[BUG] New-PnPGroup Description HTML gets encoded

[NoralK]

Reporting an Issue or Missing Feature

When creating a New-PnPGroup that has HTML in the Description the HTML gets encoded.

We are a GCC Tenant.

Expected behavior

HTML should not be encoded.

Actual behavior

HTML is being encoded

Steps to reproduce behavior

Here is the command:

New-PnPGroup -Title "$($SiteName) Site Designers" `
    -Description "Use this group to grant people full control permissions to the SharePoint site: <a href=""/sites/$($Site)"">$($SiteName) Site</a>" `
    -Owner "$($SiteName) Site Owners"

However, when I perform the Set-PnPGroup command with the exact same information it works.

Set-PnPGroup -Identity "$($SiteName) Site Designers" `
    -Description "Use this group to grant people full control permissions to the SharePoint site: <a href=""/sites/$($Site)"">$($SiteName) Site</a>"

What is the version of the Cmdlet module you are running?

2.3.0 inside VS Code
1.12.0 inside PS-ISE
Same behavior in both versions

Which operating system/environment are you running PnP PowerShell on?

• [ X ] Windows
• Linux
• MacOS
• Azure Cloud Shell
• Azure Functions
• Other : please specify

[gautamdsheth]

hi @NoralK , thanks for raising this issue. Has been fixed now.
Will be available in tomorrow's nightly builds as well as the next major version when we release it.

[NoralK]

@gautamdsheth Thank you! I believe I know this answer already, but a fix will not be back-ported to v1.x correct?

[gautamdsheth]

Hi ,yep correct, we don’t back port the fixes.