Update release notes for 7.6-p3

reference/7.6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost.dll-Help.xml
 Locale: en-US
 Module Name: Microsoft.PowerShell.Host
-ms.date: 01/06/2025
+ms.date: 02/18/2025
 online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.host/start-transcript?view=powershell-7.6&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: Start-Transcript
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ $hostname   = hostname
 $version    = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.ToString()
 $datetime   = Get-Date -f 'yyyyMMddHHmmss'
 $filename   = "Transcript-${username}-${hostname}-${version}-${datetime}.txt"
-$Transcript = (Join-Path -Path $sharepath -ChildPath $filename).ToString()
+$Transcript = Join-Path -Path $sharepath -ChildPath $filename
 Start-Transcript
 ```
 

reference/docs-conceptual/whats-new/What-s-New-in-PowerShell-76.md

@@ -1,56 +1,77 @@
 ---
 title: What's New in PowerShell 7.6
 description: New features and changes released in PowerShell 7.6
-ms.date: 01/17/2025
+ms.date: 02/18/2025
 ---
 
 # What's New in PowerShell 7.6
 
-PowerShell 7.6-preview.2 includes the following features, updates, and breaking changes. PowerShell
+PowerShell 7.6-preview.3 includes the following features, updates, and breaking changes. PowerShell
 7.6 is built on .NET 9.0.101 GA release.
 
 For a complete list of changes, see the [CHANGELOG][04] in the GitHub repository.
 
-## Breaking Changes
-
-No breaking changes were introduced in PowerShell 7.6-preview.2.
-
 ## Updated modules
 
-PowerShell 7.6-preview.2 includes the following updated modules:
+PowerShell 7.6-preview.3 includes the following updated modules:
 
-- **Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet** v1.1.0-RC3
+- **Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet** v1.1.0
 - **PSReadLine** v2.3.6
 
+## Breaking Changes
+
+- Remove trailing space from event source name ([#24192][24192]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+
 ## Tab completion improvements
 
-- Update Named and Statement block type inference to not consider AssignmentStatements and
+- Update Named and Statement block type inference to not consider **AssignmentStatements** and
   Increment/decrement operators as part of their output ([#21137][21137]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
-- Add -PropertyType argument completer for New-ItemProperty ([#21117][21117]) (Thanks
+- Add `-PropertyType` argument completer for `New-ItemProperty` ([#21117][21117]) (Thanks
   @ArmaanMcleod!)
+- Add completion single/double quote support for `-Noun` parameter for `Get-Command`
+  ([#24977][24977]) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
+- Add completion single/double quote support for `-PSEdition` parameter for `Get-Module`
+  ([#24971][24971]) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
+- Convert **InvalidCommandNameCharacters** in AnalysisCache to `SearchValues<char>` for more
+  efficient char searching ([#24880][24880]) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
+- Convert **s_charactersRequiringQuotes** in Completion Completers to `SearchValues<char>` for more
+  efficient char searching ([#24879][24879]) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
+- Update `IndexOfAny()` calls with invalid path/filename to `SearchValues<char>` for more efficient
+  char searching ([#24896][24896]) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
+- Replace `char[]` array in `CompletionRequiresQuotes` with cached `SearchValues<char>`
+  ([#24907][24907]) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
+- Add quote handling in `Verb`, `StrictModeVersion`, `Scope` and `PropertyType` Argument
+  Completers with single helper method ([#24839][24839]) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
 
 ## Cmdlet improvements
 
-- Add -ExcludeModule parameter to Get-Command ([#18955][18955]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
-- Return correct FileName property for Get-Item when listing alternate data streams
+- Add `-ExcludeModule` parameter to `Get-Command` ([#18955][18955]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Return correct **FileName** property for `Get-Item` when listing alternate data streams
   ([#18019][18019]) (Thanks @kilasuit!)
-- Fix Get-ItemProperty to report non-terminating error for cast exception ([#21115][21115]) (Thanks
-  @ArmaanMcleod!)
-- Fix a bug in how Write-Host handles XmlNode object ([#24669][24669]) (Thanks @brendandburns!)
+- Fix `Get-ItemProperty` to report non-terminating error for cast exception ([#21115][21115])
+  (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
+- Fix a bug in how q handles XmlNode object ([#24669][24669]) (Thanks @brendandburns!)
+- Error when `New-Item -Force` is passed an invalid directory name ([#24936][24936]) (Thanks
+  @kborowinski!)
+- Allow `Start-Transcript` to use `$Transcript` which is a `PSObject` wrapped string to specify the
+  transcript path ([#24963][24963]) (Thanks @kborowinski!)
+- Improve `Start-Process -Wait` polling efficiency ([#24711][24711]) (Thanks @jborean93!)
+- Add completion of modules by their shortname ([#20330][20330]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
 
 ## Engine improvements
 
 - Added the AIShell module to telemetry collection list ([#24747][24747])
-- Added helper in EnumSingleTypeConverter to get enum names as array ([#17785][17785]) (Thanks
+- Added helper in `EnumSingleTypeConverter` to get enum names as array ([#17785][17785]) (Thanks
   @fflaten!)
-- Update DnsNameList for X509Certificate2 to use
-  X509SubjectAlternativeNameExtension.EnumerateDnsNames Method ([#24714][24714]) (Thanks
+- Update **DnsNameList** for **X509Certificate2** to use
+  `X509SubjectAlternativeNameExtension.EnumerateDnsNames()` Method ([#24714][24714]) (Thanks
   @ArmaanMcleod!)
-- Add completion of modules by their shortname ([#20330][20330]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Stringify **ErrorRecord** with empty exception message to empty string ([#24949][24949]) (Thanks
+  @MatejKafka!)
 
 ## Experimental features
 
-The following experimental features are included in PowerShell 7.6-preview.2:
+The following experimental features are included in PowerShell 7.6-preview.3:
 
 - [PSNativeWindowsTildeExpansion][01] - Add tilde expansion for windows native executables
 - [PSRedirectToVariable][02] - Allow redirecting to a variable
@@ -70,6 +91,17 @@ The following experimental features are included in PowerShell 7.6-preview.2:
 [21115]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/21115
 [21117]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/21117
 [21137]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/21137
+[24192]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24192
 [24669]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24669
+[24711]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24711
 [24714]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24714
 [24747]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24747
+[24839]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24839
+[24879]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24879
+[24880]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24880
+[24907]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24907
+[24936]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24936
+[24949]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24949
+[24963]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24963
+[24971]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24971
+[24977]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24977