From 06ddfe35af12e7ce2af61eef3cf73996a21d2c63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dongbo Wang Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 13:52:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update ChangeLog for v7.6.0-preview.5 release (#26126) --- CHANGELOG/preview.md | 209 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 209 insertions(+) diff --git a/CHANGELOG/preview.md b/CHANGELOG/preview.md index 2663b2e5f0..236e8da391 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG/preview.md +++ b/CHANGELOG/preview.md @@ -1,5 +1,214 @@ # Preview Changelog +## [7.6.0-preview.5] - 2025-09-30 + +### Engine Updates and Fixes + +- Allow opt-out of the named-pipe listener using the environment variable `POWERSHELL_DIAGNOSTICS_OPTOUT` (#26086) +- Ensure that socket timeouts are set only during the token validation (#26066) +- Fix race condition in `RemoteHyperVSocket` (#26057) +- Fix `stderr` output of console host to respect `NO_COLOR` (#24391) +- Update PSRP protocol to deprecate session key exchange between newer client and server (#25774) +- Fix the `ssh` PATH check in `SSHConnectionInfo` when the default Runspace is not available (#25780) (Thanks @jborean93!) +- Adding hex format for native command exit codes (#21067) (Thanks @sba923!) +- Fix infinite loop crash in variable type inference (#25696) (Thanks @MartinGC94!) +- Add `PSForEach` and `PSWhere` as aliases for the PowerShell intrinsic methods `Where` and `Foreach` (#25511) (Thanks @powercode!) + +### General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes + +- Remove `IsScreenReaderActive()` check from `ConsoleHost` (#26118) +- Fix `ConvertFrom-Json` to ignore comments inside array literals (#14553) (#26050) (Thanks @MatejKafka!) +- Fix `-Debug` to not trigger the `ShouldProcess` prompt (#26081) +- Add the parameter `Register-ArgumentCompleter -NativeFallback` to support registering a cover-all completer for native commands (#25230) +- Change the default feedback provider timeout from 300ms to 1000ms (#25910) +- Update PATH environment variable for package manager executable on Windows (#25847) +- Fix `Write-Host` to respect `OutputRendering = PlainText` (#21188) +- Improve the `$using` expression support in `Invoke-Command` (#24025) (Thanks @jborean93!) +- Use parameter `HelpMessage` for tool tip in parameter completion (#25108) (Thanks @jborean93!) +- Revert "Never load a module targeting the PSReadLine module's `SessionState`" (#25792) +- Fix debug tracing error with magic extents (#25726) (Thanks @jborean93!) +- Add `MethodInvocation` trace for overload tracing (#21320) (Thanks @jborean93!) +- Improve verbose and debug logging level messaging in web cmdlets (#25510) (Thanks @JustinGrote!) +- Fix quoting in completion if the path includes a double quote character (#25631) (Thanks @MartinGC94!) +- Fix the common parameter `-ProgressAction` for advanced functions (#24591) (Thanks @cmkb3!) +- Use absolute path in `FileSystemProvider.CreateDirectory` (#24615) (Thanks @Tadas!) +- Make inherited protected internal instance members accessible in PowerShell class scope (#25245) (Thanks @mawosoft!) +- Treat `-Target` as literal in `New-Item` (#25186) (Thanks @GameMicrowave!) +- Remove duplicate modules from completion results (#25538) (Thanks @MartinGC94!) +- Add completion for variables assigned in `ArrayLiteralAst` and `ParenExpressionAst` (#25303) (Thanks @MartinGC94!) +- Add support for thousands separators in `[bigint]` casting (#25396) (Thanks @AbishekPonmudi!) +- Add internal methods to check Preferences (#25514) (Thanks @iSazonov!) +- Improve debug logging of Web cmdlet request and response (#25479) (Thanks @JustinGrote!) +- Revert "Allow empty prefix string in 'Import-Module -Prefix' to override default prefix in manifest (#20409)" (#25462) (Thanks @MartinGC94!) +- Fix the `NullReferenceException` when writing progress records to console from multiple threads (#25440) (Thanks @kborowinski!) +- Update `Get-Service` to ignore common errors when retrieving non-critical properties for a service (#24245) (Thanks @jborean93!) +- Add single/double quote support for `Join-String` Argument Completer (#25283) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!) +- Fix tab completion for env/function variables (#25346) (Thanks @jborean93!) +- Fix `Out-GridView` by replacing use of obsolete `BinaryFormatter` with custom implementation (#25497) (Thanks @mawosoft!) +- Remove the use of Windows PowerShell ETW provider id from code base and update the `PSDiagnostics` module to work for PowerShell 7 (#25590) + +### Code Cleanup + +
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We thank the following contributors!

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@xtqqczze, @mawosoft, @ArmaanMcleod

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+ +### Tools + +- Add Codeql Suppressions (#25943, #26132) +- Update CODEOWNERS to add Justin as a maintainer (#25386) +- Do not run labels workflow in the internal repo (#25279) + +### Tests + +- Mark the 3 consistently failing tests as pending to unblock PRs (#26091) +- Make some tests less noisy on failure (#26035) (Thanks @xtqqczze!) +- Suppress false positive `PSScriptAnalyzer` warnings in tests and build scripts (#25864) +- Fix updatable help test for new content (#25819) +- Add more tests for `PSForEach` and `PSWhere` methods (#25519) +- Fix the isolated module test that was disabled previously (#25420) + +### Build and Packaging Improvements + +
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We thank the following contributors!

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@alerickson, @senerh, @RichardSlater, @xtqqczze

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+ +### Documentation and Help Content + +- Fix a typo in the 7.4 changelog (#26038) (Thanks @VbhvGupta!) +- Add 7.4.12 Changelog (#26011) +- Add v7.5.3 Changelog (#25994) +- Fix typo in CHANGELOG for script filename suggestion (#25962) +- Update CHANGELOG for v7.5.2 (#25668) +- Update CHANGELOG for v7.4.11 (#25667) +- Update build documentation with instruction of dev terminal (#25587) +- Update links and contribution guide in documentation (#25532) (Thanks @JustinGrote!) +- Add 7.4.10 Changelog (#25520) +- Add 7.5.1 Change log (#25382) + +[7.6.0-preview.5]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/compare/v7.6.0-preview.4...v7.6.0-preview.5 + ## [7.6.0-preview.4] ### Breaking Changes