v0.45.6

Highlights

• [Experimental] OCI registry support for Bicep extension publishing (#18956, #20032)

  Publishing to non-ACR registries is now supported with the ociEnabled experimental feature enabled. Full documentation available here.

  Example usage - publishing a module to GitHub Container Registry:

  bicep publish ./main.bicep --target br:ghcr.io/myorg/modules/storage:v1

  Example usage - consuming a module from GitHub Container Registry:

  module storage 'br:ghcr.io/myorg/modules/storage:v1' = {
    params: {
      // ...
    }
  }

• @retryOn decorator is now GA! (#19988)

  Use the @retryOn decorator to retry a resource deployment if the deployment hits a specific error code. You can also specify how many times this retry should happen.

  Example usage:

  @retryOn(['ServerError'], 1)
  resource sqlServer 'Microsoft.Sql/servers@2021-11-01' = {
    name: 'sql-server-name'
    location: 'polandcentral'
  }

• [Bicep console] Add line navigation features, and undo+redo handling (#19992, #19996)

  Recording.2026-07-02.111705.mp4

• Inherited parameters are now optional in extended parameters files (#19698)

  Example usage:

  • shared.bicepparam

    using none
    
    // These 3 parameters are permitted, even though they're unused in main.bicep
    param location = 'switzerlandnorth'
    param customerId = '12345'
    param namePrefix = 'contoso'

  • main.bicepparam

    using './main.bicep'
    extends './shared.bicepparam'
    
    param rgName = '${base.namePrefix}-infra'

  • main.bicep

    param rgName string

• Publish the language server as a NuGet dotnet tool (#19976)

  It's now possible to run the Bicep Language Server with the following command:

  dnx -y Azure.Bicep.LangServer

• Add secure-params-in-parameters-file linter rule (#20021)

  The following usage pattern will be flagged:

  // main.bicep
  @secure()
  param secureParam string
  param insecureParam string

  // main.bicepparam
  using 'main.bicep'
  param secureParam = 'MYSECRET'
  param insecureParam = secureParam  // <-- now flagged (Warning)

• Add no-hardcoded-outputs linter rule (defaults to "off") (#19994)

  The following usage pattern will be flagged:

  output apiVersion string = '2024-01-01'

  And given an automatic fix:

  @export()
  var apiVersion = '2024-01-01'

• Bicep RPC Client: Implement pooled client factory (#19886)

  Instead of creating a new Bicep client for each call to Initialize, this factory manages a pool of clients with multiplexed connections, making it more efficient for use across multiple threads.

  Example usage:

  using var factory = new PooledBicepClientFactory();
  
  using var bicep = await factory.Initialize(new() {
      BicepVersion = "0.45.6"
  });

Features and Bug Fixes

• Show version-specific docs links on resource hovers (#20016)
• Display nested operations in local deploy CLI (#19974)
• Display nested errors in local deploy (#19983)
• Make REPL load-function output locale-invariant for numeric values (#19752)
• Handle invalid json parameters files in the deployment pane (#19838)
• Improve inline type property decorator completion logic and add tests (#19174)
• Fix build-params crash for inherited object params in extended bicepparam files (#19895)
• Fix discriminated union IntelliSense for root-level params in .bicepparam files (#19987)
• Validate instance function call placement (#19980)
• Fix description not showing for template spec module (#20026)
• Fix force restore command to show picklist if active file is not a bicep file or no file is open (#20029)
• Emit warning comment when parameter names are renamed during decompilation (#19977)
• any? property and parameter incorrectly marked as required (#19990)
• Add '=' completion after module path string (Ctrl+Space) (#20022)
• Add warning when decompiling a bicep generated ARM template (#20028)
• Fix nested resource reference completions (#20017)
• Fix invalid rename location errors (#20015)
• Fix resource methods on aliased collection elements (#20019)
• Fix Bicep playground WASM file handling (#20023)
• Fix escape sequence semantic highlighting (#19975)
• Block non-pure functions in exported declarations (#20025)
• Replace BCP Error with Warning for Nullable Types (#20024)
• Allow readable resource properties in user-defined functions (#19979)
• Various improvements to the Visualizer rendering logic (#19757, #19792, #19884, #19937, #19939)
• Add Azure visualizer resource icons (#20014)

Community Contributions

• Fix local deploy compilation for large module templates (#19754) - thanks @GABRIELNGBTUC !
• fix: bicep console multi-line user-defined type input handling (#19699) - thanks @johnlokerse !
• Added option to exit Bicep console with CTRL+C (#19995) - thanks @johnlokerse !
• Allow roleDefinitions in resource ID lint rule (#19888) - thanks @nkgotcode !
• Support for filesystem-based mocks of registry aliases (#19452) - thanks @SimonWahlin !
• fix: include deploy pane dropdown defaults (#19793) - thanks @nanookclaw !