This is a release candidate of Windows Package Manager v1.28. If you find any bugs or problems, please help us out by filing an issue.

New in v1.28

• Bumped the winget version to 1.28 to match the package version.
• Additional options for limiting the size of log files.

New Feature: 'source edit'

New feature that adds an 'edit' subcommand to the 'source' command. This can be used to set an explicit source to be implicit and vice-versa. For example, with this feature you can make the 'winget-font' source an implicit source instead of explicit source.

To use the feature, try winget source edit winget-font to set the Explicit state to the default.

New Feature: 'list --details'

The new feature enables a new option for the list command, --details. When supplied, the output is no longer a table view of the results but is instead a series of show like outputs drawing data from the installed item.

An example output for a single installed package is:

> wingetdev list Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.Enterprise --details
Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 [Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.Enterprise]
Version: 17.14.21 (November 2025)
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
Local Identifier: ARP\Machine\X86\875fed29
Product Code: 875fed29
Installer Category: exe
Installed Scope: Machine
Installed Location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise
Available Upgrades:
  winget [17.14.23]

If sixels are enabled and supported by the terminal, an icon for the installed package will be shown.

Bug Fixes

• Portable Packages now use the correct directory separators regardless of which convention is used in the manifest
• --suppress-initial-details now works with winget configure test
• --suppress-initial-details no longer requires --accept-configuration-agreements
• Corrected property of Font experimental feature to accurately reflect fonts as the required setting value

What's Changed

• Bump version to 1.28 by @florelis in #5787
• Move to latest 7.4 PS SDK by @JohnMcPMS in #5811
• Enable MultiProcessorCompilation by @Trenly in #5804
• Remove mention of WinGet Insider program from the README by @florelis in #5832
• Ignore ReleaseStatic outputs and clean intermediates by @JohnMcPMS in #5848
• Make Repair-WGPM a COM-aware cmdlet and rework version retrieval by @JohnMcPMS in #5842
• Unregister signal handler by @JohnMcPMS in #5861
• Support associating export units with packages in subdirectories of install location by @JohnMcPMS in #5859
• Send host geo to sandbox by @JohnMcPMS in #5873
• Update C++ nuget package references using new scripts by @JohnMcPMS in #5877
• Update platform toolset by @florelis in #5882
• Extract event log for potential crash info by @JohnMcPMS in #5807
• Update CODEOWNERS to include winget-developers by @florelis in #5891
• Fixes for VS2026 by @florelis in #5896
• Additional logging limitations and control by @JohnMcPMS in #5888
• Use hybrid CRT linkage instead of full static by @JohnMcPMS in #5913
• Enable source reference to get thread globals for off-thread logging by @JohnMcPMS in #5780
• Fix JSON, missing closing brace by @doterik in #5924
• Test host for in-proc COM module validation by @JohnMcPMS in #5910
• Add sleep to allow background threads to quiesce by @JohnMcPMS in #5933
• Allow suppressing configuration output on test by @Trenly in #5794
• Enable Explicit toggling for sources (i.e. Enable/Disable) by @dkbennett in #5904
• Fix fuzz build by @JohnMcPMS in #5932
• Normalize directory separators when adding packages to path by @Trenly in #5796
• Add sleep to another inproc test by @JohnMcPMS in #5935
• Don't build inproc testbed for fuzzing by @JohnMcPMS in #5937
• Create schema 1.12.0 folder by @Trenly in #5944
• Fix names of 1.12 Schemas by @Trenly in #5945
• Fix Font feature property name by @Trenly in #5946
• Add check to ensure vcpkg triplets match across projects by @florelis in #5950
• Update release notes for v1.28 by @florelis in #5957
• Details output option for list by @JohnMcPMS in #5939
• PowerShell Repair enhancements by @AmelBawa-msft in #5711
• Allow inproc callers to disable termination signal handlers by @JohnMcPMS in #5958
• Add manifest version to WinGetUtilInterop by @msftrubengu in #5964
• Fixes for updating winget from winget by @JohnMcPMS in #5972
• Diagnostics and fix for pipeline test failures by @JohnMcPMS in #5975
• Escape caller in user agent header by @JohnMcPMS in #5998
• Add DSC resource list to manifest by @JohnMcPMS in #5997
• Add command builder with escaped user input by @AmelBawa-msft in #5982
• Add missing closing brace in settings.export.schema.0.1.json by @DuckDuckStudio in #6004
• Turn off PWSH UT build in Fuzzing and ReleaseStatic for all platforms by @AmelBawa-msft in #6005
• Remove experimental feature gate on source edit by @dkbennett in #6006
• Update ReleaseNotes by @florelis in #6007
• Make list details stable (1.28) by @JohnMcPMS in #6021
• Move to IReference rather than custom enum for optional bool (1.28) by @JohnMcPMS in #6024
• Apply latest localization patch (1.28) by @florelis in #6025

New Contributors

• @doterik made their first contribution in #5924

Full Changelog: v1.12.470...v1.28.190