only packaging files change (#26315)
  • Use [initialsessionstate] type accelerator (#25912) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Add markdown link verification for PRs (#26219)
  • Check for GetWindowPlacement success (#26122) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@powercode, @kasperk81, @xtqqczze

  • Update branch for release (#27291)
  • Remove package verification from the notice pipeline (#27289)
  • Remove MSI from publishing pipeline (#27213)
  • Externalize findMissingNotices target framework selection with ordered Windows fallback (#27269)
  • Fix the package pipeline by adding in PDP-Media directory (#27254)
  • Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 6.0.2 (#27206)
  • Build, package, and create VPack for the PowerShell-LTS store package within the same msixbundle-vpack pipeline (#150) (#27209)
  • Pin ready-to-merge.yml reusable workflow to commit SHA (#27204)
  • Change the display name of PowerShell-LTS MSIX package to "PowerShell LTS" (#27203)
  • [StepSecurity] ci: Harden GitHub Actions (#27201)
  • [StepSecurity] ci: Harden GitHub Actions (#27202)
  • Redo windows image fix to use latest image (#27198)
  • Separate Store Package Creation, Skip Polling for Store Publish, Clean up PDP-Media (#27024)
  • Revert "Fetch latest ICU release version dynamically" (#27127)
  • Update package references and move to .NET SDK 11.0-preview.2 (#27117)
  • Add comment-based help documentation to build.psm1 functions (#27122) (Thanks @powercode!)
  • Bump github/codeql-action from 3.30.3 to 4.35.1 (#27120)
  • Select New MSIX Package Name (#27096)
  • Separate Official and NonOfficial templates for ADO pipelines (#26897)
  • Update the PhoneProductId to be the official LTS id used by Store (#27077)
  • release-upload-buildinfo: replace version-comparison channel gating with metadata flags (#27074)
  • Update build to create two msix's and msixbundles for LTS and Stable (#27056)
  • Update metadata.json for the v7.6.0 release (#27054)
  • Move _GetDependencies MSBuild target from dynamic generation in build.psm1 into Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK.csproj (#27052)
  • Fix PMC repo URL for RHEL10 (#27059)
  • Create Linux LTS deb/rpm packages for LTS releases (#27049)
  • Create LTS pkg and non-LTS pkg for macOS for LTS releases (#27039)
  • Fix the container image for vPack, MSIX vPack and Package pipelines (#27015)
  • Update Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet version to 1.2.0 (#27003)
  • Fix ConvertFrom-ClearlyDefinedCoordinates to handle API object coordinates (#26893)
  • Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 7 (#26914)
  • Bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.7.3 to 4.9.0 (#26938)
  • Hardcode Official templates (#26928)
  • Add PMC packages for debian13 and rhel10 (#26912)
  • Split TPN manifest and Component Governance manifest (#26891)
  • Add version in description and pass store task on failure (#26885)
  • Correct the package name for .deb and .rpm packages (#26877)
  • Fix a preview detection test for the packaging script (#26882)
  • Exclude .exe packages from publishing to GitHub (#26859)
  • Update metadata.json for v7.6.0-rc.1 (#26856)
  • Fetch latest ICU release version dynamically (#26827) (Thanks @kasperk81!)
  • Update LangVersion to preview (#26214) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update to .NET 11 SDK and update dependencies (#26783)
  • Update outdated package references (#26771)
  • Create es-metadata (#26759)
  • Add policy to restrict the Approved-LowRisk label (#26728)
  • Move PowerShell build to depend on .NET SDK 10.0.102 (#26697)
  • Update metadata.json to update the Latest attribute with a better name (#26380)
  • Update outdated package references (#26656)
  • Bring release changes from the v7.6.0-preview.6 release branch (#26627)
  • Update build to use .NET SDK 10.0.100 (#26448)
  • Update the macos package name for preview releases to match the previous pattern (#26429)
  • Fix condition syntax for StoreBroker package tasks in MSIX pipeline (#26427)
  • Fix template path for rebuild branch check in package.yml (#26425)
  • Update the WCF packages to the latest version that is compatible with v4.10.3 (#26406)
  • Add rebuild branch support with conditional MSIX signing (#26415)
  • Optimize/split windows package signing (#26403)
  • Improve ADO package build and validation across platforms (#26398)
  • Update outdated test package references (#26368)
  • Delete this way of collecting feedback (#26364)
  • Update the Microsoft.PowerShell.Native package version (#26347)
  • Add log grouping to build.psm1 for collapsible GitHub Actions logs (#26326)
  • Bump actions/setup-dotnet from 4 to 5 (#26327)
  • Update SDK to 10.0.100-rc.2.25502.107 (#26305)
  • Replace fpm with dpkg-deb for DEB package generation (#26281)
  • Replace fpm with native macOS packaging tools (pkgbuild/productbuild) (#26268)
  • Separate Store Automation Service Endpoints, Resolve AppID (#26210)
  • Update concurrency groups to prevent merge runs and pull request runs from canceling each other (#26257)
  • Update release tags to version 7.5.4 and 7.4.13 (#26258)
  • Update outdated package references (#26148)
  • Refactor: Centralize xUnit tests into reusable workflow and remove legacy verification (#26243)
  • Convert Azure DevOps Linux Packaging pipeline to GitHub Actions workflow (#26225)
  • Update vPack name (#26090)
  • Update metadata.json for v7.6.0-preview.5 release (#26158)
  • Bump ossf/scorecard-action from 2.4.2 to 2.4.3 (#26128)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Check in 7.6.md after v7.6.0 release (#27063)
  • Update changelog for release v7.5.5 (#27014)
  • Add 7.4.14 changelog (#26998)
  • Update SECURITY.md to remove email reporting option (#26653)
  • Update changelog for the release v7.6.0-preview.6 (#26597)
  • Explain the parameter -UseNuGetOrg in build documentation (#26507) (Thanks @logiclrd!)
  • Update backport prompt (#26392)
  • Add a backport prompt for copilot (#26383)
  • Update linux.md documentation to reflect current CI build configuration (#26255)
  • Add GitHub Copilot instruction files for PowerShell CI build system (#26253)
  • Add documentation for publishing Pester test results in GitHub Actions (#26254)
  • Remove Gitter from README (#26200) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove nightly build status section from README.md (#26227) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Update changelog for v7.5.4 and v7.4.13 (#26202)

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