v2023.8.0

v2023.8.0

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

This one took a while! As always, these changes were available in the pre-release channel
which went through six versions to get us to today's release.

The cwd setting now supports ~ for home directory, relative paths, and named workspace
folders. The additionalPowerShellExes setting also now supports ~, checks for missing
extensions if necessary, and both settings smartly strip surrounding quotes from the
user-supplied value. These two settings are now far more user-friendly.

Thanks to efforts across the team, we are shipping the extension with the latest and
greatest PSReadLine, v2.3.4!

The extension commands AKA $psEditor API was reworked and no longer mangles path casing.
It also now exposes the CloseFile and SaveFile methods, and supports multi-root
workspaces.

A new setting integratedConsole.startLocation was added to control the Extension
Terminal's starting position. Thanks @krishankanumuri!

To wrap things up, another crash when $ErrorActionPreference = "stop" was resolved. A
race condition for the language status item's name and icon was fixed. Our telemetry went
down after a package upgrade which required a cross-team effort to resolve (it's now also
cleaned up to send just what we're using). The DSC breakpoints capability now works as
intended without causing module load errors or emitting "sticky" progress information. A
bug when the log level was set to None broke the server was fixed. Our server's major
dependency, OmniSharp's csharp-language-server-protocol, was updated to v0.19.9 which
means we can now use the current LSP spec v3.17. We had to work with the project to
resolve a serialization regression. Finally, a lot of various build improvements were
made.

Please note the change in our versioning schema: the middle version number no longer
corresponds to the month, but is simply incremented. Even versions are stable, and odd
versions are pre-release, with the latter purposefully being versioned higher than the
former in order to keep both channels available in the Visual Studio Code marketplace.

Thanks to all the many community contributors whose efforts make releases such as these
possible!

vscode-powershell

• 🐛 🙏 vscode-powershell #4780 - Stop hiding Activity Bar in ISE Mode.
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4762 - Downgrade vscode-languageclient to v8.1.0.
• ✨ 📖 vscode-powershell #4739 - Add official support policy document.
• ⚡️ 💭 vscode-powershell #4734 - Remove unused telemetry.
• ✨ 📖 vscode-powershell #4729 - Add note about installing ESLint globally for VS Code extension.
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4711 - Update extension telemetry dependency.
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #4707 - Move --sourcemap to scripts instead of Invoke-Build. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4702 - Use a CustomRequest to disconnect the dotnet debugger from attach sessions. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• 🐛 🙏 vscode-powershell #2960 - Respect file path casing in extension commands.
• 🐛 📺 vscode-powershell #4696 - Fix race condition with displaying PowerShell name on icon.
• 🐛 🔧 vscode-powershell #4557 - Support ~, ./ and named workspace folders in cwd.
• ✨ 🔧 vscode-powershell #4686 - Enhance additionalPowerShellExes setting.
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4684 - Remove LinkEditorServices comment in development.md. (Thanks @fflaten!)
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4676 - Move ESLint Dependabot group to npm. (Thanks @fflaten!)
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4667 - Bump ESLint packages to v6.
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4661 - Update readme.
• 🐛 👷 vscode-powershell #4651 - Fix unit test for Windows running on arm64.
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #4641 - Update VS Code engine to 1.79.0.
• ✨ 🔧 vscode-powershell #4181 - Add startLocation setting for Extension Terminal. (Thanks @krishankanumuri!)

PowerShellEditorServices v3.13.0

• ✨ 📟 PowerShellEditorServices #2087 - Upgrade bundled PSReadLine module to v2.3.4.
• 🐛 🔍 PowerShellEditorServices #2081 - Silence progress output of Get-DscResource (take two).
• 🐛 🚂 PowerShellEditorServices #2083 - Upgrade OmniSharp to v0.19.9.
• ✨ 📟 PowerShellEditorServices #2080 - Bump to new PSReadLine stable release v2.3.3.
• 🐛 🔍 PowerShellEditorServices #2068 - Wrap import of DSC module with ProgressPreference = SilentlyContinue.
• 🐛 💭 vscode-powershell #4735 - Add None to PsesLogLevel enum.
• ⚡️ 💭 PowerShellEditorServices #2065 - Remove unused telemetry.
• 🐛 🔍 vscode-powershell #3904 - Fix debugging script blocks that aren't in files.
• 🐛 🚂 vscode-powershell #3971 - Import PSDesiredStateConfiguration by name.
• 🐛 🔍 PowerShellEditorServices #2037 - Ignore not finding DSC module.
• ✨ 🚨 vscode-powershell #3484 - Move ConstrainedLanguageMode tests to separate task.
• ✨ 📟 PowerShellEditorServices #2054 - Update PSReadLine to v2.3.2-beta2.
• ✨ 🙏 PowerShellEditorServices #2053 - Fix up extension API.
• 🐛 📟 PowerShellEditorServices #2050 - Fix shell integration for PowerShell 5.1 with strict mode.
• ✨ 📟 PowerShellEditorServices #2046 - Bump PSReadLine to beta for extension preview.

v2023.9.5-preview

v2023.9.5-preview

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

vscode-powershell

• 🐛 🙏 vscode-powershell #4780 - Stop hiding Activity Bar in ISE Mode.

PowerShellEditorServices v3.13.0

• ✨ 📟 PowerShellEditorServices #2087 - Upgrade bundled PSReadLine module to v2.3.4.

v2023.9.4-preview

v2023.9.4-preview

Friday, September 29, 2023

vscode-powershell

• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4762 - Downgrade vscode-languageclient to v8.1.0.

PowerShellEditorServices v3.12.0

Just updating the client above.

v2023.9.3-preview

v2023.9.3-preview

Thursday, September 28, 2023

vscode-powershell

• ✨ 📖 vscode-powershell #4739 - Add official support policy document.

PowerShellEditorServices v3.12.0

• 🐛 🔍 PowerShellEditorServices #2081 - Silence progress output of Get-DscResource (take two).
• 🐛 🚂 PowerShellEditorServices #2083 - Upgrade OmniSharp to v0.19.9.
• ✨ 📟 PowerShellEditorServices #2080 - Bump to new PSReadLine stable release v2.3.3.
• 🐛 🔍 PowerShellEditorServices #2068 - Wrap import of DSC module with ProgressPreference = SilentlyContinue.

v2023.9.2-preview

v2023.9.2-preview

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

vscode-powershell

• ⚡️ 💭 vscode-powershell #4734 - Remove unused telemetry.
• ✨ 📖 vscode-powershell #4729 - Add note about installing ESLint globally for VS Code extension.

PowerShellEditorServices v3.11.0

• 🐛 💭 vscode-powershell #4735 - Add None to PsesLogLevel enum.
• ⚡️ 💭 PowerShellEditorServices #2065 - Remove unused telemetry.
• 🐛 🔍 vscode-powershell #3904 - Fix debugging script blocks that aren't in files.
• 🐛 🚂 vscode-powershell #3971 - Import PSDesiredStateConfiguration by name.

v2023.9.1-preview

v2023.9.1-preview

Friday, August 25, 2023

vscode-powershell

• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4711 - Update extension telemetry dependency.
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #4707 - Move --sourcemap to scripts instead of Invoke-Build. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4702 - Use a CustomRequest to disconnect the dotnet debugger from attach sessions. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• 🐛 🙏 vscode-powershell #2960 - Respect file path casing in extension commands.
• 🐛 📺 vscode-powershell #4696 - Fix race condition with displaying PowerShell name on icon.

PowerShellEditorServices v3.10.0

• 🐛 🔍 PowerShellEditorServices #2037 - Ignore not finding DSC module.
• ✨ 🚨 vscode-powershell #3484 - Move ConstrainedLanguageMode tests to separate task.
• ✨ 📟 PowerShellEditorServices #2054 - Update PSReadLine to v2.3.2-beta2.
• ✨ 🙏 PowerShellEditorServices #2053 - Fix up extension API.
• 🐛 📟 PowerShellEditorServices #2050 - Fix shell integration for PowerShell 5.1 with strict mode.

v2023.9.0-preview

v2023.9.0-preview

Wednesday, August 09, 2023

vscode-powershell

• 🐛 🔧 vscode-powershell #4557 - Support ~, ./ and named workspace folders in cwd.
• ✨ 🔧 vscode-powershell #4686 - Enhance additionalPowerShellExes setting.
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4684 - Remove LinkEditorServices comment in development.md. (Thanks @fflaten!)
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4676 - Move ESLint Dependabot group to npm. (Thanks @fflaten!)
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4667 - Bump ESLint packages to v6.
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4661 - Update readme.
• 🐛 👷 vscode-powershell #4651 - Fix unit test for Windows running on arm64.
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #4641 - Update VS Code engine to 1.79.0.
• ✨ 🔧 vscode-powershell #4181 - Add startLocation setting for Extension Terminal. (Thanks @krishankanumuri!)

PowerShellEditorServices v3.9.0

• ✨ 📟 PowerShellEditorServices #2046 - Bump PSReadLine to beta for extension preview.

v2023.6.0

v2023.6.0

Tuesday, June 06, 2023

This release focused on fixing the "disappearing output" bug present in PowerShell 5.1,
where an old bug with the Out-Default cmdlet's TranscribeOnly flag could cause the
Extension Terminal to stop displaying output. While the root cause in the cmdlet is fixed
upstream, that fix is only in PowerShell Core, and not backported to Windows PowerShell.
We were able to workaround the bug with a very careful use of reflection to reset the
flag's value at the appropriate times (see the three takes it took to get this right).

We also refactored the client's startup logic so that it should be impossible to create a
ghost Extension Terminal, and the error handling and logging was given a thorough cleanup.
Finally, two noisy bugs were fixed: when completions are canceled the useless error
message is no longer produced, and when the DSC module is only loaded in one attempt
instead of repeatedly.

Please enjoy these bugfixes! We sure enjoy making the extension more stable.

Don't forget to catch Andy's talk, "PowerShell Extension for VS Code Deep Dive" at
PSConfEU on Thursday, 22 June 2023!

vscode-powershell

• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4599 - Make sessionManager.start() idempotent.
• 🐛 🛫 vscode-powershell #4584 - Robustify startup, error handling, and logging.
• 🐛 📺 vscode-powershell #4553 - Remove the MSI install logic (it's unreliable).

PowerShellEditorServices v3.8.7

• 🐛 📟 PowerShellEditorServices #2031 - Fix the TranscribeOnly bug (take three).
• 🐛 💭 vscode-powershell #4582 - Ignore cancellation of completion requests.
• 🐛 📟 vscode-powershell #3991 - Fix the TranscribeOnly bug (take two).
• 🐛 📟 vscode-powershell #3991 - Fix disappearing output in PowerShell 5.1.
• 🐛 🔍 PowerShellEditorServices #2020 - Fix repeated failure to load DSC module.

v2023.5.4-preview

v2023.5.4-preview

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

vscode-powershell

No changes, just pulling in PSES.

PowerShellEditorServices v3.8.7

• 🐛 📟 PowerShellEditorServices #2031 - Fix the TranscribeOnly bug (take three).

v2023.5.3-preview

v2023.5.3-preview

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

vscode-powershell

• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4599 - Make sessionManager.start() idempotent.

PowerShellEditorServices v3.8.6

No changes.