v4.256.0

Features

• Updated Agent code to handling '+' sign in file path for build configs (#5175)
• Prevent using vso commands with Build.SourceVersionAuthor variable (#5184)
• Agent ARM64 - Enabled Agent Windows ARM64 Build - AB#2143637 (#5198)

Bugs

Misc

• Deactivate Base64 Encoded Vso Commands AB#2008236 (#5158)
• Updated ADO PR template to not use windows ARM64 (#5187)
• Agent Release - Replaced Download .NET Vanity URL with Actual URL (#5201)

Agent Downloads

	Package	SHA-256
Windows x64	vsts-agent-win-x64-4.256.0.zip	34a8f3f7461f79dcbcd3acd9e8afb22e772733b8717b6ba7dbab7e7972476531
Windows x86	vsts-agent-win-x86-4.256.0.zip	7afec0bde5e79912a84139d566cd0f193cb8c6ae621efa91e64e0011b2d2a1d8
macOS x64	vsts-agent-osx-x64-4.256.0.tar.gz	abc1f63b552ea8e8e3ab3ea8063e089865c87cee4edc9d7bf270decde51e94c4
macOS ARM64	vsts-agent-osx-arm64-4.256.0.tar.gz	9bac29ab178ca09861d9388645173fb2dd5e5a85ae384914492f5b624b98e540
Linux x64	vsts-agent-linux-x64-4.256.0.tar.gz	c140d942439c76da2fc5d1cc4bded53e65e50c89f0fd8cf38def828e697c9838
Linux ARM	vsts-agent-linux-arm-4.256.0.tar.gz	ddd11207b3c1dfced75e8d874ff4a441924ac838efc026341ecf4768d2ba012f
Linux ARM64	vsts-agent-linux-arm64-4.256.0.tar.gz	06024c48009842051c2b038453bacff0512ff2b59f36e928623e8c2d76ad00ef
Linux musl x64	vsts-agent-linux-musl-x64-4.256.0.tar.gz	11d1b5080e83173c5c6be2f9ae63e1a2d4228f80b660216a32b4d066c9d770c7
Linux musl ARM64	vsts-agent-linux-musl-arm64-4.256.0.tar.gz	24f2f17133d92daafee34597e4d0075804f42c1f2ff28270c750c4eea3f47e32

After Download:

Windows x64

C:\> mkdir myagent && cd myagent
C:\myagent> Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem ; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$HOME\Downloads\vsts-agent-win-x64-4.256.0.zip", "$PWD")

Windows x86

C:\> mkdir myagent && cd myagent
C:\myagent> Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem ; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$HOME\Downloads\vsts-agent-win-x86-4.256.0.zip", "$PWD")

macOS x64

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-osx-x64-4.256.0.tar.gz

macOS ARM64

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-osx-arm64-4.256.0.tar.gz

Linux x64

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-linux-x64-4.256.0.tar.gz

Linux ARM

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-linux-arm-4.256.0.tar.gz

Linux ARM64

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-linux-arm64-4.256.0.tar.gz

Alpine x64

Note: Node 6 does not exist for Alpine.

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-linux-musl-x64-4.256.0.tar.gz

Alpine ARM64

Note: Node 6 does not exist for Alpine.

~/$ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
~/myagent$ tar xzf ~/Downloads/vsts-agent-linux-musl-ARM64-4.256.0.tar.gz

Alternate Agent Downloads

Alternate packages below do not include Node 6 & 10 and are only suitable for users who do not use Node 6 & 10 dependent tasks.
See notes on Node version support for more details.

	Package	SHA-256
Windows x64	pipelines-agent-win-x64-4.256.0.zip	5d5874a37a8724c3fd1770c9d0c03c2c491159ff8fe4495417c70c1a44ffa140
Windows x86	pipelines-agent-win-x86-4.256.0.zip	e7af7bf9f66e142821700c0be389a6a4fd09d46b37fee472669ac31ae646e17a
macOS x64	pipelines-agent-osx-x64-4.256.0.tar.gz	d6e3e349e2e703f5982166f00549c197f6d00daa8c0e9784758bf5c9904baaea
macOS ARM64	pipelines-agent-osx-arm64-4.256.0.tar.gz	e55497b69cb21dca60978d7a15a2696b922ff6d596946edc73e7543dc4346d23
Linux x64	pipelines-agent-linux-x64-4.256.0.tar.gz	c1795469add1c0245ccd4a0dcbee1ea157a1937b76f52e02709628d0c391d07f
Linux ARM	pipelines-agent-linux-arm-4.256.0.tar.gz	07585225c34ed5ef6c74798f12cd0108be1ba9828370927a4396d2b103a31672
Linux ARM64	pipelines-agent-linux-arm64-4.256.0.tar.gz	dcee0f15e4b5934ffd95ae0c020933aa499d9f7e628ac68781419927d8943972