v7.5.0-preview.4 Release of PowerShell

[SeeminglyScience]

7.5.0-preview.4 - 2024-08-28

NOTE: The Windows x86 and Linux ARM32 packages are not included with this release due to a known issue. The issue will be fixed in the next release.

Engine Updates and Fixes

• RecommendedAction: Explicitly start and stop ANSI Error Color (RecommendedAction: Explicitly start and stop ANSI Error Color #24065) (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• Improve .NET overload definition of generic methods (Improve .NET overload definition of generics #21326) (Thanks @jborean93!)
• Optimize the += operation for a collection when it's an object array (Improve Array BinaryAdd Method for object[] #23901) (Thanks @jborean93!)
• Allow redirecting to a variable as experimental feature PSRedirectToVariable (Redirecting to a variable should be possible #20381)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Change type of LineNumber to ulong in Select-String (Change type of LineNumber to ulong in Select-String #24075) (Thanks @Snowman-25!)
• Fix Invoke-RestMethod to allow -PassThru and -Outfile work together (Fixes Invoke-RestMethod -PassThru -Outfile writing to file. #24086) (Thanks @jshigetomi!)
• Fix Hyper-V Remoting when the module is imported via implicit remoting (Fix Hyper-V Remoting when using remoting import #24032) (Thanks @jborean93!)
• Add ConvertTo-CliXml and ConvertFrom-CliXml cmdlets (Add ConvertTo-CliXml and ConvertFrom-CliXml cmdlets #21063) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
• Add OutFile property in WebResponseObject (Add OutFile property in WebResponseObject #24047) (Thanks @jshigetomi!)
• Show filename in Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile -Verbose (Show file name in Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile -Verbose  #24041) (Thanks @jshigetomi!)
• Set-Acl: Do not fail on untranslatable SID (Set-Acl: Do not fail on untranslatable SID #21096) (Thanks @jborean93!)
• Fix the extent of the parser error when a number constant is invalid (Fix the extent of the parser error when a number constant is invalid #24024)
• Fix Move-Item to throw error when moving into itself (Fix Move-Item to error when moving into itself #24004)
• Fix up .NET method invocation with Optional argument (Fix up .NET method invocation with Optional arg #21387) (Thanks @jborean93!)
• Fix progress calculation on Remove-Item (Fix progress calculation on Remove-Item #23869) (Thanks @jborean93!)
• Fix WebCmdlets when -Body is specified but ContentType is not (WebCmdlets fix issue with -Body and no -ContentType #23952) (Thanks @CarloToso!)
• Enable -NoRestart to work with Register-PSSessionConfiguration (Enable -NoRestart to work with Register-PSSessionConfiguration #23891)
• Add IgnoreComments and AllowTrailingCommas options to Test-Json cmdlet (Add IgnoreComments and AllowTrailingCommas options to Test-Json cmdlet #23817) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
• Get-Help may report parameters with ValueFromRemainingArguments attribute as pipeline-able (Get-Help may report parameters with ValueFromRemainingArguments attribute as pipeline-able #23871)

Code Cleanup

We thank the following contributors!

@xtqqczze, @eltociear

• Minor cleanup on local variable names within a method (Minor cleanup on local variable names within a method #24105)
• Remove explicit IDE1005 suppressions (Remove explicit IDE1005 suppressions #21217) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Fix a typo in WebRequestSession.cs (fix typo: the the -> the #23963) (Thanks @eltociear!)

Tools

• devcontainers: mount workspace in /PowerShell (devcontainers: mount workspace in /PowerShell #23857) (Thanks @rzippo!)

Tests

• Add debugging to the MTU size test (Add debugging to MTUSize test. #21463)

Build and Packaging Improvements

We thank the following contributors!

@bosesubham2011

• Update third party notices (Internal 32128)
• Update cgmanifest (Update cgmanifest #24163)
• Fixes to Azure Public feed usage (Fixes to Azure Public feed usage #24149)
• Add support for back porting PRs from GitHub or the Private Azure Repos (Add support for back porting PRs from GitHub or the Private Azure Repos #20670)
• Move to 9.0.0-preview.6.24327.7 (Move to 9.0.0-preview.6.24327.7 #24133)
• update path (Fix Global tool config generation #24134)
• Update to the latest NOTICES file (Update to the latest NOTICES file #24131)
• Fix semver issue with updating cgmanifest (Fix semver issue with updating cgmanifest #24132)
• Add ability to capture MSBuild Binary logs when restore fails (Add ability to capture MSBuild Binary logs when restore fails #24128)
• add ability to skip windows stage (Add ability to skip stages easily in coordinated build #24116)
• chore: Refactor Nuget package source creation to use New-NugetPackageSource function (chore: Refactor Nuget package source creation to use New-NugetPackageSource function #24104)
• Make Microsoft feeds the default (Make Microsoft feeds the default #24098)
• Cleanup unused csproj (Cleanup unused csproj #23951)
• Add script to update SDK version during release (Add script to update SDK for release branches #24034)
• Enumerate over all signed zip packages (Enumerate over all signed zip packages #24063)
• Update metadata.json for PowerShell July releases (Update metadata.json for PowerShell July releases #24082)
• Add macos signing for package files (Add macos signing for package files #24015)
• Update install-powershell.sh to support azure-linux (Peer review for code change to include Azure Linux installations[[install-powershell.sh doesn't work on azure-linux #23944]] #23955) (Thanks @bosesubham2011!)
• Skip build steps that do not have exe packages (Skip build steps that dont have exe packages #23945)
• Update metadata.json for PowerShell June releases (Update metadata.json for PowerShell June releases #23973)
• Create powershell.config.json for PowerShell.Windows.x64 global tool (Create powershell.config.json for PowerShell.Windows.x64 global tool #23941)
• Fix error in the vPack release, debug script that blocked release (Fix error in the vPack release, debug script that blocked release #23904)
• Add vPack release (add onebranch pipeline for vpack release #23898)
• Fix exe signing with third party signing for WiX engine (Fix exe signing with third party signing for WiX engine #23878)
• Update wix installation in CI (update wix install in ci.psm1 #23870)
• Add checkout to fix TSA config paths (Add checkout to fix TSA config paths #23865)
• Merge the v7.5.0-preview.3 release branch to GitHub master branch
• Update metadata.json for the v7.5.0-preview.3 release (Update metadata.json for the v7.5.0-preview.3 release #23862)
• Bump PSResourceGet to 1.1.0-preview1 (Up PSResourceGet to 1.1.0-preview1 #24129)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.8 to 3.26.0 (Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.8 to 3.25.10 #23953) (Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.10 to 3.25.11 #23999) (Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.11 to 3.25.12 #24053) (Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.12 to 3.25.13 #24069) (Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.13 to 3.25.15 #24095) (Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.15 to 3.26.0 #24118)
• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.3.3 to 4.3.6 (Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.3.3 to 4.3.4 #24019) (Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.3.4 to 4.3.5 #24113) (Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.3.5 to 4.3.6 #24119)
• Bump agrc/create-reminder-action from 1.1.13 to 1.1.15 (Bump agrc/create-reminder-action from 1.1.13 to 1.1.14 #24029) (Bump agrc/create-reminder-action from 1.1.14 to 1.1.15 #24043)
• Bump agrc/reminder-action from 1.0.12 to 1.0.14 (Bump agrc/reminder-action from 1.0.12 to 1.0.13 #24028) (Bump agrc/reminder-action from 1.0.13 to 1.0.14 #24042)
• Bump super-linter/super-linter from 5.7.2 to 6.8.0 (Bump super-linter/super-linter from 5.7.2 to 6.5.0 #23809) (Bump super-linter/super-linter from 6.5.0 to 6.5.1 #23856) (Bump super-linter/super-linter from 6.5.1 to 6.6.0 #23894) (Bump super-linter/super-linter from 6.6.0 to 6.7.0 #24030) (Bump super-linter/super-linter from 6.7.0 to 6.8.0 #24103)
• Bump ossf/scorecard-action from 2.3.1 to 2.4.0 (Bump ossf/scorecard-action from 2.3.1 to 2.3.3 #23802) (Bump ossf/scorecard-action from 2.3.3 to 2.4.0 #24096)
• Bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.3.2 to 4.3.4 (Bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.3.2 to 4.3.3 #23897) (Bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.3.3 to 4.3.4 #24046)
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.5 to 4.1.7 (Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.5 to 4.1.6 #23813) (Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.6 to 4.1.7 #23947)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.4 to 3.25.8 (Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.4 to 3.25.5 #23801) (Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.6 to 3.25.8 #23893)

Documentation and Help Content

• Update docs sample nuget.config (Update docs sample nuget.config #24109)
• Update Code of Conduct and Security Policy (Update Code of Conduct and Security Policy #23811)
• Update working-group-definitions.md for the Security WG (Update working-group-definitions.md #23884)
• Fix up broken links in Markdown files (Fix up broken links in markdown files. #23863)
• Update Engine Working Group Members (Update Engine Wiorking Group Members #23803) (Thanks @kilasuit!)
• Remove outdated and contradictory information from README (Update README #23812)

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This discussion was created from the release v7.5.0-preview.4 Release of PowerShell.

[peetrike]

There is no x86 version for Windows. Is this intended?

[jborean93]

NOTE: The Windows x86 and Linux ARM32 packages are not included with this release due to a known issue. The issue will be fixed in the next release.

There was an issue with the .NET preview 6 on x86 that was causing pwsh to crash. It has been fixed in .NET 9 preview 7 and thus the next pwsh preview.

[peetrike]

and when using x64 MSI-based install, the install process never ends. The msiexec process starts pwsh.exe process that doesn't respond. When I kill that process, the setup finishes, but it seems, that the install is broken (PowerShell never shows prompt).

[JustinGrote]

x64 msi worked for me on Win11

[peetrike]

Win10 here. It might happen, that corporate security agents interfere with setup, but Preview 3 installs without problems ...

[kellyelton]

This happened to me as well. I force killed a background powershell process that the installer started, and then the installer finally moved forward, but said it failed.
I then ran the installer and ran a 'Repair' which succeeded.
Now when I try to run powershell preview, it opens the console host and never shows any text, it just hangs forever. It also does the same thing inside of vscode.
I tried uninstalling, rebooting, and reinstalling, and have the same issue.
Windows 11 23H2 build 22631.4169

[kellyelton]

Enabling any of the highlighted settings will cause the installer to hang.

[kellyelton]

v7.5.0-preview.3 installs as expected on my machine.

[nasasky39]

x64 msi worked for me on Win11 24H2

[kellyelton]

Powershell just hangs when trying to open it in Windows Terminal or Visual Studio Code on Windows 11.
I've tried repairing, uninstalling, rebooting, and reinstalling.

[kellyelton]

v7.5.0-preview.3 works as expected on my machine.