6.1 Changelog

6.1.6 - 2019-09-12

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update DotNet SDK and runtime framework version (Internal 9945)

6.1.5 - 2019-07-16

Breaking changes

Disable Enter-PSHostProcess cmdlet when system in lock down mode (Internal 8968)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update DotNet SDK and runtime framework version (Internal 9087)
Add automated RPM signing to release build (#10013)
Update copyright symbol for NuGet packages (#9936)
Bump System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler from 4.5.3 to 4.5.4 (#9790)
Integrate building NuGet package in the coordinated build (#8947) (#9708)
Bump Newtonsoft.Json (#9662)

6.1.4 - 2019-05-21

Build and Packaging Improvements

Disable debugger in System Lock down mode (Internal 8430)
Port changes for release automation to 6.1 (Internal 8402)
Fix MSI WIX generation (#9013) (Internal 8385)
Update Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive version (Internal 8380)
Update package version in hosting test (Internal 8374)
Bump to dotnet 2.1.11 release
Remove update build table logic from release build (Internal 8364)
Add AccessToken variable to jobs that perform signing (#9351)
Support release branches based on the forward slash separator (#8903)

6.1.3 - 2019-02-14

Engine Updates and Fixes

Add security mitigation for 6.1.3 release (Internal 6561)

Tools

Change the feed URL to feed name due to changes in Azure DevOps (#8664)

Tests

Updating test gallery URL in PackageManagement tests (#7879)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Get PowerShellGet tests working (#7831)
Start tracking release build information in an azure storage table (#8850)
Remove PDBs from fxdependent package (#8006)
Make every csproj files have its own folder (#8750)
Update packaging script to build reference assembly targeting netcoreapp2.1 and use actual .csproj files (#8729)
Move Final artifacts from coordinated build to finalResults folder (#8806)
Refactor Unified Release Build (#8804)
Add compliance to Coordinated build (#8798)
Switch to 1.11 of FPM to fix FPM install issue (#8797)
Update the coordinated build with framework dependent package for dotnet SDK (#8773)
Add Windows build to coordinated release build YAML (#8695)
Build package build using Ubuntu 18.04 image (#8666)
Adding yml for Windows Release builds (#8374)
Update SignType in signing.xml (#8223)
Update DotNet SDK and Runtime version (Internal 7004)
Add binskim to coordinated build and increase timeout (#8834)

6.1.2 - 2019-01-15

Tests

Fix test failures (Internal 6310)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Moved the cleanup logic to Restore-PSModuleToBuild (Internal 6442)
Update dependency versions (Internal 6421)
Create unified release build for macOS and Linux packages (#8399)
Build Alpine tar.gz package in release builds (Internal 6027)

Documentation and Help Content

Update version for README, Alpine docker file and hosting tests (Internal 6438)

6.1.1 - 2018-11-13

Engine Updates and Fixes

Fix issue with logging the null character in ScriptBlock logging (Internal 5607)
Consolidation of all Windows PowerShell work ported to 6.1 (Internal 5233)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Use ZipFile and ExtractToDirectory APIs to extract zip file (Internal 5608)

[6.0.5] - 2018-11-13

Engine updates and fixes

Fix issue with logging the null character in ScriptBlock logging (Internal 5605)

General cmdlet updates and fixes

Use ZipFile and ExtractToDirectory APIs to extract zip file (Internal 4802)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update SignType in signing.xml (Internal 5721)
Port changes to pull PowerShell Gallery modules from Modules csproj (Internal 5713)
Port macOS Release build changes changes from GitHub (#8189, #8188, #8185)
Fix script path for PowerShellPackageVsts.ps1 (#8189)
Workaround for accessing AzDevOps Artifacts (#8188)
Bump various packages to latest patch version (Internal 5675)
Update PowerShell SDK NuGet various metadata description (Internal 4527, 4510, 4505)

[6.0.4] - 2018-08-10

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update the Archive module version (Internal 5671)
Update to .NET Core 2.1.5 with SDK 2.1.403 (#7936) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Disable package major upgrade tests for release branch (Internal 5209)
Bump versions for dependencies (Internal 5612)
Port changes to allow AzDevOps NuGet feeds for macOS build (Internal 5716)
Port macOS changes from GitHub (#8189, #8188, #8185)
Add function to create a new nuget.config file (#8170)
Updated wxs file to match published packages (Internal 5660)

Tests

Change API to match cmdlet which is more reliable in AzDevOps Pipelines Windows (#8003)
Fix conflict with Get-AdlStoreChildItem from az module in tab completion tests (#8167)

6.1.0 - 2018-09-13

Engine Updates and Fixes

Enable indexing operations on System.Tuple and System.ValueTuple (#7633) (Thanks @SeeminglyScience!)
Use non-virtual call to invoke 'family or assembly' methods on base class from PowerShell class (#7624) (Thanks @yurko7!)
Handle operations with ByRef-like types gracefully in PowerShell (#7533)
Make the -settingfile flag on pwsh work for ScriptBlock logging on windows (#7631)
Ensure the SSHClientSessionTransportManager stream writer and reader fields are cleared after disposing (#7746)
Add LocationChangedAction handler to support the Windows Compatibility module (#7552)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Fix Set-Service -Status Stopped to stop services with dependencies (#5525) (Thanks @zhenggu!)
Add the Duration property to HistoryInfo (#5208) (Thanks @powercode!)
Fix null reference in ConvertFrom-Markdown when the markdown content is empty (#7463)
Fix file blocking issue with WebCmdlets (#7676) (Thanks @Claustn!)
Fix performance issue in WSMan provider by using Refresh() to update the status rather than instantiating ServiceController (#7680)

Code Cleanup

Remove Suspend-Job and Resume-Job cmdlets from compilation on Unix platforms (#7650)
Remove extra spaces in error messages in Modules.resx (#7662) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Cleanup the platform runtime checks from FileSystemProvider (#7655) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Improve code style of Send-MailMessage cmdlet (#7723) (Thanks @ThreeFive-O!)

Tools

Add tools for PowerShell performance analysis (#7595) (Thanks @lzybkr!)
Update code coverage module to download zip files based on job ID (#7653)

Tests

Update test which assumes all previews have the name preview in the version (#7625)
Update Pester syntax in Set-Location test (#7615) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add ScriptBlock logging test for Linux and macOS (#7599) (#7586)
Add tests to report when package references are out of date (#7661)
Fix ModuleSpecification.Tests.ps1 (#7663) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Updates Docker package tests (#7667)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update to the latest package references, dotnet core SDK and framework (#7646) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Make the artifact upload only occur for non-PR builds (#7657)
Change to not upload artifacts during pull request due to missing VSTS feature (#7588)
Remove workaround on VSTS that is no longer needed (#7666)
Update docker files to use MCR (#7656)
Add symbolic links for libssl and libcrypto to Debian 9 build to make remoting work (#7609)
Simplify the StartupInfo type used in Jumplist creation for faster P/Invoke (#7580) (Thanks @powercode!)
Add VSTS CI for Windows (#7536)
Update the version of PowerShellGet module to 1.6.7 (#7564)
update the version of PSReadLine module to 2.0.0-beta3 (#7711)
Make sure MSI build works for non-preview builds (#7752)
Build and package framework dependent package (#7729)
Change locale of mdspell to en-US (#7671)
Add daily build on non-windows platforms (#7683)
Fix Windows MSI to remove the Uninstall shortcut during an uninstall when more than one version is installed (#7701) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Fix docker image names for release build (#7726)

Documentation and Help Content

Update the version of .NET Core in docs (#7467) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Fix links in README.md (#7619) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add VSTS CI build badges for master branch to README.md (#7691) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Add a paragraph in CONTRIBUTING.md about updating files.wxs (#7695) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

6.1.0-rc.1- 2018-08-22

Engine Updates and Fixes

Fix to not duplicate the System32 module path when starting pwsh from pwsh (#7414)
Fix sequence point update for switch/if/for/while/do-while/do-until statements (#7305)
Set the cursor to the place where a user hits tab key (#7299)
Adding LanguagePrimitives.TryCompare to provide faster comparisons (#7438) (Thanks @powercode!)
Improving performance of LanguagePrimitives.TryConvertTo (#7418) (Thanks @powercode!)
Set PowerShellVersion to 3.0 for built-in modules to make Windows PowerShell work when starting from PowerShell Core (#7365)
Avoid extra unnecessary allocations in PSMemberInfoInternalCollection<T> (#7435) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Enforce the CompatiblePSEditions check for modules from the legacy System32 module path (#7183)
Make sure that SettingFile argument is parsed before we load the settings (#7449)
Default to DefaultConsoleWidth when DotNet says WindowWidth is 0 (#7465)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Fix parameter name in the Get-Variable cmdlet error message (#7384) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Fix Move-Item -Path with wildcard character (#7397) (Thanks @kwkam!)
Ignore Newtonsoft.Json metadata properties in ConvertFrom-Json (#7308) (Thanks @louistio!)
Fix several issues in Markdown cmdlets (#7329)
Add support for parsing Link Header with variable whitespace (#7322)
Change parameter order in Get-Help and help in order to get first -Full and then -Functionality when using Get-Help -Fu followed by pressing tab and help -Fu followed by pressing tab (#7370) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Add support for passing files and Markdown directly to Show-Markdown (#7354)
Add -SkipIndex parameter to Select-Object (#7483) (Thanks @powercode!)
Improve performance of Import-CSV up to 10 times (#7413) (Thanks @powercode!)
Update Enable-PSRemoting so configuration name is unique for Preview releases (#7202)
Improve performance on JSON to PSObject conversion (#7482) (Thanks @powercode!)
Fix error message for Add-Type when -AssemblyName with wildcard is not found (#7444)
Make native globbing on Unix return an absolute path when it is given an absolute path (#7106)
Improve the performance of Group-Object (#7410) (Thanks @powercode!)
Remove one unneeded verbose output from ConvertTo-Json (#7487) (Thanks @devblackops!)
Enable Get-ChildItem to produce Mode property even if cannot determine if hard link (#7355)

Code Cleanup

Remove empty XML comment lines (#7401) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Cleanup Docker files (#7328)
Correct the comment for WSManReceiveDataResult.Unmarshal (#7364)
Format Utility csproj with updated codeformatter (#7263) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Bulk update format for files in Management folder with codeformatter (#7346) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Cleanup: replace Utils.FileExists()/DirectoryExists()/ItemExists() with DotNet methods (#7129) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Update Utils.IsComObject to use Marshal.IsComObject since CAS is no longer supported in DotNet Core (#7344)
Fix some style issues in engine code (#7246) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Test

Use -BeExactly and -HaveCount instead of -Be in BugFix.Tests.ps1 (#7386) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Use -BeExactly and -HaveCount instead of -Be in TabCompletion.Tests.ps1 (#7380) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Update CI scripts to support running tests for experimental features (#7419)
Use -HaveCount instead of -Be in Where-Object.Tests.ps1 (#7379) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Fix ThreadJob tests so that they will run more reliably (#7360)
Make logging tests for macOS pending (#7433)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Update Build script owners (#7321)
Make MUSL NuGet package optional (#7316)
Enable pwsh-preview to work on Windows (#7345)
Fix SDK dependencies
Add back the powershell-core NuGet source for hosting tests
Fix typo in environment checker (#7547 & #7549)
Only remove the revision if it is 0 from module version when restoring modules (#7538)
Update WCF and NJsonSchema NuGet packages to latest released patch version (#7411) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Add Linux and macOS VSTS CI (#7490, #7527, #7535, #7515 & #7516)
Updated ThreadJob to version 1.1.2 (#7522)
Add xUnit project to PowerShell.sln and make it runnable from within VisualStudio (#7254) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Update NuGet packaging code for the new markdown assembly (#7431)
Update version of modules shipped with PowerShell (#7531)
Retry restore on failure (#7544 & #7550)
Update PowerShellGet version
Update NuGet package metadata (#7517)
Update reference to use packages from NuGet.org (#7525)
Start-DevPowerShell: add -Configuration and handle -ArgumentList more properly (#7300) (Thanks @jazzdelightsme!)
Add preview icon to macOS launcher (#7448) (Thanks @thezim!)
Add Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender to signing.xml (#7472)
Fix building on RedHat Enterprise Linux (#7489)
Build: Also search PATH for rcedit (#7503) (Thanks @kwkam!)
Save modules to un-versioned folder to enable servicing (#7518 & #7523)
Fix macOS launcher app to allow release and preview versions (#7306) (Thanks @thezim!)

Documentation and Help Content

Fix docs comments in utility folder (#7192) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix a typo in issue-management.md (#7393) (Thanks @alexandair!)
Fix casing of GitHub in best-practice.md (#7392) (Thanks @alexandair!)
Fix typos in docs/maintainers/README.md (#7390) (Thanks @alexandair!)
Add maintainer's best practice document and update maintainer list (#7311)
Update Docker link to PowerShell-Docker (#7351) (Thanks @JoshuaCooper!)
Add Snapcraft to spelling dictionary (#7318)
Update README.md and metadata.json for release v6.0.4 (#7497)
Add Former Repository Maintainers section in maintainers/README.md (#7475)
Update the HelpUri for Get-ExperimentalFeature (#7466)

6.1.0-preview.4- 2018-07-19

Breaking Changes

Remove the VisualBasic support from Add-Type (#7284)
Update PowerShell Direct to try pwsh then fallback to powershell (#7241)
Make pwsh able to start in a directory with wildcards in the name (#7240)
Update Enable-PSRemoting so configuration name is unique for Preview releases (#7202)
Enforce the CompatiblePSEditions check for modules from the legacy System32 module path (#7183)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Add support to experimental features (#7242)
Fix error when using Get-ChildItem c: (#7033) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Add location history for Set-Location to enable cd - scenario (issue #2188) (#5051) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Fix padding for right aligned column in table formatting (#7136)
Fix a performance regression to the -replace operator after adding ScriptBlock support (#7135)
Fix tab expansion for Get-Process on macOS (#7176)
When using PSRP, if we receive text instead of XML, output it as error to help troubleshoot (#7168)
Fix trimming of whitespace when table is wrapped (#7184)
Modified the Group-Object -AsHashTable to use the base object of PSObject as the key for the Hashtable (#7123)
Add back ADSI and WMI type accelerators (#7085)
Add CompatiblePSEditions to PowerShell Core built-in modules (#7083)
Make Start-Process -ArgumentList to accept @() or $null (#6597)
Avoid calling native APIs to check for existence of FileSystem items (#6929) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add copy environment variables from ProcessStartInfo to key/pair array used in creating SSH process (#7070)
Add markdown rendering feature assemblies to the trusted assembly list (#7280)
Don't fail if SaferPolicy API is not available on Windows 10 IoT or NanoServer (#7075)
Fix conditions for transcription of Write-Information command. (#6917) (Thanks @hubuk!)
Fix a parsing error when break and continue are used in a switch statement in a finally block (#7273)
Fix prompt string to be platform agnostic and keep its trailing spaces (#7255)
Make progress panel display correctly on UNIX when the user is typing. (#6972)
Revert change to have SetLocation() treat wildcarded path as literal if it exists (#7101)
Make Select-Object/ForEach-Object/Where-Object see dynamic properties (#6898) (Thanks @jazzdelightsme!)
Fix class searcher to ignore hidden properties (#7188)
Update remote prompt when using SSH to show username if different (#7191)
Remove SemanticVersion from knowntypes list in serialization code to enable interop between Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core (#7016)
Add more information to job process failure error (#7251)
Use .Net Core File.Delete() method to remove symbolic links and alternate streams (#7017) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Enable UseShellExecute on all platforms (#7198)
Methods with return type [object] should return null for an empty result (#7138)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Add Markdown rendering cmdlets (#6926)
Send-MailMessage: Update all parameters to support ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName. (#6911) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Allow Basic Auth over HTTPS (#6890)
Add ThreadJob module package and tests (#7169)
Fix Windows Event Log channel isolation semantics (#6956) (Thanks @Robo210!)
Make Measure-Object handle scriptblock properties. (#6934)
Added functionality to retry in Invoke-RestMethod and Invoke-WebRequest. (#5760)
Add type inference for Select-Object command (#7171) (Thanks @powercode!)
Add -AllStats Switch parameter for Measure-Object cmdlet (#7220) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)

Code Cleanup

Remove unneeded code that forces ARM platforms to run PowerShell in CL mode (#7046)
Bulk update code base to put null on the right-hand-side of a comparison expression (#6949) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Remove MapSecurityZoneWithUrlmon method and related code (#7103)
Cleanup: remove the unneeded type RemotingCommandUtils (#7029)
Remove unneeded "Windows-Full" modules (#7030)
CodeFactor code style cleanup: replace literal empty strings with string.Empty (#6950) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Remove dummy comments in Utility module files (#7224) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Use empty array for Functions/Cmdlets/AliasesToExport to follow the best practice (#7108)
Refactor module code related to Get-Module -ListAvailable (#7145)
Refactor module specification logic (#7126)

Test

Add tests for module specifications (#7140)
Update test string for better clarity in Send-MailMessage.Tests.ps1 (#7195) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Add test to verify filesystem provider isn't used when accessing root path in PSDrive (#7173)
Fix to address ThreadJob tests reliability and speed (#7270)
Add additional checks for test that passes inconsistently (#7051)

Build and Packaging Improvements

install-powershell.sh filter pre-releases (when available), params documentation (#6849) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
Fedora 28 was released, Fedora 26 and 25 went end of life. (#7079) (Thanks @adelton!)
Disambiguate icon on Windows for preview builds/installers to use Powershell_av_colors and make daily build use Powershell_avatar instead (#7086) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Update to build for Alpine (#7139)
Update build and packaging modules for Alpine (#7149)
Add ability to install previews side-by-side with production releases (#7194) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
Enable NuGet Package Registration for compliance (#7053)
Fix the preview macOS package link (#7061)
Remove PSReadLine from then PowerShell.sln file (#7137)
Fix the file PowerShell.sln that was corrupted by accident (#7288)
Fix the encoding of PowerShell.sln to be utf-8 (#7289)
Make sure all references to the Package ID for previews packages is powershell-preview (#7066)
Update internals.md with the latest build changes (#7058)
When installing using MSI, set the working directory of the shortcut to the user home directory (#7072)
Move to dotnet core 2.1.1 (#7161) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Update to latest package references, runtime framework, and SDK (#7272)
AppVeyor build matrix: more efficient build job split to reduce total time by another 5 minutes (#7021) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Build: Fix the source location of PowerShell.Core.Instrumentation.dll (#7226)
Add Andrew to the default reviewers of the build related files (#7019)
Build: Fix a check to avoid null argument in case vcvarsall.bat is absent (#7218) (Thanks @PetSerAl!)
Update releaseTag in tools/metadata.json (#7214)
Update Start-PSPester to make it more user friendly (#7210) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Make Start-PSBuild -Clean not prompt due to locked files when Visual Studio is open by excluding sqlite3 folder and use -x instead of -X option on git clean (#7235) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

Documentation and Help Content

Fix typos in DOCSMIGRATION.md (#7094) (Thanks @alexandair!)
Add instructions to update Homebrew formula for the preview version PowerShell (#7067) (Thanks @vors!)
Merge Third Party Notices and License updates (#7203)
Update third party notices (#7042)
Fix Markdown and spelling errors in CHANGELOG.md (#7064)
Fix New-TemporaryFile online help URI (#6608)
Fix links to PowerShell install docs (#7001) (Thanks @jokajak!)
Update links that contain en-us culture (#7013) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Update docs for ArgumentCompleterAttribute class (#7227) (Thanks @Meir017!)
Fix the name of a Register-EngineEvent test (#7222) (Thanks @alexjordan6!)
Update README files for native code for migration (#7248)
Comment about dynamic members for the DotNetAdapter, GetMember and GetMembers (#7087)
Update the PowerShell executable location in building guide docs (#7205) (Thanks @louistio!)

6.1.0-preview.3- 2018-06-07

Breaking Changes

Clean up uses of CommandTypes.Workflow and WorkflowInfo (#6708)
Disallow Basic Auth over HTTP in PowerShell Remoting on Unix (#6787)
Change packaging to differentiate only between major versions and previews (#6968)
Enhance and refactor Add-Type cmdlet (#6141) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- A few error strings were removed and thus the corresponding fully qualified error ids are no longer in use.

Engine Updates and Fixes

Fix crash when terminal is reset (#6777)
Fix a module-loading regression that caused an infinite loop (#6843)
Further improve PSMethod to Delegate conversion (#6851)
Block list System.Windows.Forms from loading to prevent a crash (#6822)
Fix Format-Table where rows were being trimmed unnecessarily if there's only one row of headers (#6772)
Fix SetDate function in libpsl-native to avoid corrupting memory during P/Invoke (#6881)
Fix tab completions for hash table (#6839) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix parser to continue parsing key-value pairs after an If-Statement value in a HashExpression (#7002)
Add error handling for #requires in an interactive session (#6469)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Improve parameter validation in ExportCsvHelper (#6816) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Quote Multipart form-data field names (#6782) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Fix Web Cmdlets for .NET Core 2.1 (#6806) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Fix Set-Location DriveName: to restore current working directory in the drive (#6774) (Thanks @mcbobke!)
Add the alias -lp for -LiteralPath parameters #6732 (#6770) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
Remove more function and move the $env:PAGER capability into the help function (#6059) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add line break to the error message for Set-ExecutionPolicy (#6803) (Thanks @wesholton84!)

Code Cleanup

Clean up #if SILVERLIGHT (#6907) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Clean up the unused method NonWindowsGetDomainName() (#6948) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Clean up FileSystem provider (#6909) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Test

Add tests for PowerShell hosting API to verify MyGet packages (#6737)
Remove Web Cmdlets tests using proxy environment variables (#6808) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Enable Web Cmdlets tests for greater platform support (#6836) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Convert ShouldBeErrorId to Should -Throw -ErrorId in PowerShell tests (#6682)
Fix CIM cmdlets tests (#6755) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Add tests for PowerShell classes inheriting from abstract .NET classes (#6752)
Fix Select-Object.Tests.ps1 which previously failed intermittently on Unix platforms. (#6747)
Update docker package tests to fix error on OpenSUSE 42 (#6783)
Fix test and infrastructure that block code coverage runs (#6790)
Update Tests Isfile to correct response for "/" (#6754) (Thanks @Patochun!)
Improve code coverage in Export-Csv.Tests.ps1 (#6795) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Change -Quiet parameter of Invoke-Pester to -Show None in OpenCover.psm1 (#6798) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Replace Dbg.Assert with if () throw in CSVCommands.cs (#6910) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Fix xUnit test GetTempFileName (#6943) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Add Windows Compatibility Pack 2.0.0 to PowerShell Core and adopt the official .NET Core 2.1 (#6958)
Add Jumplist 'Run as Administrator' to Taskbar on Windows (#6913, #6985) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Use AppVeyor matrix for faster Pull Request builds (#6945) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Fix build.psm1 to not add tool path to $PATH twice (#6834)
Add script to create a container manifest (#6735)
Fix docker manifest creation script to work with more complex tags and with repeated use (#6852)
Add functions to merge Pester and xUnit logs (#6854)
Enable generating full symbols for the Windows debug build (#6853)
Add functions into build.psm1 to save and restore PSOptions between different sessions. (#6884)
Update signing XML based on new signing guidelines (#6893)
Update the release docker files to allow specifying the version of to-be-installed PowerShell and the version of image to use (#6835)
Updates docker files for Fedora 27 and Kali Linux (#6819)
Change packaging to support Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 (#6769)
Update Get-ChangeLog to make it more accurate (#6764)
Fix comparison to see if sudo test is needed in install-*.sh (#6771) (Thanks @bjh7242!)
Packaging: Add registry keys to support library folder background for explorer context menu (#6784) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Skip dotnet-cli initialization and stop caching the dotnet folder for Travis CI (#7007)
Skip compiling the non-supported cmdlets on Unix in System.Management.Automation.dll to fix the crash in Unix debug build (#6939)
Use PSReadLine 2.0.0-beta2 from PSGallery (#6998)
Update PSRP Linux NuGet package version to 1.4.2-* (#6711)
Add path cleanup utility Reset-PWSHSystemPath.ps1 (#6892) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
Add logic to create signing XML for NuGet packages (#6921)
Add and config the Settings.StyleCop file (#6930, #6986) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix the double curly bracket typo in a docker file (#6960) (Thanks @adelton!)
Remove dependencies on libcurl and libunwind in packaging to match the .NET Core behavior (#6964) (Thanks @qmfrederik!)
Make the docker build fail when the curl operation fails. (#6961) (Thanks @adelton!)

Documentation and Help Content

Update installation doc about Raspbian (#6859)
Add code coverage report generation instructions (#6515)
Migrate docs from PowerShell repository to Docs repository (#6899)
Fix broken links due to migrating GitHub docs on Installation, Known Issues and Breaking Changes to docs.microsoft.com (#6981) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Update documentation on how to write tests verifying errors conditions (#6687)
Fix preview download links in README.md (#6762)

6.1.0-preview.2- 2018-04-27

Breaking Changes

Remove support for file to opt-out of telemetry, only support environment variable (#6601)
Simplify the installation paths the MSI uses (#6442)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Fix running pwsh produced from dotnet build (#6549)
Remove the FullCLR-only symbol-info related code from EventManager.cs (#6563)
Improve PSMethod-to-Delegate conversion (#6570)
Fix PsUtils.GetManModule() to avoid infinite loop when there was no main module (#6358)
Fix error in windows environment provider when the environment variable has duplicates that differ only by case (#6489) (Thanks @mklement0!)
Make sure that the width of the header is at least the size of the label (or property name) (#6487)
Enable [Environment]::OSVersion to return current OS rather than compatible version (#6457)
Change the SaveError method in Parser to use nameof for error ids (#6498)
Fix error when Format-Wide -AutoSize | Out-String is called (#6491) (Thanks @stknohg!)
Make LanguagePrimitive.GetEnumerable treat DataTable as Enumerable (#6511)
Fix formatting of tables where headers span multiple rows (#6504)
Improve performance of parsing RegexOption for -split by using if branches (#6605) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Enable specifying sshd subsystem to use via -Subsystem (#6603)
Add some optimizations in formatting subsystem (#6678) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Throw better parsing error when statements should be put in named block (#6434)
Use Unregister-Event to remove an event subscriber when removing PSEdit function (#6449)
Make the PSISERemoteSessionOpenFile a support event (#6582)
Add -WorkingDirectory parameter to pwsh (#6612)
Support importing module paths that end in trailing directory separator (#6602)
Formatting: Use cache for dash padding strings for tables (#6625) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Port Windows PowerShell AppLocker and DeviceGuard UMCI application white listing support (#6133)
Reduce allocations in TableWriter (#6648) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Add -Resume Feature to WebCmdlets (#6447) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Support user@host:port syntax for SSH transport (#6558)
Add ported Test-Connection cmdlet (#5328) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Added line break to Access-Denied error message (#6607)
Some fixes in Get-Date -UFormat (#6542) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Added check for existence of Location HTTP header before using it (#6560) (Thanks @ffeldhaus!)
Enable Update-Help to save help content in user scope by default (#6352)
Update Enable-PSRemoting to create PowerShell.6 endpoint and version specific endpoint (#6519, #6630)
Update error message that Disconnect-PSSession is only supported with WSMan (#6689)
Make Export-FormatData print pretty XML output (#6691) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add -AsArray parameter to ConvertoTo-Json command (#6438)
Add Test-Json cmdlet (NJsonSchema) (#5229) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Correct a typo in comment for Invoke-WebRequest (#6700) (Thanks @gabrielsroka!)
Re-order UFormat options in Get-Date (#6627) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add the parameter -Not to Where-Object (#6464) (Thanks @SimonWahlin!)

Code Cleanup

Engine: Fix several code cleanup issues (#6552, #6609)
Clean up workflow logic in the module loading component (#6523)
Engine: Clean up unneeded GetTypeInfo() calls (#6613, #6636, #6633, #6635, #6634)

Test

Fix line ending in DefaultCommands.Tests.ps1 from CRLF to LF (#6553)
Use new Pester parameter syntax in tests (#6490, #6574, #6535, #6536, #6488, #6366, #6351, #6349, #6256, #6250) (Thanks @KevinMarquette, @sethvs, @bergmeister!)
Fix Copy.Item.Tests.ps1 (#6596) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Fix typos or formatting in some test files (#6595, #6593, #6594, #6592, #6591) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Add missing Start-WebListener to WebCmdlets tests (#6604) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Update Dockerfile test to use Ubuntu 17.10 as the base image (#6503)
Add PowerShell logging tests for macOS and Linux (#6025)
Add tests for Format-Table -Wrap (#6670) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Reformat Format-Table tests (#6657) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add new reliable tests for Get-Date -UFormat (#6614) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Use C# latest language in .csproj files (#6559) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Update installpsh-<distrofamily>.sh installers to handle "preview" in version number (#6573) (Thanks @DarwinJS!)
Enable PowerShell.sln to work in VisualStudio (#6546)
Remove duplicate Restore-PSPackage (#6544)
Use -WorkingDirectory parameter to handle context menu when path contains single quotes (#6660) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Make -CI not depend on -PSModuleRestore in Start-PSBuild (#6450)
Restore for official Linux arm builds (#6455)
Fix error about setting readonly variable in install-powershell.sh (#6617)
Make release macOS build work better (#6619, #6610)
MSI: add function to generate a MSP package (#6445)

Documentation and Help Content

Doc: Update Ubuntu source creation commands to use curl -o (#6510) (Thanks @M-D-M!)
Update stale bot message (#6462) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Remove extraneous SSH and install docs from the 'demos' folder (#6628)

6.1.0-preview.1- 2018-03-23

Breaking Changes

Throw terminating error in New-TemporaryFile and make it not rely on the presence of the TEMP environment variable (#6182) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Remove the unnecessary AddTypeCommandBase class from Add-Type (#5407) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Remove unsupported members from the enum Language in Add-Type (#5829) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix range operator to work better with character ranges (#5732) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Fix ValidateSet with generator in a module (#5702)
Update SAL annotation and fix warnings (#5617)
Add ForEach and Where methods to PSCustomobject (#5756) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add Count and Length properties to PSCustomobject (#5745) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Make minor fixes in compiler to properly handle void type expression (#5764)
Logging: Fix the escaped characters when generating .resx file from PowerShell ETW manifest. (#5892)
Remove PSv2 only code from Types_Ps1Xml.cs and HostUtilities.cs (#5907) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Enable passing arrays to pwsh -EncodedArguments on debug builds. (#5836)
Logging: Handle path that contains spaces in RegisterManifest.ps1 (#5859) (Thanks @tandasat!)
Add -settingsfile to pwsh to support loading a custom powershell config file. (#5920)
Return better error for pwsh -WindowStyle on unsupported platforms. (#5975) (Thanks @thezim!)
Enable conversions from PSMethod to Delegate (#5287) (Thanks @powercode!)
Minor code clean-up changes in tab completion code (#5737) (Thanks @kwkam!)
Add lambda support to -replace operator (#6029) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
Fix retrieval of environment variables on Windows in cases where variable names differ only by case. (#6320)
Fix the NullRefException when using -PipelineVariable with DynamicParam block (#6433)
Add NullReference checks to two code paths related to PseudoParameterBinder (#5738) (Thanks @kwkam!)
Fix PropertyOnlyAdapter to allow calling base methods (#6394)
Improve table view for Certs and Signatures by adding EnhancedKeyUsageList and StatusMessage (#6123)
Fix the filtering of analytic events on Unix platforms. (#6086)
Update copyright and license headers (#6134)
Set pipeline thread stack size to 10MB (#6224) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Fix the NullRefException in Enter-PSHostProcess (#5995)
Merge and Sort BasicHtmlWebResponseObject and ContentHelper in Web Cmdlets (#5720) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Encoding for New-ModuleManifest on all platforms should be UTF-8 NoBOM (#5923)
Make Set-Location use path with wildcard characters as literal if it exists (#5839)
Combine Web Cmdlets partial class files (#5612) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Change Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetDateCommand.SystemTime to struct. (#6006) (Thanks @stknohg!)
Add Simplified multipart/form-data support to Web Cmdlets through -Form parameter (#5972) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Make a relative redirect URI absolute when Authorization header present (#6325) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Make relation-link handling in Web Cmdlets case-insensitive (#6338)
Make Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath accept Include or Exclude filter (#5462)
Stop ConvertTo-Json when Ctrl+c is hit (#6392)
Make Resolve-Path -Relative return useful path when $PWD and -Path is on different drive (#5740) (Thanks @kwkam!)
Correct the %c, %l, %k, %s and %j formats in Get-Date -UFormat (#4805) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add standard deviation implementation on Measure-Object (#6238) (Thanks @CloudyDino!)
Make Get-ChildItem <PATH>/* -file include <Path> as search directory (#5431)
Enable setting PSSession Name when using SSHTransport and add Transport property (#5954)
Add Path alias to -FilePath parameters and others for several commands (#5817) (Thanks @KevinMarquette!)
Add the parameter -Password to Get-PfxCertificate (#6113) (Thanks @maybe-hello-world!)
Don't add trailing spaces to last column when using Format-Table (#5568)
Fix table alignment and padding. (#6230)
Add -SkipHeaderValidation Support to ContentType on Web Cmdlets (#6018) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Add common aliases for all write-* commands default message parameter (#5816) (Thanks @KevinMarquette!)
Make UTF-8 the default encoding for application/json (#6109) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Enable $env:PAGER to work correctly if arguments are used (#6144)

Test

Convert Web Cmdlets test to one-true-brace-style formatting (#5716) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Add a test for IValidateSetValuesGenerator in a module (#5830) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix function to test for docker OS due to change to use linuxkit for macOS (#5843)
Replace HttpListener tests with WebListener (#5806, #5840, #5872) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Stop HttpListener from running in Web Cmdlets tests (#5921) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Fix PSVersion in PSSessionConfiguration tests (#5554) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Update test framework to support Pester v4 (#6064)
Update tests to use Pester v4 Syntax. (#6294, #6257, #6306, #6304, #6298)
Add negative tests for Copy-Item over remote sessions (#6231)
Markdown test: Use strict in JavaScript (#6328)
Add tests for Get-Process about the -Module and -FileVersion parameters (#6272)
Add test for the OsLocalDateTime property of Get-ComputerInfo. (#6253)
Change Get-FileHash tests to use raw bytes (#6430)
Remove runas.exe from tests as we have tags to control this behavior (#6432)
Refactor the Get-Content tests to use -TestCases. (#6082)
Use RequireAdminOnWindows tag in Set-Date tests (#6034) (Thanks @stknohg!)
Remove -TimeOutSec from non timeout related tests (#6055) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Add verbosity and more accurate timeout implementation for Start-WebListener (#6013) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Skip tests that use ExecutionPolicy cmdlets on Unix (#6021)
Change Web Cmdlet tests to use 127.0.0.1 instead of Localhost (#6069) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Fix Start-PSPester to include or exclude RequireSudoOnUnix tag smartly on Unix (#6241)
Fix the terse output on Windows for test runs without admin privilege (#6252)
Add RequireSudoOnUnix tag for Get-Help tests. (#6223)
Add tests for *-Item Cmdlets in function provider (#6172)
Support running tests in root privilege on Linux. (#6145)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Add option to add explorer shell context menu in Windows installer (#5774) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Make the explorer shell context menu registry entries platform specific to allow side by side of x86 and x64. (#5824) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Fix start menu folder clash of shortcut when x86 and x64 are both installed by appending (x86) for x86 installation. (#5826) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Reduce image file sizes using lossless compression with imgbot (#5808) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Windows installer: Allow Launch PowerShell checkbox to be toggled using the space bar. (#5792) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Fix release packaging build (#6459)
Fail AppVeyor Build if MSI does not build (#5755) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Cleanup temporarily created WiX files after compilation to be able to have a clean re-build (#5757) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Fix install-powershell.ps1 for running during window setup (#5727)
Start using Travis-CI cache (#6003)
Fix build, packaging and installation scripts for SLES (#5918) (Thanks @tomconte!)
Update recommended WiX toolset link to be generic to WiX 3.x but mention that latest version of 3.11 has to be taken (#5926) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Add service point manager call in Install-PowerShell.ps1 to force TLS1.2. (#6310) (Thanks @DarqueWarrior!)
Add -Restore when build win-arm and win-arm64 (#6353)
Make sure package verification failure fails the AppVeyor build (#6337)
Specify the runtime when running dotnet restore in Start-PSBuild (#6345)
Rename log and logerror to Write-Log [$message] [-error] (#6333)
Make Linux packages use correct version scheme for preview releases (#6318)
Add support for Debian in installpsh-debian.sh (#6314) (Thanks @Pawamoy!)
MSI: Make preview builds to install Side by side with release builds (#6301)
Add TLS1.2 workaround for code coverage script (#6299)
Cleanup after Powershell install for CentOS and Fedora Docker images (#6264) (Thanks @strawgate!)
MSI: Update the environment variable PATH with proper value (#6441)
MSI: Remove the version from the product name (#6415)
Support non-GitHub commits in the change log generation script (#6389)
Fix secret and JavaScript compliance issues (#6408)
Remove AppVeyor specific cmdlet from Start-NativeExecution (#6263)
Restore modules from the NuGet package cache by using dotnet restore (#6111)
CI Build: Use TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_SHA to accurately get the commit message (#6024)
Use TLS1.2 on Windows during Start-PSBootstrap (#6235) (Thanks @CallmeJoeBob!)
Use TLS1.2 in Start-PSBootStrap without breaking HTTPS (#6236) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Add options to enable PSRemoting and register Windows Event Logging Manifest to MSI installer (#5999) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

Documentation and Help Content

Separate macOS from Linux install instructions. (#5823) (Thanks @thezim!)
Show usage (short) help if command line parameter is wrong (#5780) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add the breaking changes doc for 6.0.0 release. (#5620) (Thanks @maertendMSFT!)
Remove DockerFile for Fedora 25 and add DockerFile for Fedora 27 (#5984) (Thanks @seemethere!)
Add a missing step to prepare the build environment on Mac. (#5901) (Thanks @zackJKnight!)
Update BREAKINGCHANGES.md to include WebCmdlets breaking changes (#5852) (Thanks @markekraus!)
Fix typos in BREAKINGCHANGES.md (#5913) (Thanks @brianbunke!)
Update macos.md to use brew cask upgrade for upgrading powershell (#5875) (Thanks @timothywlewis!)
Add verification step to macOS install docs (#5860) (Thanks @rpalo!)
Fix links in macOS install docs (#5861) (Thanks @kanjibates!)
Update docs with test guidelines with the RequireSudoOnUnix tag. (#6274)
Add Alpine Linux support (#6367) (Thanks @kasper3!)
Update to Governance doc to reflect current working model (#6323)
Add guidance on adding copyright and license header to new source files (#6140)
Fix the command to build type catalog in internals.md (#6084) (Thanks @ppadmavilasom!)
Fix Pull Request Process dead link (#6066) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
Update processes to allow for coordinated vulnerability disclosure (#6042)
Rework Windows Start menu folder name (#5891) (Thanks @Stanzilla!)
Update Raspbian installation instructions to create symlink for pwsh (#6122)
Fix various places that still refer to old versions of pwsh (#6179) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Correct a Linux installation typo (#6219) (Thanks @mababio!)
Change synopsis of install-powershell.ps1 to reflect that it works cross-platform (#5465) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

6.0.2 - 2018-03-15

Engine updates and fixes

Update PowerShell to use 2.0.6 dotnet core runtime and packages (#6403)
- This change addresses this vulnerability: Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2018-0875: Hash Collision can cause Denial of Service

Build and Packaging Improvements

Add Ubuntu build without AppImage (#6380)
Add scripts to set and or update the release tag in VSTS (#6107)
Fix DSC Configuration compilation (#6225)
Fix errors in Start-PSBootStrap during release builds (#6159)
Fix spelling failures in CI (#6191)
Use PowerShell windowsservercore Docker image for release builds (#6226)
Use ADD instead of Invoke-WebRequest in nanoserver Docker file (#6255)
When doing daily/test build in a non-release branch use the branch name as the preview name (#6355)
Add Environment Variable override of telemetry (#6063) (Thanks @diddledan!)
Build: Remove two unneeded lines from Invoke-AppveyorFinish (#6344)
MSI: Refactor New-MsiPackage into packaging.psm1 and various fixes to enable patching (#5871, #6221, #6254, #6303, #6356, #6208, #6334, #6379, #6094, #6192)
MSI: Use HKLM instead of HKCU registry keys since the current installation scope is per-machine. (#5915) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

6.0.1 - 2018-01-25

Engine updates and fixes

Update PowerShell to use 2.0.5 dotnet core runtime and packages. (#5903, #5961) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Re-release of v6.0.0 as v6.0.1 due to issues upgrading from pre-release versions

Test

Update regular expression to validate GitCommitId in $PSVersionTable to not require a pre-release tag (#5893)