v0.25.3

Highlights

Bicep Team:

• Compile-time imports is now GA! (#13150)
• [EXPERIMENTAL] JSONRPC
  • Add new methods "version", "getMetadata", "getDeploymentGraph" and .NET test class (#12975)
  • Add type information to bicep/getMetadata parameters & outputs (#13051)
  • Add new method bicep/getFileReferences to obtain a list of files that are referenced by a given file (#13051)
  • Set up tracing so that BICEP_TRACING_ENABLED configures verbose JSONRPC logging (#13051)
• [EXPERIMENTAL] Use resource types for parameter validation:
  • Add a resource<'type@version'> utility type (#12591)
  • Allow use of type properties as type expressions (#13047)
• Allow usage of imports which reference user defined functions in .bicepparam files (#12900)
• Support load*Content() functions in UDFs (#12915)

Features and Bug Fixes

Bicep Team:

• use-resource-symbol-reference linter rule: detect .name access as well as .id (#12917)
• Permit newline in lambda arguments and function definition arguments (#13043)
• include required mark for parameters that doesn't have a default value (#12749)
• Bug Fix: Failure when functions are imported via wildcard (#12898)
• Narrow object types when assigned value is not an object literal or variable reference (#12798)
• Bug Fix: Failure when when any compile-time imports are present with UDFs (#12902)
• Disallow secure decorator on statements using imported types (#12909)
• Bug Fix: Variable export bug when looping in variable (#13098)
• Ensure safe access of output guards against missing value property (#13162)
• Code lenses to switch between bicep and JSON module source (#12762)
• Don't compile external module sources (#12765)
• Fix 12020 (better error for expr when expecting object) (#13102)