v7.4.0-preview.2 Release of PowerShell

[adityapatwardhan]

7.4.0-preview.2 - 2023-03-14

Breaking Changes

• Update some PowerShell APIs to throw ArgumentException instead of ArgumentNullException when the argument is an empty string (Use ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty part 1 #19215) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Add the parameter -ProgressAction to the common parameters (Add -ProgressAction common parameter #18887)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Fix PlainText output to correctly remove the Reset VT sequence without number (Fix PlainText output to correctly remove Reset VT sequence w/o number #19283)
• Fix ConciseView to handle custom ParserError error records (Fix ConciseView to handle custom ParserError ErrorRecords #19239)
• Fix VtSubstring helper method to correctly check characters copied (Fix VtSubstring helper method to correctly check chars copied #19240)
• Update the FeedbackProvider interface to return structured data (Update the FeedbackProvider interface to return structured data #19133)
• Make the exception error in PowerShell able to associate with the right history entry (Make exception errors in PowerShell able to associate with the right history entry #19095)
• Fix for JEA session leaking functions (Fix for JEA session leaking functions #19024)
• Add WDAC events and system lockdown notification (Add WDAC events and system lockdown notification #18893)
• Fix support for nanoserver due to lack of AMSI (Handle AMSI initialization failures #18882)

Performance

• Use interpolated strings (Use interpolated strings 11 #19002)(Use interpolated strings 12 #19003)(Use interpolated strings 1 #18977)(Use interpolated strings 4 #18980)(Use interpolated strings 5b #18996)(Use interpolated strings 3 #18979)(Use interpolated strings 5c #18997)(Use interpolated strings 2  #18978)(Use interpolated strings 6 #18983)(Use interpolated strings 10 #18992)(Use interpolated strings 9 #18993)(Use interpolated strings 7 #18985)(Use interpolated strings 8 #18988) (Thanks @CarloToso!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Fix completion for PSCustomObject variable properties (Fix completion for PSCustomObject variable properties #18682) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
• Improve type inference for Get-Random (Improve type inference for Get-Random #18972) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
• Make -Encoding parameter able to take ANSI encoding in PowerShell (-Encoding add ANSI option #19298) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Telemetry improvements for tracking experimental feature opt out (Telemetry improvements for tracking experimental feature optout #18762)
• Support HTTP persistent connections in Web Cmdlets (Support HTTP persistent connections in Web Cmdlets #19249) (Thanks @stevenebutler!)
• Fix using xml -Body in webcmdlets without an encoding (Fix using xml -Body in webcmdlets without an encoding #19281) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Add the Statement property to $MyInvocation (Add Statement property to $MyInvocation #19027) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
• Fix Start-Process -Wait with -Credential (Fix Start-Process -Wait with -Credential #19096) (Thanks @jborean93!)
• Adjust PUT method behavior to POST one for default content type in WebCmdlets (Adjust PUT method behavior to POST one for default content type in WebCmdlets #19152) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Improve verbose message in web cmdlets when content length is unknown (Improve Verbose message if content length is unknown in WebCmdlets #19252) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Preserve WebSession.MaximumRedirection from changes (Preserve WebSession.MaximumRedirection from changes #19190) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Take into account ContentType from Headers in WebCmdlets (Take into account ContentType from Headers in WebCmdlets #19227) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Use C# 11 UTF-8 string literals (Use C# 11 UTF-8 string literals #19243) (Thanks @turbedi!)
• Add property assignment completion for enums (Add property assignment completion for enums #19178) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
• Fix class member completion for classes with base types (Fix class member completion for classes with base types #19179) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
• Add -Path and -LiteralPath parameters to Test-Json cmdlet (Add -Path and -LiteralPath parameters to Test-Json cmdlet #19042) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
• Allow to preserve the original HTTP method by adding -PreserveHttpMethodOnRedirect to Web cmdlets (Add PreserveHttpMethodOnRedirect switch to Web cmdlets #18894) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Webcmdlets display an error on https to http redirect (Webcmdlets display an error on https to http redirect #18595) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Build the relative URI for links from the response in Invoke-WebRequest (Build the relative URI for links from the response in Invoke-WebRequest #19092) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Fix redirection for -CustomMethod POST in WebCmdlets (Fix redirection for -CustomMethod "POST" in WebCmdlets #19111) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Dispose previous response in Webcmdlets (Dispose previous response in Webcmdlets #19117) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Improve Invoke-WebRequest xml and json errors format (Improve Invoke-WebRequest xml and json errors format #18837) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Fix error formatting to remove the unneeded leading newline for concise view (Fix error formatting to remove the unneeded leading newline for concise view #19080)
• Add -NoHeader parameter to ConvertTo-Csv and Export-Csv cmdlets (Add -NoHeader parameter to ConvertTo-Csv and Export-Csv cmdlets #19108) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
• Fix Start-Process -Credential -Wait to work on Windows (Fix Start-Process -Credential -Wait to work on Windows #19082)
• Add ValidateNotNullOrEmpty to OutFile and InFile parameters of WebCmdlets (Add ValidateNotNullOrEmpty to OutFile and InFile parameters of WebCmdlets #19044) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Correct spelling of "custom" in event (fix typo (resx and man files) #19059) (Thanks @spaette!)
• Ignore expected error for file systems not supporting alternate streams (Ignore expected error for file systems not supporting alternate streams #19065)
• Adding missing guard for telemetry opt out to avoid NullReferenceException when importing modules (Adding missing guard for telemetry optout to avoid NRE when importing modules #18949) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Fix progress calculation divide by zero in Copy-Item (Fix progress calculation divide by zero in Copy-Item #19038)
• Add progress to Copy-Item (Add progress to Copy-Item #18735)
• WebCmdlets parse XML declaration to get encoding value, if present. (WebCmdlets parse XML declaration to get encoding value, if present. #18748) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• HttpKnownHeaderNames update headers list (HttpKnownHeaderNames update headers list  #18947) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Fix bug with managing redirection and KeepAuthorization in Web cmdlets (Fix bug with managing redirection and keepAuthorization in Web cmdlets #18902) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Fix Get-Error to work with strict mode (Fix Get-Error to work with strict mode #18895)
• Add AllowInsecureRedirect switch to Web cmdlets (Add AllowInsecureRedirect switch to Web cmdlets #18546) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Invoke-RestMethod -FollowRelLink fix links containing commas (Invoke-RestMethod -FollowRelLink fix links containing commas #18829) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Prioritize the default parameter set when completing positional arguments (Prioritize the default parameter set when completing positional args #18755) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
• Add -CommandWithArgs parameter to pwsh (Add -CommandWithArgs parameter to pwsh #18726)
• Enable creating composite subsystem implementation in modules (Enable creating composite subsystem implementation in modules #18888)
• Fix Format-Table -RepeatHeader for property derived tables (Fix Format-Table -RepeatHeader for property derived tables #18870)
• Add StatusCode to HttpResponseException (Add StatusCode to HttpResponseException #18842) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Fix type inference for all scope variables (Fix type inference for all scope vars #18758) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
• Add completion for Using keywords (Add completion for Using keywords #16514) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@CarloToso, @iSazonov, @xtqqczze, @turbedi, @syntax-tm, @eltociear, @ArmaanMcleod

• Small cleanup in the WebCmdlet code (Small cleanup WebCmdlets #19299) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Remove unused GUID detection code from console host (Remove code which delete GUID from Progress, Verbose, Debug and Warning messages #18871) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Fix CodeFactor issues in the code base - part 4 (Fix codefactor if part 4 #19270) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Fix codefactor if part 3 (Fix codefactor if part 3 #19269) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Fix codefactor if part 2 (Fix codefactor if part 2 #19267) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Fix codefactor if part 1 (Fix codefactor if part 1 #19266) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Remove comment and simplify condition in WebCmdlets (Remove comment and simplify condition in WebCmdlets #19251) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Small style changes (Small style changes #19241) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Use ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty as appropriate [part 1] (Use ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty part 1 #19215) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Use using variable to reduce the nested level (WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs remove { } and indentation #19229) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Use ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty() in more places (Use ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty() in more places #19213) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Replace BitConverter.ToString with Convert.ToHexString where appropriate (Replace BitConverter.ToString(bytes).Replace("-", "") with Convert.ToHexString(bytes) #19216) (Thanks @turbedi!)
• Replace Requires.NotNullOrEmpty(string) with ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty (Replace Requires.NotNullOrEmpty(string) with ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrEmpty #19197) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Use ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfNegativeOrZero when applicable (Replace Requires.Condition with ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfNegativeOrZero #19201) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Use CallerArgumentExpression on Requires.NotNull (Use CallerArgumentExpression on Requires.NotNull #19200) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Revert a few change to not use 'ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull' (Revert a few changes to not use 'ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull' #19151)
• Corrected some minor spelling mistakes (Fix some minor spelling mistakes #19176) (Thanks @syntax-tm!)
• Fix a typo in InitialSessionState.cs (Fix typo in InitialSessionState.cs #19177) (Thanks @eltociear!)
• Fix a typo in pwsh help content (Fix a typo in the pwsh help content #19153)
• Revert comment changes in WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs (Revert comment changes in WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs #19136) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Small cleanup webcmdlets (Small cleanup webcmdlets #19128) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Merge partials in WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs (Merge partials in WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs #19126) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Cleanup WebCmdlets comments (Cleanup WebCmdlets comments #19124) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Added minor readability and refactoring fixes to Process.cs (Added minor readability and refactoring fixes to Process.cs #19123) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
• Small changes in Webcmdlets (Small changes in Webcmdlets #19109) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Rework SetRequestContent in WebCmdlets (Rework SetRequestContent in WebCmdlets #18964) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Small cleanup WebCmdlets ( Small cleanup WebCmdlets #19030) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Update additional interpolated string changes (Update additional interpolated string changes #19029)
• Revert some of the interpolated string changes (Revert some of the interpolated string changes #19018)
• Cleanup StreamHelper.cs, WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs and InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs (Cleanup StreamHelper.cs, WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs and InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs #18950) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Small cleanup common code of webcmdlets (Small cleanup common code of webcmdlets #18946) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Simplification of GetHttpMethod and HttpMethod in WebCmdlets (Simplification of GetHttpMethod and httpMethod in WebCmdlets #18846) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Fix typo in ModuleCmdletBase.cs (Fix typo in ModuleCmdletBase.cs #18933) (Thanks @eltociear!)
• Fix regression in RemoveNulls (Fix regression in RemoveNulls #18881) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Replace all NotNull with ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull ( Requires.NotNull-->ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull #18820) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Cleanup InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs (Cleanup InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs #18861) (Thanks @CarloToso!)

Tools

• Add a Mariner install script (Add a mariner install script #19294)
• Add tool to trigger license information gathering for NuGet modules (Add tool to trigger license information gathering for NuGet modules #18827)

Tests

• Update and enable the test for the type of $input (Update and enable test #18968) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
• Increase the timeout for creating the WebListener (Increase the timeout for creating the WebListener in testing #19268)
• Increase the timeout when waiting for the event log (Increase the timeout when waiting for the event log #19264)
• Add Windows ARM64 CI (Add Windows ARM64 CI #19040)
• Change test so output does not include newline (Change test so output does not include newline. #19026)
• Allow system lock down test debug hook to work with new WLDP API (Allow system lock down test debug hook to work with new wldp API (fixes system lock down tests) #18962)
• Add tests for Allowinsecureredirect parameter in Web cmdlets (Add tests for Allowinsecureredirect parameter in Web cmdlets #18939) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Enable get-help pattern tests on Unix (Enable Get-Help pattern tests on Unix #18855) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Create test to check if WebCmdlets decompress brotli-encoded data (Create test to check if WebCmdlets decompress brotli-encoded data #18905) (Thanks @CarloToso!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@pwshBot, @bergmeister, @xtqqczze

• Restructure the package build to simplify signing and packaging stages (Restructure the package build to simplify signing and packaging stages #19321)
• Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 4.4.0 to 4.6.0-2.23152.6 (Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 4.5.0 to 4.6.0-2.23152.6 #19306)(Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 4.4.0 to 4.5.0 #19233)
• Test fixes for stabilizing tests (Test fixes for stabilizing tests #19068)
• Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 13.0.2 to 13.0.3 (Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 13.0.2 to 13.0.3 #19290)(Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 13.0.1 to 13.0.3 in /tools/packaging/projects/reference/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility #19289)
• Fix mariner sudo detection (Fix mariner sudo detection #19304)
• Add stage for symbols job in Release build (Add stage for symbols job in Release build #18937)
• Bump .NET to Preview 2 version (Bump .NET 8 to Preview 2 version #19305)
• Move workflows that create PRs to private repo (Move workflows that create PRs to private repo #19276)
• Use reference assemblies generated by dotnet (Use reference assemblies generated by dotnet #19302)
• Update the cgmanifest (Update the cgmanifest #18814)(Update the cgmanifest #19165)(Update the cgmanifest #19296)
• Always regenerate files WXS fragment (Always regenerate files wxs fragment #19196)
• MSI installer: Add checkbox and MSI property DISABLE_TELEMETRY to optionally disable telemetry. (MSI installer: Add checkbox and MSI property DISABLE_TELEMETRY to optionally disable telemetry. #10725) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• Add -Force to Move-Item to fix the GitHub workflow (Add '-Force' to Move-Item to fix the workflow #19262)
• Update and remove outdated docs to fix the URL link checks (Update and remove outdated docs to fix the URL link checks #19261)
• Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.30.4 to 0.31.0 (Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.30.4 to 0.31.0 #19232)
• Add pattern to replace for reference API generation (Add pattern to replace for reference API generation #19214)
• Split test artifact build into windows and non-windows (Split test artifact build into windows and non-windows #19199)
• Set LangVersion compiler option to 11.0 (Set LangVersion compiler option to 11.0 #18877) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Update to .NET 8 preview 1 build (Update to .NET 8 preview 1 build #19194)
• Simplify Windows Packaging CI Trigger YAML (Simplify Windows Packaging CI Trigger YAML #19160)
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.4.0 to 17.5.0 (Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.4.0 to 17.4.1 #18823)(Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.4.1 to 17.5.0 #19191)
• Add URL for all distributions (Add URL for all distributions #19159)
• Bump Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool from 7.0.1 to 7.0.3 (Bump Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool from 7.0.1 to 7.0.2 #18925)(Bump Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool from 7.0.2 to 7.0.3 #19155)
• Add verification of R2R at packaging (Add verification of R2R at packaging #19129)
• Allow cross compiling windows (Allow cross compiling windows #19119)
• Update CodeQL build agent (Update CodeQL build agent to use ubuntu-latest #19113)
• Bump XunitXml.TestLogger from 3.0.70 to 3.0.78 (Bump XunitXml.TestLogger from 3.0.70 to 3.0.78 #19066)
• Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers from 3.3.3 to 3.3.4 (Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers from 3.3.3 to 3.3.4 #18975)
• Bump BenchmarkDotNet to 0.13.3 (Bump BenchmarkDotNet to 0.13.3 #18878) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 7.4.0-preview.1 to 7.4.0-preview.2 (Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 7.4.0-preview.1 to 7.4.0-preview.2 #18910)
• Add checks for Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 in the MSI installer (Add checks for Win8.1, Server2012 #18904)
• Update build to include WinForms / WPF in all Windows builds (Update build to include WinForms/WPF in all Windows builds #18859)

Documentation and Help Content

• Update to the latest NOTICES file (Update to the latest NOTICES file #19169)(Update to the latest NOTICES file #19309)(Update to the latest NOTICES file #19086)(Update to the latest NOTICES file #19077)
• Update supported distros in Readme (Update supported distros in Readme #18667) (Thanks @techguy16!)
• Remove the 'Code Coverage Status' badge (Remove the 'Code Coverage Status' badge from the build status table #19265)
• Pull in change logs for v7.2.10 and v7.3.3 releases (Pull in changelogs for 7.2.10 and 7.3.3 #19219)
• Update tools metadata and README (Update README.md and metadata.json for v7.4.0-preview.1 release #18831)(Update tools metadata and README #19204)(Update metadata and readme for next releases #19014)
• Update a broken link in the README.md (Fix for failure in Markdown link verifier github action #19187)
• Fix typos in comments (Fix typos in comments #19064) (Thanks @spaette!)
• Add 7.2 and 7.3 change logs (Add 7.2 and 7.3 change logs #19025)
• typos (fix typos #19058) (Thanks @spaette!)
• Fix typo in dotnet-tools/README.md (Fix typo in dotnet-tools/README.md #19021) (Thanks @spaette!)
• Fix up all comments to be in the proper order with proper spacing (Fix up all comments to be in the proper order with proper spacing. #18619)
• Change log for v7.4.0-preview.1 release (Change log for v7.4.0-preview.1 release #18835)

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