7.1.md

7.1 Changelog

7.1.7 - 2022-04-26

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Fix for partial PowerShell module search paths, that can be resolved to CWD locations
• Do not include node names when sending telemetry. (#16981) to v7.1.7 (Internal 20187,Internal 20260)

Tests

• Re-enable PowerShellGet tests targeting PowerShell gallery (#17062)
• Skip failing scriptblock tests (#17093)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update .NET SDK to 5.0.407

• Fix build failure in `generate checksum file for packages` step - v7.1.7 (Internal 20274)
• Updated files.wxs for 7.1.7 (Internal 20210)
• Updated to .NET 5.0.16 / SDK 5.0.407 (Internal 20131)
• Update Ubuntu images to use Ubuntu 20.04 (#15906)
• Update dotnet-install script download link (Internal 19950)
• Create checksum file for global tools (#17056) (Internal 19928)
• Make sure global tool packages are published in stable build (Internal 19624)

7.1.6 - 2022-03-16

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update .NET SDK to 5.0.406

• Update the mapping file (#16316, Internal 19528)
• Remove code that handles dotnet5 feed (Internal 19525)
• Fix issues in release build (#16332)
• Enable ARM64 packaging for macOS (#15768)
• Update feed and analyzer dependency (#16327)
• Only upload stable buildinfo for stable releases (#16251)
• Opt-in to build security monitoring (#16911)
• Update experimental feature json files (#16838)
• Ensure alpine and arm SKUs have the PowerShell configuration file with experimental features enabled (#16823)
• Remove WiX install (#16834)
• Add Linux package dependencies for packaging (#16807)
• Switch to our custom images for build and release (#16801)
• Remove all references to cmake for the builds in this repo (#16578)
• Register NuGet source when generating CGManifest (#16570)
• Update images used for release (#16580)
• Add GitHub Workflow to keep notices up to date (#16284)
• Update the vmImage and PowerShell root directory for macOS builds (#16611)
• Add Software Bill of Materials to the main packages (#16202, #16641, #16711)
• Update macOS build image and root folder for build (#16609)
• Add diagnostics used to take corrective action when releasing buildInfo JSON file (#16404)
• Add checkout to build json stage to get ci.psm1 (#16399)

7.1.5 - 2021-10-14

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Handle error from unauthorized access when removing AppLocker test files (#15881)
• Test more thoroughly whether a command is Out-Default for transcription scenarios (#15653)
• Handle error when the telemetry mutex cannot be created (#15574) (Thanks @gukoff!)
• Configure ApplicationInsights to not send cloud role name (Internal 17100)
• Disallow Add-Type in NoLanguage mode on a locked down machine (Internal 17522)

Tools

• Add .stylecop to filetypexml and format it (#16025)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump .NET SDK to 5.0.402

• Upgrade set-value package for markdown test (#16196)
• Sign the .NET createdump executable (#16229)
• Move vPack build to 1ES Pool (#16169)
• Update to .NET SDK 5.0.402 (Internal 17537)
• Move from PkgES hosted agents to 1ES hosted agents (#16023)
• Fix the macOS build by updating the pool image name (#16010)
• Use Alpine 3.12 for building PowerShell for Alpine Linux (#16008)

Documentation and Help Content

• Fix example nuget.config (#14349)

7.1.4 - 2021-08-12

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump .NET SDK to version 5.0.400

• Remove the cat file from PSDesiredStateConfiguration module (Internal 16723)
• Update .NET SDK version and other packages (Internal 16715)

7.1.3 - 2021-03-11

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Remove the 32K character limit on the environment block for Start-Process (#14111)
• Fix webcmdlets to properly construct URI from body when using -NoProxy (#14673)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Fix PromptForCredential() to add targetName as domain (#14504)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump .NET SDK to 5.0.4

• Bump .NET SDK to 5.0.4 (Internal 14775)
• Disable running markdown link verification in release build CI (#14971, #14974, #14975)
• Use template that disables component governance for CI (#14938)
• Declare which variable group is used for checking the blob in the release build (#14970)
• Add suppress for nuget multi-feed warning (#14893)
• Disable code signing validation where the file type is not supported (#14885)
• Install wget on CentOS 7 docker image (#14857)
• Fix install-dotnet download (#14856)
• Make universal Deb package based on deb package spec (#14681)
• Fix release build to upload global tool packages to artifacts (#14620)
• Update ini component version in test package.json (#14454)
• Add manual release automation steps and improve changelog script (#14445)
• Update markdown test packages with security fixes (#14145)
• Fix a typo in the Get-ChangeLog function (#14129)
• Disable global tool copy to unblock release

7.1.2 - 2021-02-11

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump .NET SDK to version 5.0.103

• Fix third party signing for files in sub-folders (#14751)
• Bump .NET SDK to version 5.0.103 (Internal 14459)
• Publish the global tool package for stable release

7.1.1 - 2021-01-14

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Avoid an exception if file system does not support reparse points (#13634) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Make AppLocker Enforce mode take precedence over UMCI Audit mode (#14353)

Code Cleanup

• Fix syntax error in Windows packaging script (#14377)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Details

• Use one feed in each nuget.config in official builds (#14363)
• Fix path signed RPMs are uploaded from in release build (#14424)
• Fix issue with unsigned build (#14367)
• Move macOS and NuGet packages to ESRP signing (#14324)
• Move Windows packages signing to use ESRP (#14060)
• Move Linux packages to ESRP signing (#14210)
• Migrate 3rd party signing to ESRP (#14010)
• Don't do a shallow checkout (#13992)
• Move to ESRP signing for Windows files (#13988)
• Add checkout step to release build templates (#13840)

7.1.0 - 2020-11-11

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Fix a logic bug in MapSecurityZone (#13921) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Update pwsh -? output to match docs (#13748)

Tests

• markdownlint security updates (#13730)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Details

• Fixes to release pipeline for GA release (Internal 13410)
• Add validation and dependencies for Ubuntu 20.04 distribution to packaging script (#13993)
• Change PkgES Lab to unblock build (Internal 13376)
• Add .NET install workaround for RTM (#13991)
• Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native version from 7.1.0-rc.2 to 7.1.0 (#13976)
• Bump PSReadLine version to 2.1.0 (#13975)
• Bump .NET to version 5.0.100-rtm.20526.5 (#13920)
• Update script to use .NET RTM feeds (#13927)

7.1.0-rc.2 - 2020-10-20

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Rename Get-Subsystem to Get-PSSubsystem and fix two related minor issues (#13765)
• Add missing PSToken token table entries to fix the PSParser API (#13779)
• Add additional PowerShell modules to the tracked modules list (#12183)
• Fix blocking wait when starting file associated with a Windows application (#13750)
• Revert PSNativePSPathResolution to being an experimental feature (#13734)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Emit warning if ConvertTo-Json exceeds -Depth value (#13692)

Build and Packaging Improvements

• Change Linux package script call to publish to the production repository in release builds (#13714)
• Update PSReadLine version to 2.1.0-rc1 (#13777)
• Move PowerShell build to dotnet 5.0-RC.2 (#13780)
• Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native to 7.1.0-rc.2 (#13794)

7.1.0-rc.1 - 2020-09-29

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Make fixes to ComInterop code as suggested by .NET team (#13533)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Fix case where exception message contains just "`n" on Windows (#13684)
• Recognize CONOUT$ and CONIN$ as reserved device names (#13508) (Thanks @davidreis97!)
• Fix ConciseView for interactive advanced function when writing error (#13623)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @soccypowa

• Simplify logical negation (#13555) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Fixed the indentation of the help content for -nologo (#13557) (Thanks @soccypowa!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@heaths

• Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.24 to 10.1.26 (#13586)
• Bump PowerShellGet from 2.2.4 to 2.2.5 (#13683)
• Bump Microsoft.ApplicationInsights from 2.14.0 to 2.15.0 (#13639)
• Update PowerShell to build against dotnet 5.0-RC.1 (#13643)
• Write the InstallLocation to fixed registry key (#13576) (Thanks @heaths!)

Documentation and Help Content

• Update README and metadata.json for 7.1.0-preview.7 release (#13565)

7.1.0-preview.7 - 2020-09-08

Breaking Changes

• Fix $? to not be $false when native command writes to stderr (#13395)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Initial work of the subsystem plugin model (for minimal powershell) (#13186)
• Optimize GetSystemLockdownPolicy for non-lockdown scenarios (#13438)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Revert "Add the parameter -Paged to Get-Help to support paging (#13374)" (#13519)
• Add support for TLS 1.3 in Web cmdlets (#13409) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add null check for args in CommandLineParser (#13451) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Process reparse points for Microsoft Store applications (#13481) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Move PSNullConditionalOperators feature out of experimental (#13529)
• Move PSNativePSPathResolution feature out of Experimental (#13522)
• Use field if property does not exist for ObRoot when using PowerShell Direct to container (#13375) (Thanks @hemisphera!)
• Suppress UTF-7 obsolete warnings (#13484)
• Avoid multiple enumerations of an IEnumerable<Expression> instance in Compiler.cs (#13491)
• Change Add-Type -OutputType to not support ConsoleApplication and WindowsApplication (#13440)
• Create warnings when UTF-7 is specified as an encoding (#13430)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @tamasvajk

• Add single blank line after copyright header (#13486) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Use read-only auto-implemented properties (#13507) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Use boolean instead of bitwise operators on bool values (#13506) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Fix erroneous assert (#13495) (Thanks @tamasvajk!)
• Cleanup: remove duplicate words in comments (#13539) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Reformat StringUtil (#13509) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Use uint instead of long for PDH constants (#13502) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Cleanup: Remove redundant empty lines (#13404) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Add StringUtil.Format overload to avoid unnecessary allocations (#13408) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Fix test hooks for CommandLineParameterParser (#13459)
• Remove redundant delegate creation (#13441) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tools

• vscode: Add editorconfig to recommended extensions (#13537) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Remove the out-dated ZapDisable related code from build.psm1 (#13350) (Thanks @jackerr3!)

Tests

• Disable WMF download link validation test (#13479)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@yecril71pl

• Add Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk dependency (Internal 12589)
• Update .NET NuGet package version to 5.0.0-preview.8.20407.11 (Internal 12555)
• Update to .NET 5 preview 8 (#13530)
• Change stage dependency for docker release stage in release pipeline (#13512)
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 16.7.0 to 16.7.1 (#13492)
• Create the folder before copying the global tools (#13476)
• A few fixes to the release pipeline (#13473)
• Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.20.0 to 0.21.1 (#13463)
• Add a pre-check for git to build.psm1 (#13227) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)

Documentation and Help Content

• Update README links and metadata.json for 7.1.0-preview.6 (#13437)

7.1.0-preview.6 - 2020-08-17

Breaking Changes

• Rename -FromUnixTime to -UnixTimeSeconds on Get-Date to allow Unix time input (#13084) (Thanks @aetos382!)
• Make $ErrorActionPreference not affect stderr output of native commands (#13361)
• Allow explicitly specified named parameter to supersede the same one from hashtable splatting (#13162)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Refactor command line parser to do early parsing (#11482) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add support for some .NET intrinsic type converters (#12580) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Refresh and enable the ComInterop code in PowerShell (#13304)

Experimental Features

• Add -Runspace parameter to all *-PSBreakpoint cmdlets (#10492) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Fix error message from new symbolic link missing target (#13085) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
• Make the parameter args non-nullable in the public ConsoleHost APIs (#13429)
• Add missing dispose for CancellationTokenSource (#13420) (Thanks @Youssef1313!)
• Add the parameter -Paged to Get-Help to support paging (#13374)
• Fix Get-Help not properly displaying if parameter supports wildcards (#13353) (Thanks @ThomasNieto!)
• Update pwsh help for -InputFormat parameter (#13355) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Declare MIT license for files copied from Roslyn (#13305) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Improve BigInteger casting behaviors (#12629) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Fix Get-Acl -LiteralPath "HKLM:Software\Classes\*" behavior (#13107) (Thanks @Shriram0908!)
• Add DefaultVisit method to the visitor interface and class (#13258)
• Fix conflicting shorthand switch -s (STA) for pwsh (#13262) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Change Read-Host -MaskInput to use existing SecureString path, but return as plain text (#13256)
• Remove ComEnumerator as COM objects using IEnumerator is now supported in .NET 5.0 (#13259)
• Use temporary personal path at Runspace startup when the 'HOME' environment variable is not defined (#13239)
• Fix Invoke-Command to detect recursive call of the same history entry (#13197)
• Change pwsh executable -inputformat switch prefix -in to -inp to fix conflict with -interactive (#13205) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Handle WSL filesystem path when analyze security zone of a file (#13120)
• Make other switches mandatory in Split-Path (#13150) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• New Fluent Design icon for PowerShell 7 (#13100) (Thanks @sarthakmalik!)
• Fix Move-Item to support cross-mount moves on Unix (#13044)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @yecril71pl, @ThomasNieto, @dgoldman-msft

• Use null check with pattern-matching instead of object.ReferenceEquals (#13065) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Fix comparison of value type object to null (#13285) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Use is operator instead of as operator (#13287) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Change SwitchParameter fields to properties (#13291) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Change "operable" to "executable" (#13281) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
• Remove AssemblyInfo property from list views (#13331) (Thanks @ThomasNieto!)
• Use is not syntax where appropriate and remove unnecessary parentheses (#13323) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Remove unreachable code in CustomShellCommands.cs (#13316) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Add copyright header to .editorconfig and update files (#13306) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Fix typo in Out-File.cs and Out-Printer.cs (#13298) (Thanks @dgoldman-msft!)
• Fix SA1026CodeMustNotContainSpaceAfterNewKeywordInImplicitlyTypedArrayAllocation (#13249) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Remove usage of do statement to create an infinite loop (#13137) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Use int instead of uint in places where it's more appropriate (#13141) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Use int instead of long to avoid Interlocked.Read (#13069) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tools

• Fix dotnet install errors (#13387)
• Increase the timeout of Windows daily build to 90 minutes (#13354)
• Update the dependabot configuration to version 2 (#13230) (Thanks @RDIL!)
• Fix Test-XUnitTestResults function (#13270) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Update .devcontainer to use nightly docker SDK images (#13128)

Tests

• Mark Test-Connection -TraceRoute tests as pending (#13310)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @iSazonov, @77, @WorrenB

• Update README.md and metadata.json for next release (#13059)
• Create release pipeline as a yaml pipeline (#13394)
• Update infrastructure to consume private builds from .NET (#13427)
• Fix breaks in packages daily build due to macOS signing changes (#13421)
• Sign individual files for macOS PKG (#13392)
• Disable code sign validation on jobs that do not sign (#13389)
• Bump PSReadLine from 2.0.2 to 2.0.4 (#13240)
• Update build documentation for Visual Studio 2019 dependency (#13336) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 3.6.0 to 3.7.0 (#13360)
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 16.6.1 to 16.7.0 (#13364)
• Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.4.2 to 2.4.3 (#13343)
• Use Authenticode certificate for MSIX signing (#13330)
• Add default help content to the assets folder (#13257)
• Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.7.20366.2 to 5.0.100-preview.7.20366.15 (#13200)
• Set C# language version to preview/9.0 (#13090) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Use pwsh for build and test of package in CI build (#13223)
• Remove rcedit dependency, move daily ico dependency to props file (#13123)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.23 to 10.1.24 (#13214)
• Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.7.20364.3 to 5.0.100-preview.7.20366.2 (#13192)
• Add support for installing arm64 MSIX package. (#13043) (Thanks @77!)
• Fix Azure file copy issues in release build (#13182)
• Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.7.20358.6 to 5.0.100-preview.7.20364.3 (#13155)
• Fix Azure file copy break in Azure DevOps (#13173)
• Bump Xunit.SkippableFact from 1.4.8 to 1.4.13 (#13143)
• Add new chibi svg version of the avatar (#13160) (Thanks @WorrenB!)
• Refactor MSI code to make it easier to add a WiX exe installer (#13139)
• Disable ReadyToRun for debug build (#13144) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add new chibi version of the avatar (#13140)
• Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.7.20356.2 to 5.0.100-preview.7.20358.6 (#13134) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)
• Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.6.20318.15 to 5.0.100-preview.7.20356.2 (#13125) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)

Documentation and Help Content

• Fix/clarify instructions for running Start-PSPester tests (#13373)
• Improve inline documentation for VerbInfo (#13265) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
• Improve the wording of inline comments in the help system (#13274) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
• Correct grammar in README.md and other docs (#13269) (Thanks @tasnimzotder!)
• Add "GitHub Actions Python builds" to ADOPTERS.md (#13228) (Thanks @brcrista!)
• Update change logs for 6.2.x and 7.0.x (#13194)
• Update README.md and metadata.json for the v7.0.3 release (#13187)

7.1.0-preview.5 - 2020-07-06

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Ensure assemblies listed in the module manifest FileList field are not loaded (#12968)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze

• Code performance fixes (#12956) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tools

• Add missing .editorconfig settings present in dotnet/runtime (#12871) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tests

• Add new test for Format-Custom to avoid data loss (#11393) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Fixed upgrade code in MSI package.

• Change log for v7.1.0-preview.5 (Internal 11880)
• Fix Path for the Preview MSI (#13070)
• Correct stable and preview upgrade codes for MSI (#13036)
• Changelog for `v7.1.0-preview.4` (Internal 11841)
• Fix NuGet package compliance issues (#13045)
• Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.4.1 to 2.4.2 (#12874)
• Bump NJsonSchema from `10.1.21` to `10.1.23` (#13032) (#13022)

Documentation and Help Content

• Fix links for MSI packages to point to 7.1.0-preview.3 (#13056)
• Add update packages.microsoft.com step to distribution request template. (#13008)
• Update windows-core.md (#13053) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Add @rjmholt to maintainers list (#13033)
• Update docs for v7.1.0-preview.4 release (#13028)

7.1.0-preview.4 - 2020-06-25

Breaking Changes

• Make the switch parameter -Qualifier not positional for Split-Path (#12960) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
• Resolve the working directory as literal path for Start-Process when it's not specified (#11946) (Thanks @NoMoreFood!)
• Make -OutFile parameter in web cmdlets to work like -LiteralPath (#11701) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Ensure null-coalescing LHS is evaluated only once (#12667)
• Fix path handling bug in PSTask (#12554) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
• Remove extra line before formatting group (#12163) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Make module formatting not generate error with strict mode (#11943)
• Adding more ETW logs to WSMan plugin (#12798) (Thanks @krishnayalavarthi!)
• Restrict loading of amsi.dll to system32 folder (#12730)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Fix NullReferenceException in CommandSearcher.GetNextCmdlet (#12659) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Prevent NullReferenceException in Unix computer cmdlets with test hooks active (#12651) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Fix issue in Select-Object where Hashtable members (e.g. Keys) cannot be used with -Property or -ExpandProperty (#11097) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Fix conflicting shorthand switch -w for pwsh (#12945)
• Rename the CimCmdlet resource file (#12955) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Remove use of Test-Path in ConciseView (#12778)
• Flag default switch statement condition clause as keyword (#10487) (Thanks @msftrncs!)
• Add parameter SchemaFile to Test-Json cmdlet (#11934) (Thanks @beatcracker!)
• Bring back Certificate provider parameters (#10622) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix New-Item to create symbolic link to relative path target (#12797) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Add CommandLine property to Process (#12288) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Adds -MaskInput parameter to Read-Host (#10908) (Thanks @davinci26!)
• Change CimCmdlets to use AliasAttribute (#12617) (Thanks @thlac!)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @sethvs, @romero126, @kvprasoon, @powercode

• Use nameof operator (#12716) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Fix comments in Mshexpression.cs (#12711) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Formatting: remove duplicate semicolons (#12666) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Replace SortedList with Generic.SortedList<TKey,TValue> (#12954) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Use HashSet instead of Hashtable with null values (#12958) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Rename CopyItem.Tests.ps1 to Copy-Item.Tests.ps1 to match other tests (#10701) (Thanks @romero126!)
• Fix RCS1114: Remove redundant delegate creation (#12917) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Code redundancy fixes (#12916) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Update the PowerShell modules to use the new Help URI (#12686)
• Reorder modifiers according to preferred order (#12864) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Expand numberOfPowershellRefAssemblies list capacity (#12840) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Add readonly modifier to internal static members (#11777) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• cleanup: Use coalesce expression (#12829) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Add missing assessibility modifiers (#12820) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Use t_ naming convention for ThreadStatic members (#12826) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Formatting: Add empty line between declarations (#12824) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Clarify defaultRefAssemblies list capacity in AddType.cs (#12520) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Fixing "Double "period" (..) in message for System.InvalidOperationException" (#12758) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Rethrow to preserve stack details for better maintainability (#12723) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Delete license.rtf (#12738) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Nullable annotations for CommandSearcher (#12733) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Redundancy: Remove 'partial' modifier from type with a single part (#12725) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Remove phrase 'All rights reserved' from Microsoft copyright statements (#12722) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• IDictionary -> IDictionary<string, FunctionInfo> for FunctionTable (#12658) (Thanks @powercode!)

Tools

• Use correct isError parameter with Write-Log (#12989)
• Disable NonPrivateReadonlyFieldsMustBeginWithUpperCaseLetter rule in StyleCop (#12855) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Add @TylerLeonhardt to PowerShell team list to correct changelog generation (#12927)
• Enable the upload of ETW traces to CLR CAP in Windows daily build (#12890)
• Prevent GitHub workflow for daily dotnet build updates from running in forks (#12763) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Add GitHub action for PR creation and Wix file generation logic (#12748)

Tests

• Remove duplicate tests from Measure-Object.Tests.ps1 (#12683) (Thanks @sethvs!)
• Fix tests to not write errors to console (#13010)
• Make sure tabcompletion tests run (#12981)
• Remove dependency on DNS for Test-Connection tests on macOS (#12943)
• Restore markdownlint tests (#12549) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Wrap tests in pester blocks (#12700) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@iSazonov, @kvprasoon, @Saancreed, @heaths, @xtqqczze

• Update Distribution_Request.md
• Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.15 to 10.1.16 (#12685)
• Disable uploading Symbols package (#12687)
• Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.5.20279.10 to 5.0.100-preview.6.20318.15 (#13018)
• Remove component ref when re-generating the wix file (#13019)
• Make sure icons are added to MSI staging folder (#12983)
• Update DotnetRutimeMetadata.json to point to preview 6 (#12972)
• Bump PSReadLine from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 (#12909)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.18 to 10.1.21 (#12944)
• Check if Azure Blob exists before overwriting (#12921)
• Enable skipped tests (#12894) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix break in package build by pinning ffi version to 1.12 (#12889)
• Upgrade APIScan version (#12876)
• Make contributors unique in Release notes (#12878) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
• Update Linux daily CI to run in a single agent & collect traces (#12866)
• Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.5.20278.13 to 5.0.100-preview.5.20279.10 (#12844) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)
• Sign the MSIX files for the store (#12582)
• Update the CI builds (#12830)
• Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.5.20272.6 to 5.0.100-preview.5.20278.13 (#12772) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)
• Allow use of build module on unknown Linux distros (#11146) (Thanks @Saancreed!)
• Fix MSI upgrade and shortcut issues (#12792) (Thanks @heaths!)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.17 to 10.1.18 (#12812)
• Update .NET SDK version from 5.0.100-preview.5.20269.29 to 5.0.100-preview.5.20272.6 (#12759) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)
• Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.16 to 10.1.17 (#12761)
• Update to dotnet SDK 5.0.0-preview.5.20268.9 (#12740)
• Remove assets\license.rtf (#12721) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0 (#12731)

Documentation and Help Content

• Update README and metadata files for next release (#12717)
• Update README.md removing experimental status of Arm builds, but Win-Arm64 is still preview for Stable release. (#12707)
• Add link to Github compare in changelog (#12713) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Added missing changelog for v7.1.0-preview.2 (#12665)
• Update required Visual Studio version in build docs (#12628) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• minor update to Distribution_Request.md (#12705) (Thanks @kilasuit!)
• Update docs.microsoft.com links (#12653) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Update change log for 6.2.5 release (#12670)
• Update README.md and metadata.json for next release (#12668)
• Merge 7.0.1 change log (#12669)
• Remove markdown unused definitions (#12656) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Add HoloLens to list of PowerShell adopters (#12940) (Thanks @reynoldsbd!)
• Update README.md and metadata.json for next releases (#12939)
• Fix broken link in README.md (#12887) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Minor typo corrections in Distribution Request Issue Templates (#12744) (Thanks @corbob!)
• Correct 'review-for-comments' in Governance.md (#11035) (Thanks @MarvTheRobot!)
• Fix markdown ordered lists (#12657) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Fix broken docs.microsoft.com link (#12776) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Replace link to Slack with link to PowerShell Virtual User Group (#12786) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Update LICENSE.txt so that it's recognized as MIT (#12729)

7.1.0-preview.3 - 2020-05-14

Breaking Changes

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

Engine Updates and Fixes

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

Experimental Features

• Support passing PSPath to native commands (#12386)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

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

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @RDIL, @powercode, @xtqqczze, @xtqqczze

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

Tools

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

Tests

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

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@jcotton42, @iSazonov, @iSazonov, @iSazonov

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

Documentation and Help Content

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

7.1.0-preview.2 - 2020-04-23

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

Engine Updates and Fixes

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

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

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

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@ShaydeNofziger, @RDIL

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

Tools

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

Tests

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

Documentation and Help Content

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

7.1.0-preview.1 - 2020-03-26

Breaking Changes

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

Engine Updates and Fixes

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

Experimental Features

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

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

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

Code Cleanup

Details

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

Tools

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

Tests

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

Build and Packaging Improvements

Details

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

Documentation and Help Content

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