🪲 Weird PowerShell Exit after the test has run

[O365-Zende]

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Describe the bug

I run the same pattern for consistency when testing.

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope CurrentUser
Update-Module Pester
Update-Module -Name 'Maester' -AllowPrerelease
Import-Module Maester
Install-MaesterTests -Path "~\maester-tests"

#------- Connect And Run -------#
Connect-Maester -Service All -Privileged
Invoke-Maester -Path "~\maester-tests" -OutputFolder "~\maester-results"

But lately (last couple of months maybe) the PS window does something weird at the end of the test.
It seems to move all the text on the window to the right.
The test finishes correctly and displays the results.

I don't know for sure this isn't something local to the machine, but it's an Admin only machine (PAWS) and we don't add things to it, software etc.

Let me know if you need me to test things.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

For me
Run Test as above and wait till it exits

Expected behaviour

Expect the PS window to just finish the test and leave the commands on screen, all on the left of the screen

Debug Output

N/A

Module Version

Maester 1.3.87, but has been happening for a while now

Environment Data

Screenshots

Start of test

End of Test

Additional context

[SamErde]

@O365-Zende, this sounds like an environment or profile-specific issue. Can you please share your PowerShell profile (be sure to remove any personal information) and the output from Get-InstalledModule | FT Version,Name,Author?

[O365-Zende]

@SamErde Here you go, think thats what you need.

[SamErde]

Thanks for the module list. For your profile, just run this command in PowerShell: Get-Content $PROFILE. If that returns nothing, you can also try Get-Content $PROFILE.CurrentUserAllHosts.

[SamErde]

PowerShell actually has multiple profiles that could be in use, and this snippet can show all of them to you (if there is anything in them).

foreach ($ThisProfile in ($PROFILE | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name)) {
    Write-Host "`nProfile: $ThisProfile" -ForegroundColor White -BackgroundColor Blue
    Write-Host ""
    Get-Content -Path "$($PROFILE.$ThisProfile)" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}

[O365-Zende]

@SamErde Here you go.

Bear in mind, I don't use my local machine account to log in to run Maester, not sure if that's relevant or not.
It's a PAWS machine so it just has the basic admin account, no software packages, everything uninstalled for risk prevention. So when I run PS7 for Maester, I connect with my GA account. Not the local machine Acc.

Also, it used to be fine a while back, I've only noticed it more recently. But I can't remember when.

[SamErde]

OK, nothing in your profile or installed modules. That's strange!

[kij]

Hi, I was partial able to reproduce this.
On Windows Terminal Version: 1.22.12111.0 running the full set of tests clears the screen, after reporting the final summary.

Testing with Invoke-Maester -Verbose -NonInteractive results in cleared terminal,
whereas Invoke-Maester -Verbose -NonInteractive -Tag MT.1001 keeps the verbose output (as expected)

This reset seems to be triggered by MT.1076 in Test-ExchangeSetting.Tests.ps1, my guess is that the culprit is one of the requests progress line triggers the reset in Reset-MtProgressView.

Can you, @O365-Zende confirm Invoke-Maester -Tag "MT.1076" moves all the text on the window to the right. And that
-ExcludeTag MT.1076 keeps the terminal output as expected?

PS C:\Users\kevin> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.5.3
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.5.3
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.26100
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

PS C:\Users\kevin> [System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::OSArchitecture
Arm64

PS C:\Users\kevin> Get-Module

ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ---------- ----                                ----------------
Script     5.3.0                 Az.Accounts                         {Add-AzEnvironment, Clear-AzConfig, Clear-AzConte…
Binary     7.0.0.0               CimCmdlets                          {Get-CimAssociatedInstance, Get-CimClass, Get-Cim…
Script     1.3.88     preview    Maester                             {Add-MtTestResultDetail, Clear-MtDnsCache, Clear-…
Script     2.27.0                Microsoft.Graph.Authentication      {Add-MgEnvironment, Connect-MgGraph, Disconnect-M…
Manifest   7.0.0.0               Microsoft.PowerShell.Management     {Add-Content, Clear-Content, Clear-Item, Clear-It…
Manifest   7.0.0.0               Microsoft.PowerShell.Security       {ConvertFrom-SecureString, ConvertTo-SecureString…
Manifest   7.0.0.0               Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility        {Add-Member, Add-Type, Clear-Variable, Compare-Ob…
Manifest   7.0.0.0               Microsoft.WSMan.Management          {Connect-WSMan, Disable-WSManCredSSP, Disconnect-…
Script     1.4.8.1               PackageManagement                   {Find-Package, Find-PackageProvider, Get-Package,…
Script     5.7.1                 Pester                              {Add-ShouldOperator, AfterAll, AfterEach, Assert-…
Script     2.2.5                 PowerShellGet                       {Find-Command, Find-DscResource, Find-Module, Fin…
Script     2.3.6                 PSReadLine                          {Get-PSReadLineKeyHandler, Get-PSReadLineOption, …

[kij]

Setting $ProgressPreference ='SilentlyContinue' before running Invoke-Maester fixes it issue on my machine.

[O365-Zende]

@kij
Ive tested as asked.

I ran my normal sequence and it moved the PS window across
I ran the -Tag version and it moved the PS window across

I ran the -Exclude Version and the window stayed in position as expected.

Each time I started with a fresh PS window and ran the normal commands

Hope this helps

[kij]

I ran the -Exclude Version and the window stayed in position as expected.

Thanks a lot! - I couldn't reproduce the text moving, but it is the same issue then.
setting $ProgressPreference to SilientyContinue before running your tests will work until we get a fix out.

$ProgressPreference ='SilentlyContinue'
Invoke-Maester -Path "~\maester-tests" -OutputFolder "~\maester-results"