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@daxian-dbw daxian-dbw released this 20 Dec 22:49
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v7.4.0-preview.1
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7.4.0-preview.1 - 2022-12-20

NOTE

  • Snap packages are not available for this release.
  • Nano server docker images are not available for this release.

Engine Updates and Fixes

  • Add Instrumentation to AmsiUtil and make the init variable readonly (#18727)
  • Fix typo in OutOfProcTransportManager.cs (#18766) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Allow non-default encodings to be used in user's script/code (#18605)
  • Add Dim and DimOff to $PSStyle (#18653)
  • Change exec from alias to function to handle arbitrary arguments (#18567)
  • The command prefix should also be in the error color for NormalView (#18555)
  • Skip cloud files marked as "not on disk" during command discovery (#18152)
  • Replace UTF8Encoding(false) with Encoding.Default (#18356) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Fix Switch-Process to set termios appropriate for child process (#18467)
  • On Unix, only explicitly terminate the native process if not in background (#18215)
  • Treat [NullString]::Value as the string type when resolving methods (#18080)
  • Improve pseudo binding for dynamic parameters (#18030) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Make experimental feature PSAnsiRenderingFileInfo stable (#18042)
  • Update to use version 2.21.0 of Application Insights. (#17903)
  • Do not preserve temporary results when no need to do so (#17856)

Performance

  • Remove some static constants from Utils.Separators (#18154) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Avoid using regex when unnecessary in ScriptWriter (#18348)
  • Use source generator for PSVersionInfo to improve startup time (#15603) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Skip evaluating suggestions at startup (#18232)
  • Avoid using Regex when not necessary (#18210)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

  • Update to use ComputeCore.dll for PowerShell Direct (#18194)
  • Replace ArgumentNullException(nameof()) with ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull() (#18792)(#18784) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Remove TabExpansion from remote session configuration (#18795) (Internal 23331)
  • WebCmdlets get Retry-After from headers if status code is 429 (#18717) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Implement SupportsShouldProcess in Stop-Transcript (#18731) (Thanks @JohnLBevan!)
  • Fix New-Item -ItemType Hardlink to resolve target to absolute path and not allow link to itself (#18634)
  • Add output types to Format commands (#18746) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix the process CommandLine on Linux (#18710) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Fix SuspiciousContentChecker.Match to detect a pre-defined string when the text starts with it (#18693)
  • Switch $PSNativeCommandUseErrorActionPreference to $true when feature is enabled (#18695)
  • Fix Start-Job to check the existence of working directory using the PowerShell way (#18675)
  • Webcmdlets add 308 to redirect codes and small cleanup (#18536) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Ensure HelpInfo.Category is consistently a string (#18254)
  • Remove gcloud from the legacy list because it's resolved to a .ps1 script (#18575)
  • Add gcloud and sqlcmd to list to use legacy argument passing (#18559)
  • Fix native access violation (#18545) (#18547) (Thanks @chrullrich!)
  • Fix issue when completing the first command in a script with an empty array expression (#18355) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Improve type inference of hashtable keys (#17907) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix Switch-Process to copy the current env to the new process (#18452)
  • Fix Switch-Process error to include the command that is not found (#18443)
  • Update Out-Printer to remove all decorating ANSI escape sequences from PowerShell formatting (#18425)
  • Web cmdlets set default charset encoding to UTF8 (#18219) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix incorrect cmdlet name in the script used by Restart-Computer (#18374) (Thanks @urizen-source!)
  • Add the function cd~ (#18308) (Thanks @GigaScratch!)
  • Fix type inference error for empty return statements (#18351) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix the exception reporting in ConvertFrom-StringData (#18336) (Thanks @GigaScratch!)
  • Implement IDisposable in NamedPipeClient (#18341) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Replace command-error suggestion with new implementation based on subsystem plugin (#18252)
  • Remove the ProcessorArchitecture portion from the full name as it's obsolete (#18320)
  • Make the fuzzy searching flexible by passing in the fuzzy matcher (#18270)
  • Add -FuzzyMinimumDistance parameter to Get-Command (#18261)
  • Improve startup time by triggering initialization of additional types on background thread (#18195)
  • Fix decompression in web cmdlets (#17955) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Add CustomTableHeaderLabel formatting to differentiate table header labels that are not property names (#17346)
  • Remove the extra new line form List formatting (#18185)
  • Minor update to the FileInfo table formatting on Unix to make it more concise (#18183)
  • Fix Parent property on processes with complex name (#17545) (Thanks @jborean93!)
  • Make PowerShell class not affiliate with Runspace when declaring the NoRunspaceAffinity attribute (#18138)
  • Complete the progress bar rendering in Invoke-WebRequest when downloading is complete or cancelled (#18130)
  • Display download progress in human readable format for Invoke-WebRequest (#14611) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
  • Update WriteConsole to not use stackalloc for buffer with too large size (#18084)
  • Filter out compiler generated types for Add-Type -PassThru (#18095)
  • Fixing CA2014 warnings and removing the warning suppression (#17982) (Thanks @creative-cloud!)
  • Make experimental feature PSNativeCommandArgumentPassing stable (#18044)
  • Make experimental feature PSAMSIMethodInvocationLogging stable (#18041)
  • Handle PSObject argument specially in method invocation logging (#18060)
  • Fix typos in EventResource.resx (#18063) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Make experimental feature PSRemotingSSHTransportErrorHandling stable (#18046)
  • Make experimental feature PSExec stable (#18045)
  • Make experimental feature PSCleanBlock stable (#18043)
  • Fix error formatting to use color defined in $PSStyle.Formatting (#17987)
  • Remove unneeded use of chmod 777 (#17974)
  • Support mapping foreground/background ConsoleColor values to VT escape sequences (#17938)
  • Make pwsh server modes implicitly not show banner (#17921)
  • Add output type attributes for Get-WinEvent (#17948) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Remove 1 second minimum delay in Invoke-WebRequest for small files, and prevent file-download-error suppression. (#17896) (Thanks @AAATechGuy!)
  • Add completion for values in comparisons when comparing Enums (#17654) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix positional argument completion (#17796) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Fix member completion in attribute argument (#17902) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Throw when too many parameter sets are defined (#17881) (Thanks @fflaten!)
  • Limit searching of charset attribute in meta tag for HTML to first 1024 characters in webcmdlets (#17813)
  • Fix Update-Help failing silently with implicit non-US culture. (#17780) (Thanks @dkaszews!)
  • Add the ValidateNotNullOrWhiteSpace attribute (#17191) (Thanks @wmentha!)
  • Improve enumeration of inferred types in pipeline (#17799) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@MartinGC94, @CarloToso, @iSazonov, @xtqqczze, @turbedi, @trossr32, @eltociear, @AtariDreams, @jborean93
  • Add TSAUpload for APIScan (#18446)
  • Use Pattern matching in ast.cs (#18794) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
  • Cleanup webrequestpscmdlet.common.cs (#18596) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Unify CreateFile pinvoke in SMA (#18751) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Cleanup webresponseobject.common (#18785) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common cleanup and merge partials (#18736) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Replace GetDirectories in CimDscParser (#14319) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • WebResponseObject.Common merge partials atomic commits (#18703) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Enable pending test for Start-Process (#18724) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove one CreateFileW (#18732) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport for WNetAddConnection2 (#18721) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Use File.OpenHandle() instead CreateFileW pinvoke (#18722) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport for WNetGetConnection (#18690) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport - 1 (#18603) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 3 (#18564) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA - 7 (#18594) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Use static DateTime.UnixEpoch and RandomNumberGenerator.Fill() (#18621) (Thanks @turbedi!)
  • Rewrite Get-FileHash to use static HashData methods (#18471) (Thanks @turbedi!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 8 (#18599) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 4 (#18579) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove NativeCultureResolver as dead code (#18582) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 6 (#18581) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 2 (#18543) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Use standard SBCS detection (#18593) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove unused pinvokes in RemoteSessionNamedPipe (#18583) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 5 (#18580) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove SafeRegistryHandle (#18597) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove ArchitectureSensitiveAttribute from the code base (#18598) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Build COM adapter only on Windows (#18590)
  • Include timer instantiation for legacy telemetry in conditional compiler statements in Get-Help (#18475) (Thanks @trossr32!)
  • Convert DllImport to LibraryImport for recycle bin, clipboard, and computerinfo cmdlets (#18526)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in SMA 1 (#18520) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace DllImport with LibraryImport in engine (#18496)
  • Fix typo in InitialSessionState.cs (#18435) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Remove remaining unused strings from resx files (#18448)
  • Use new LINQ Order() methods instead of OrderBy(static x => x) (#18395) (Thanks @turbedi!)
  • Make use of StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries when possible (#18412) (Thanks @turbedi!)
  • Replace some string.Join(string) calls with string.Join(char) (#18411) (Thanks @turbedi!)
  • Remove unused strings from FileSystem and Registry providers (#18403)
  • Use generic GetValues<T>, GetNames<T> enum methods (#18391) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove unused resource strings from SessionStateStrings (#18394)
  • Remove unused resource strings in System.Management.Automation (#18388)
  • Use Enum.HasFlags part 1 (#18386) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove unused strings from parser (#18383)
  • Remove unused strings from Utility module (#18370)
  • Remove unused console strings (#18369)
  • Remove unused strings from ConsoleInfoErrorStrings.resx (#18367)
  • Code cleanup in ContentHelper.Common.cs (#18288) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Remove FusionAssemblyIdentity and GlobalAssemblyCache as they are not used (#18334) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Remove some static initializations in StringManipulationHelper (#18243) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use MemoryExtensions.IndexOfAny in PSv2CompletionCompleter (#18245) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use MemoryExtensions.IndexOfAny in WildcardPattern (#18242) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Small cleanup of the stub code (#18301) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
  • Fix typo in RemoteRunspacePoolInternal.cs (#18263) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Some more code cleanup related to the use of PSVersionInfo (#18231)
  • Use MemoryExtensions.IndexOfAny in SessionStateInternal (#18244) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Use overload APIs that take char instead of string when it's possible (#18179) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
  • Replace UTF8Encoding(false) with Encoding.Default (#18144) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
  • Remove unused variables (#18058) (Thanks @AtariDreams!)
  • Fix typo in PowerShell.Core.Instrumentation.man (#17963) (Thanks @eltociear!)
  • Migrate WinTrust functions to a common location (#17598) (Thanks @jborean93!)

Tools

  • Add a function to get the PR Back-port report (#18299)
  • Add a workaround in automatic rebase workflow to continue on error (#18176)
  • Update list of PowerShell team members in release tools (#17909)
  • Don't block if we fail to create the comment (#17869)

Tests

  • Add testexe.exe -echocmdline to output raw command line received by the process on Windows (#18591)
  • Mark charset test as pending (#18511)
  • Skip output rendering tests on Windows Server 2012 R2 (#18382)
  • Increase timeout to make subsystem tests more reliable (#18380)
  • Add missing -Tag 'CI' to describe blocks. (#18316)
  • Use short path instead of multiple quotes in Get-Item test relying on node (#18250)
  • Replace the CIM class used for -Amended parameter test (#17884) (Thanks @sethvs!)
  • Stop ongoing progress-bar in Write-Progress test (#17880) (Thanks @fflaten!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!
  • Fix reference assembly generation logic for Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility (#18818)
  • Update the cgmanifest (#18676)(#18521)(#18415)(#18408)(#18197)(#18111)(#18051)(#17913)(#17867)(#17934)(#18088)
  • Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native to the latest preview version v7.4.0-preview.1 (#18805)
  • Remove unnecessary reference to System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe (#18806)
  • Update the release tag in metadata.json for next preview (#18799)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18750)
  • Bump .NET SDK to version 7.0.101 (#18786)
  • Bump cirrus-actions/rebase from 1.7 to 1.8 (#18788)
  • Bump decode-uri-component from 0.2.0 to 0.2.2 (#18712)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 4.4.0-4.final to 4.4.0 (#18562)
  • Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 13.0.1 to 13.0.2 (#18657)
  • Apply expected file permissions to Linux files after Authenticode signing (#18643)
  • Remove extra quotes after agent moves to pwsh 7.3 (#18577)
  • Don't install based on build-id for RPM (#18560)
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.3.2 to 17.4.0 (#18487)
  • Bump minimatch from 3.0.4 to 3.1.2 (#18514)
  • Avoid depending on the pre-generated experimental feature list in private and CI builds (#18484)
  • Update release-MsixBundle.yml to add retries (#18465)
  • Bump System.Data.SqlClient from 4.8.4 to 4.8.5 in /src/Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK (#18515)
  • Bump to use internal .NET 7 GA build (#18508)
  • Insert the pre-release nuget feed before building test artifacts (#18507)
  • Add test for framework dependent package in release pipeline (#18506) (Internal 23139)
  • Update to azCopy 10 (#18509)
  • Fix issues with uploading changelog to GitHub release draft (#18504)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18442)
  • Add authenticode signing for assemblies on linux builds (#18440)
  • Do not remove penimc_cor3.dll from build (#18438)
  • Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 7.3.0-rc.1 to 7.3.0 (#18405)
  • Allow two-digit revisions in vPack package validation pattern (#18392)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18363)
  • Bump to .NET 7 RC2 official version (#18328)
  • Bump to .NET 7 to version 7.0.100-rc.2.22477.20 (#18286)
  • Replace win7 runtime with win8 and remove APISets (#18304)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18312)
  • Recurse the file listing. (#18277)
  • Create tasks to collect and publish hashes for build files. (#18276)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18262)
  • Remove ETW trace collection and uploading for CLR CAP (#18253)
  • Do not cleanup pwsh.deps.json for framework dependent packages (#18226)
  • Add branch counter to APIScan build (#18214)
  • Remove unnecessary native dependencies from the package (#18213)
  • Remove XML files for min-size package (#18189)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18216)
  • Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native from 7.3.0-preview.1 to 7.3.0-rc.1 (#18217)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18201)
  • Move ApiScan to compliance build (#18191)
  • Fix the verbose message when using dotnet-install.sh (#18184)
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.3.1 to 17.3.2 (#18163)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18164)
  • Make the link to minimal package blob public during release (#18158)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18147)
  • Update MSI exit message (#18137)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 4.4.0-1.final to 4.4.0-2.final (#18132)
  • Re-enable building with Ready-to-Run (#18105)
  • Update DotnetRuntimeMetadata.json for .NET 7 RC1 build (#18091)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#18096)
  • Add schema for cgmanifest.json (#18036)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 4.3.0-3.final to 4.3.0 (#18012)
  • Add XML reference documents to NuPkg files for SDK (#17997)
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.3.0 to 17.3.1 (#18000)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#17988)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#17983)
  • Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (#17945)
  • Make sure Security.types.ps1xml gets signed in release build (#17916)
  • Make Register Microsoft Update timeout (#17910)
  • Merge changes from v7.0.12 v7.2.6 and v7.3.0-preview.7
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.2.0 to 17.3.0 (#17871)

Documentation and Help Content

  • Update readme and metadata for releases (#18780)(#18493)(#18393)(#18332)(#18128)(#17870)
  • Remove 'please' and 'Core' from README.md per MS style guide (#18578) (Thanks @Rick-Anderson!)
  • Change unsupported XML documentation tag (#18608)
  • Change public API mention of monad to PowerShell (#18491)
  • Update security reporting policy to recommend security portal for more streamlined reporting (#18437)
  • Change log for v7.3.0 (#18505) (Internal 23161)
  • Replace msh in public API comment based documentation with PowerShell equivalent (#18483)
  • Add missing XML doc elements for methods in RunspaceFactory (#18450)
  • Change log for v7.3.0-rc.1 (#18400)
  • Update change logs for v7.2.7 and v7.0.13 (#18342)
  • Update the change log for v7.3.0-preview.8 (#18136)
  • Add the ConfigurationFile option to the PowerShell help content (#18093)
  • Update help content about the PowerShell flag -NonInteractive (#17952)

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