7.1 Changelog

7.1.7 - 2022-04-26

Engine Updates and Fixes

Fix for partial PowerShell module search paths, that can be resolved to CWD locations
Do not include node names when sending telemetry. (#16981) to v7.1.7 (Internal 20187,Internal 20260)

Tests

Re-enable PowerShellGet tests targeting PowerShell gallery (#17062)
Skip failing scriptblock tests (#17093)

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <summary> Update .NET SDK to 5.0.407 </summary> <ul> <li>Fix build failure in `generate checksum file for packages` step - v7.1.7 (Internal 20274)</li> <li>Updated files.wxs for 7.1.7 (Internal 20210)</li> <li>Updated to .NET 5.0.16 / SDK 5.0.407 (Internal 20131)</li> <li>Update Ubuntu images to use Ubuntu 20.04 (#15906)</li> <li>Update dotnet-install script download link (Internal 19950)</li> <li>Create checksum file for global tools (#17056) (Internal 19928)</li> <li>Make sure global tool packages are published in stable build (Internal 19624)</li> </ul> </details>

7.1.6 - 2022-03-16

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <summary> Update .NET SDK to 5.0.406 </summary> <ul> <li>Update the mapping file (#16316, Internal 19528)</li> <li>Remove code that handles dotnet5 feed (Internal 19525)</li> <li>Fix issues in release build (#16332)</li> <li>Enable ARM64 packaging for macOS (#15768)</li> <li>Update feed and analyzer dependency (#16327)</li> <li>Only upload stable <code>buildinfo</code> for stable releases (#16251)</li> <li>Opt-in to build security monitoring (#16911)</li> <li>Update experimental feature json files (#16838)</li> <li>Ensure alpine and arm SKUs have the PowerShell configuration file with experimental features enabled (#16823)</li> <li>Remove WiX install (#16834)</li> <li>Add Linux package dependencies for packaging (#16807)</li> <li>Switch to our custom images for build and release (#16801)</li> <li>Remove all references to <code>cmake</code> for the builds in this repo (#16578)</li> <li>Register NuGet source when generating <code>CGManifest</code> (#16570)</li> <li>Update images used for release (#16580)</li> <li>Add GitHub Workflow to keep notices up to date (#16284)</li> <li>Update the <code>vmImage</code> and PowerShell root directory for macOS builds (#16611)</li> <li>Add Software Bill of Materials to the main packages (#16202, #16641, #16711)</li> <li>Update macOS build image and root folder for build (#16609)</li> <li>Add diagnostics used to take corrective action when releasing <code>buildInfo</code> JSON file (#16404)</li> <li>Add checkout to build json stage to get <code>ci.psm1</code> (#16399)</li> </ul> </details>

7.1.5 - 2021-10-14

Engine Updates and Fixes

Handle error from unauthorized access when removing AppLocker test files (#15881)
Test more thoroughly whether a command is Out-Default for transcription scenarios (#15653)
Handle error when the telemetry mutex cannot be created (#15574) (Thanks @gukoff!)
Configure ApplicationInsights to not send cloud role name (Internal 17100)
Disallow Add-Type in NoLanguage mode on a locked down machine (Internal 17522)

Tools

Add .stylecop to filetypexml and format it (#16025)

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <summary> Bump .NET SDK to 5.0.402 </summary> <ul> <li>Upgrade <code>set-value</code> package for markdown test (#16196)</li> <li>Sign the .NET <code>createdump</code> executable (#16229)</li> <li>Move vPack build to 1ES Pool (#16169)</li> <li>Update to .NET SDK 5.0.402 (Internal 17537)</li> <li>Move from PkgES hosted agents to 1ES hosted agents (#16023)</li> <li>Fix the macOS build by updating the pool image name (#16010)</li> <li>Use Alpine 3.12 for building PowerShell for Alpine Linux (#16008)</li> </ul> </details>

Documentation and Help Content

Fix example nuget.config (#14349)

7.1.4 - 2021-08-12

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <summary> Bump .NET SDK to version 5.0.400 </summary> <ul> <li>Remove the cat file from <code>PSDesiredStateConfiguration</code> module (Internal 16723)</li> <li>Update .NET SDK version and other packages (Internal 16715)</li> </ul> </details>

7.1.3 - 2021-03-11

Engine Updates and Fixes

Remove the 32K character limit on the environment block for Start-Process (#14111)
Fix webcmdlets to properly construct URI from body when using -NoProxy (#14673)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Fix PromptForCredential() to add targetName as domain (#14504)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Bump .NET SDK to 5.0.4

</summary> <ul> <li>Bump .NET SDK to 5.0.4 (Internal 14775)</li> <li>Disable running markdown link verification in release build CI (#14971, #14974, #14975)</li> <li>Use template that disables component governance for CI (#14938)</li> <li>Declare which variable group is used for checking the blob in the release build (#14970)</li> <li>Add suppress for nuget multi-feed warning (#14893)</li> <li>Disable code signing validation where the file type is not supported (#14885)</li> <li>Install wget on <code>CentOS</code> 7 docker image (#14857)</li> <li>Fix install-dotnet download (#14856)</li> <li>Make universal Deb package based on deb package spec (#14681)</li> <li>Fix release build to upload global tool packages to artifacts (#14620)</li> <li>Update <code>ini</code> component version in test <code>package.json</code> (#14454)</li> <li>Add manual release automation steps and improve changelog script (#14445)</li> <li>Update markdown test packages with security fixes (#14145)</li> <li>Fix a typo in the <code>Get-ChangeLog</code> function (#14129)</li> <li>Disable global tool copy to unblock release</li> </ul> </details>

7.1.2 - 2021-02-11

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <summary> Bump .NET SDK to version <code>5.0.103</code> </summary> <ul> <li>Fix third party signing for files in sub-folders (#14751)</li> <li>Bump .NET SDK to version 5.0.103 (Internal 14459)</li> <li>Publish the global tool package for stable release</li> </ul> </details>

7.1.1 - 2021-01-14

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Avoid an exception if file system does not support reparse points (#13634) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Make AppLocker Enforce mode take precedence over UMCI Audit mode (#14353)

Code Cleanup

Fix syntax error in Windows packaging script (#14377)

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <ul> <li>Use one feed in each nuget.config in official builds (#14363)</li> <li>Fix path signed RPMs are uploaded from in release build (#14424)</li> <li>Fix issue with unsigned build (#14367)</li> <li>Move macOS and NuGet packages to ESRP signing (#14324)</li> <li>Move Windows packages signing to use ESRP (#14060)</li> <li>Move Linux packages to ESRP signing (#14210)</li> <li>Migrate 3rd party signing to ESRP (#14010)</li> <li>Don't do a shallow checkout (#13992)</li> <li>Move to ESRP signing for Windows files (#13988)</li> <li>Add checkout step to release build templates (#13840)</li> </ul> </details>

7.1.0 - 2020-11-11

Engine Updates and Fixes

Fix a logic bug in MapSecurityZone (#13921) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Update pwsh -? output to match docs (#13748)

Tests

markdownlint security updates (#13730)

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <ul> <li>Fixes to release pipeline for GA release (Internal 13410)</li> <li>Add validation and dependencies for <code>Ubuntu 20.04</code> distribution to packaging script (#13993)</li> <li>Change PkgES Lab to unblock build (Internal 13376)</li> <li>Add .NET install workaround for RTM (#13991)</li> <li>Bump <code>Microsoft.PowerShell.Native</code> version from <code>7.1.0-rc.2</code> to <code>7.1.0</code> (#13976)</li> <li>Bump <code>PSReadLine</code> version to <code>2.1.0</code> (#13975)</li> <li>Bump .NET to version <code>5.0.100-rtm.20526.5</code> (#13920)</li> <li>Update script to use .NET RTM feeds (#13927)</li> </ul> </details>

7.1.0-rc.2 - 2020-10-20

Engine Updates and Fixes

Rename Get-Subsystem to Get-PSSubsystem and fix two related minor issues (#13765)
Add missing PSToken token table entries to fix the PSParser API (#13779)
Add additional PowerShell modules to the tracked modules list (#12183)
Fix blocking wait when starting file associated with a Windows application (#13750)
Revert PSNativePSPathResolution to being an experimental feature (#13734)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Emit warning if ConvertTo-Json exceeds -Depth value (#13692)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Change Linux package script call to publish to the production repository in release builds (#13714)
Update PSReadLine version to 2.1.0-rc1 (#13777)
Move PowerShell build to dotnet 5.0-RC.2 (#13780)
Bump Microsoft.PowerShell.Native to 7.1.0-rc.2 (#13794)

7.1.0-rc.1 - 2020-09-29

Engine Updates and Fixes

Make fixes to ComInterop code as suggested by .NET team (#13533)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Fix case where exception message contains just "`n" on Windows (#13684)
Recognize CONOUT$ and CONIN$ as reserved device names (#13508) (Thanks @davidreis97!)
Fix ConciseView for interactive advanced function when writing error (#13623)

Code Cleanup

<details> <summary> We thank the following contributors! @xtqqczze, @soccypowa </summary> <ul> <li>Simplify logical negation (#13555) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Fixed the indentation of the help content for <code>-nologo</code> (#13557) (Thanks @soccypowa!)</li> </ul> </details>

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <summary> We thank the following contributors! @heaths </summary> <ul> <li>Bump <code>NJsonSchema</code> from 10.1.24 to 10.1.26 (#13586)</li> <li>Bump <code>PowerShellGet</code> from 2.2.4 to 2.2.5 (#13683)</li> <li>Bump <code>Microsoft.ApplicationInsights</code> from 2.14.0 to 2.15.0 (#13639)</li> <li>Update PowerShell to build against dotnet 5.0-RC.1 (#13643)</li> <li>Write the <code>InstallLocation</code> to fixed registry key (#13576) (Thanks @heaths!)</li> </ul> </details>

Documentation and Help Content

Update README and metadata.json for 7.1.0-preview.7 release (#13565)

7.1.0-preview.7 - 2020-09-08

Breaking Changes

Fix $? to not be $false when native command writes to stderr (#13395)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Initial work of the subsystem plugin model (for minimal powershell) (#13186)
Optimize GetSystemLockdownPolicy for non-lockdown scenarios (#13438)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Revert "Add the parameter -Paged to Get-Help to support paging (#13374)" (#13519)
Add support for TLS 1.3 in Web cmdlets (#13409) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add null check for args in CommandLineParser (#13451) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Process reparse points for Microsoft Store applications (#13481) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Move PSNullConditionalOperators feature out of experimental (#13529)
Move PSNativePSPathResolution feature out of Experimental (#13522)
Use field if property does not exist for ObRoot when using PowerShell Direct to container (#13375) (Thanks @hemisphera!)
Suppress UTF-7 obsolete warnings (#13484)
Avoid multiple enumerations of an IEnumerable<Expression> instance in Compiler.cs (#13491)
Change Add-Type -OutputType to not support ConsoleApplication and WindowsApplication (#13440)
Create warnings when UTF-7 is specified as an encoding (#13430)

Code Cleanup

<details> <summary> We thank the following contributors! @xtqqczze, @tamasvajk </summary> <ul> <li>Add single blank line after copyright header (#13486) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Use read-only auto-implemented properties (#13507) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Use boolean instead of bitwise operators on bool values (#13506) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Fix erroneous assert (#13495) (Thanks @tamasvajk!)</li> <li>Cleanup: remove duplicate words in comments (#13539) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Reformat <code>StringUtil</code> (#13509) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Use <code>uint</code> instead of <code>long</code> for <code>PDH</code> constants (#13502) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Cleanup: Remove redundant empty lines (#13404) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Add <code>StringUtil.Format</code> overload to avoid unnecessary allocations (#13408) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Fix test hooks for <code>CommandLineParameterParser</code> (#13459)</li> <li>Remove redundant delegate creation (#13441) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> </ul> </details>

Tools

vscode: Add editorconfig to recommended extensions (#13537) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Remove the out-dated ZapDisable related code from build.psm1 (#13350) (Thanks @jackerr3!)

Tests

Disable WMF download link validation test (#13479)

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <summary> We thank the following contributors! @yecril71pl </summary> <ul> <li>Add <code>Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk</code> dependency (Internal 12589)</li> <li>Update .NET NuGet package version to <code>5.0.0-preview.8.20407.11</code> (Internal 12555)</li> <li>Update to .NET 5 preview 8 (#13530)</li> <li>Change stage dependency for docker release stage in release pipeline (#13512)</li> <li>Bump <code>Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk</code> from 16.7.0 to 16.7.1 (#13492)</li> <li>Create the folder before copying the global tools (#13476)</li> <li>A few fixes to the release pipeline (#13473)</li> <li>Bump <code>Markdig.Signed</code> from 0.20.0 to 0.21.1 (#13463)</li> <li>Add a pre-check for git to <code>build.psm1</code> (#13227) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)</li> </ul> </details>

Documentation and Help Content

Update README links and metadata.json for 7.1.0-preview.6 (#13437)

7.1.0-preview.6 - 2020-08-17

Breaking Changes

Rename -FromUnixTime to -UnixTimeSeconds on Get-Date to allow Unix time input (#13084) (Thanks @aetos382!)
Make $ErrorActionPreference not affect stderr output of native commands (#13361)
Allow explicitly specified named parameter to supersede the same one from hashtable splatting (#13162)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Refactor command line parser to do early parsing (#11482) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add support for some .NET intrinsic type converters (#12580) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Refresh and enable the ComInterop code in PowerShell (#13304)

Experimental Features

Add -Runspace parameter to all *-PSBreakpoint cmdlets (#10492) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Fix error message from new symbolic link missing target (#13085) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
Make the parameter args non-nullable in the public ConsoleHost APIs (#13429)
Add missing dispose for CancellationTokenSource (#13420) (Thanks @Youssef1313!)
Add the parameter -Paged to Get-Help to support paging (#13374)
Fix Get-Help not properly displaying if parameter supports wildcards (#13353) (Thanks @ThomasNieto!)
Update pwsh help for -InputFormat parameter (#13355) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Declare MIT license for files copied from Roslyn (#13305) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Improve BigInteger casting behaviors (#12629) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Fix Get-Acl -LiteralPath "HKLM:Software\Classes\*" behavior (#13107) (Thanks @Shriram0908!)
Add DefaultVisit method to the visitor interface and class (#13258)
Fix conflicting shorthand switch -s (STA) for pwsh (#13262) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Change Read-Host -MaskInput to use existing SecureString path, but return as plain text (#13256)
Remove ComEnumerator as COM objects using IEnumerator is now supported in .NET 5.0 (#13259)
Use temporary personal path at Runspace startup when the 'HOME' environment variable is not defined (#13239)
Fix Invoke-Command to detect recursive call of the same history entry (#13197)
Change pwsh executable -inputformat switch prefix -in to -inp to fix conflict with -interactive (#13205) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Handle WSL filesystem path when analyze security zone of a file (#13120)
Make other switches mandatory in Split-Path (#13150) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
New Fluent Design icon for PowerShell 7 (#13100) (Thanks @sarthakmalik!)
Fix Move-Item to support cross-mount moves on Unix (#13044)

Code Cleanup

<details> <summary> We thank the following contributors! @xtqqczze, @yecril71pl, @ThomasNieto, @dgoldman-msft </summary> <ul> <li>Use null check with pattern-matching instead of <code>object.ReferenceEquals</code> (#13065) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Fix comparison of value type object to null (#13285) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Use <code>is</code> operator instead of <code>as</code> operator (#13287) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Change <code>SwitchParameter</code> fields to properties (#13291) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Change "operable" to "executable" (#13281) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)</li> <li>Remove <code>AssemblyInfo</code> property from list views (#13331) (Thanks @ThomasNieto!)</li> <li>Use <code>is not</code> syntax where appropriate and remove unnecessary parentheses (#13323) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Remove unreachable code in CustomShellCommands.cs (#13316) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Add copyright header to <code>.editorconfig</code> and update files (#13306) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Fix typo in Out-File.cs and Out-Printer.cs (#13298) (Thanks @dgoldman-msft!)</li> <li>Fix <code>SA1026CodeMustNotContainSpaceAfterNewKeywordInImplicitlyTypedArrayAllocation</code> (#13249) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Remove usage of do statement to create an infinite loop (#13137) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Use <code>int</code> instead of <code>uint</code> in places where it's more appropriate (#13141) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Use <code>int</code> instead of <code>long</code> to avoid <code>Interlocked.Read</code> (#13069) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> </ul> </details>

Tools

Fix dotnet install errors (#13387)
Increase the timeout of Windows daily build to 90 minutes (#13354)
Update the dependabot configuration to version 2 (#13230) (Thanks @RDIL!)
Fix Test-XUnitTestResults function (#13270) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Update .devcontainer to use nightly docker SDK images (#13128)

Tests

Mark Test-Connection -TraceRoute tests as pending (#13310)

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <summary> We thank the following contributors! @xtqqczze, @iSazonov, @77, @WorrenB </summary> <ul> <li>Update <code>README.md</code> and <code>metadata.json</code> for next release (#13059)</li> <li>Create release pipeline as a yaml pipeline (#13394)</li> <li>Update infrastructure to consume private builds from .NET (#13427)</li> <li>Fix breaks in packages daily build due to macOS signing changes (#13421)</li> <li>Sign individual files for macOS PKG (#13392)</li> <li>Disable code sign validation on jobs that do not sign (#13389)</li> <li>Bump <code>PSReadLine</code> from 2.0.2 to 2.0.4 (#13240)</li> <li>Update build documentation for Visual Studio 2019 dependency (#13336) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Bump <code>Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp</code> from 3.6.0 to 3.7.0 (#13360)</li> <li>Bump <code>Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk</code> from 16.6.1 to 16.7.0 (#13364)</li> <li>Bump <code>xunit.runner.visualstudio</code> from 2.4.2 to 2.4.3 (#13343)</li> <li>Use Authenticode certificate for MSIX signing (#13330)</li> <li>Add default help content to the assets folder (#13257)</li> <li>Update .NET SDK version from <code>5.0.100-preview.7.20366.2</code> to <code>5.0.100-preview.7.20366.15</code> (#13200)</li> <li>Set C# language version to preview/9.0 (#13090) (Thanks @iSazonov!)</li> <li>Use <code>pwsh</code> for build and test of package in CI build (#13223)</li> <li>Remove <code>rcedit</code> dependency, move daily ico dependency to props file (#13123)</li> <li>Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.23 to 10.1.24 (#13214)</li> <li>Update .NET SDK version from <code>5.0.100-preview.7.20364.3</code> to <code>5.0.100-preview.7.20366.2</code> (#13192)</li> <li>Add support for installing arm64 MSIX package. (#13043) (Thanks @77!)</li> <li>Fix Azure file copy issues in release build (#13182)</li> <li>Update .NET SDK version from <code>5.0.100-preview.7.20358.6</code> to <code>5.0.100-preview.7.20364.3</code> (#13155)</li> <li>Fix Azure file copy break in Azure DevOps (#13173)</li> <li>Bump <code>Xunit.SkippableFact</code> from <code>1.4.8</code> to <code>1.4.13</code> (#13143)</li> <li>Add new chibi svg version of the avatar (#13160) (Thanks @WorrenB!)</li> <li>Refactor MSI code to make it easier to add a WiX exe installer (#13139)</li> <li>Disable ReadyToRun for debug build (#13144) (Thanks @iSazonov!)</li> <li>Add new chibi version of the avatar (#13140)</li> <li>Update .NET SDK version from <code>5.0.100-preview.7.20356.2</code> to <code>5.0.100-preview.7.20358.6</code> (#13134) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)</li> <li>Update .NET SDK version from <code>5.0.100-preview.6.20318.15</code> to <code>5.0.100-preview.7.20356.2</code> (#13125) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)</li> </ul> </details>

Documentation and Help Content

Fix/clarify instructions for running Start-PSPester tests (#13373)
Improve inline documentation for VerbInfo (#13265) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
Improve the wording of inline comments in the help system (#13274) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
Correct grammar in README.md and other docs (#13269) (Thanks @tasnimzotder!)
Add "GitHub Actions Python builds" to ADOPTERS.md (#13228) (Thanks @brcrista!)
Update change logs for 6.2.x and 7.0.x (#13194)
Update README.md and metadata.json for the v7.0.3 release (#13187)

7.1.0-preview.5 - 2020-07-06

Engine Updates and Fixes

Ensure assemblies listed in the module manifest FileList field are not loaded (#12968)

Code Cleanup

<details> <summary> We thank the following contributors! @xtqqczze </summary> <ul> <li>Code performance fixes (#12956) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> </ul> </details>

Tools

Add missing .editorconfig settings present in dotnet/runtime (#12871) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tests

Add new test for Format-Custom to avoid data loss (#11393) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <summary> Fixed upgrade code in MSI package. </summary> <ul> <li>Change log for v7.1.0-preview.5 (Internal 11880)</li> <li>Fix Path for the Preview MSI (#13070)</li> <li>Correct stable and preview upgrade codes for <code>MSI</code> (#13036)</li> <li>Changelog for `v7.1.0-preview.4` (Internal 11841)</li> <li>Fix NuGet package compliance issues (#13045)</li> <li>Bump <code>xunit.runner.visualstudio</code> from <code>2.4.1</code> to<code> 2.4.2</code> (#12874)</li> <li>Bump NJsonSchema from `10.1.21` to `10.1.23` (#13032) (#13022)</li> </ul> </details>

Documentation and Help Content

Fix links for MSI packages to point to 7.1.0-preview.3 (#13056)
Add update packages.microsoft.com step to distribution request template. (#13008)
Update windows-core.md (#13053) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Add @rjmholt to maintainers list (#13033)
Update docs for v7.1.0-preview.4 release (#13028)

7.1.0-preview.4 - 2020-06-25

Breaking Changes

Make the switch parameter -Qualifier not positional for Split-Path (#12960) (Thanks @yecril71pl!)
Resolve the working directory as literal path for Start-Process when it's not specified (#11946) (Thanks @NoMoreFood!)
Make -OutFile parameter in web cmdlets to work like -LiteralPath (#11701) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Ensure null-coalescing LHS is evaluated only once (#12667)
Fix path handling bug in PSTask (#12554) (Thanks @IISResetMe!)
Remove extra line before formatting group (#12163) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Make module formatting not generate error with strict mode (#11943)
Adding more ETW logs to WSMan plugin (#12798) (Thanks @krishnayalavarthi!)
Restrict loading of amsi.dll to system32 folder (#12730)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Fix NullReferenceException in CommandSearcher.GetNextCmdlet (#12659) (Thanks @powercode!)
Prevent NullReferenceException in Unix computer cmdlets with test hooks active (#12651) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Fix issue in Select-Object where Hashtable members (e.g. Keys) cannot be used with -Property or -ExpandProperty (#11097) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Fix conflicting shorthand switch -w for pwsh (#12945)
Rename the CimCmdlet resource file (#12955) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Remove use of Test-Path in ConciseView (#12778)
Flag default switch statement condition clause as keyword (#10487) (Thanks @msftrncs!)
Add parameter SchemaFile to Test-Json cmdlet (#11934) (Thanks @beatcracker!)
Bring back Certificate provider parameters (#10622) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Fix New-Item to create symbolic link to relative path target (#12797) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add CommandLine property to Process (#12288) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Adds -MaskInput parameter to Read-Host (#10908) (Thanks @davinci26!)
Change CimCmdlets to use AliasAttribute (#12617) (Thanks @thlac!)

Code Cleanup

<details> <summary> We thank the following contributors! @xtqqczze, @sethvs, @romero126, @kvprasoon, @powercode </summary> <ul> <li>Use <code>nameof</code> operator (#12716) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Fix comments in Mshexpression.cs (#12711) (Thanks @sethvs!)</li> <li>Formatting: remove duplicate semicolons (#12666) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Replace <code>SortedList</code> with <code>Generic.SortedList<TKey,TValue></code> (#12954) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Use HashSet instead of Hashtable with null values (#12958) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Rename <code>CopyItem.Tests.ps1</code> to <code>Copy-Item.Tests.ps1</code> to match other tests (#10701) (Thanks @romero126!)</li> <li>Fix <code>RCS1114: Remove redundant delegate creation</code> (#12917) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Code redundancy fixes (#12916) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Update the PowerShell modules to use the new Help URI (#12686)</li> <li>Reorder modifiers according to preferred order (#12864) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Expand numberOfPowershellRefAssemblies list capacity (#12840) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Add readonly modifier to internal static members (#11777) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>cleanup: Use coalesce expression (#12829) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Add missing assessibility modifiers (#12820) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Use <code>t_</code> naming convention for ThreadStatic members (#12826) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Formatting: Add empty line between declarations (#12824) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Clarify defaultRefAssemblies list capacity in AddType.cs (#12520) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Fixing "Double "period" (..) in message for System.InvalidOperationException" (#12758) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)</li> <li>Rethrow to preserve stack details for better maintainability (#12723) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Delete license.rtf (#12738) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Nullable annotations for CommandSearcher (#12733) (Thanks @powercode!)</li> <li>Redundancy: Remove 'partial' modifier from type with a single part (#12725) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Remove phrase 'All rights reserved' from Microsoft copyright statements (#12722) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>IDictionary -> IDictionary<string, FunctionInfo> for FunctionTable (#12658) (Thanks @powercode!)</li> </ul> </details>

Tools

Use correct isError parameter with Write-Log (#12989)
Disable NonPrivateReadonlyFieldsMustBeginWithUpperCaseLetter rule in StyleCop (#12855) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Add @TylerLeonhardt to PowerShell team list to correct changelog generation (#12927)
Enable the upload of ETW traces to CLR CAP in Windows daily build (#12890)
Prevent GitHub workflow for daily dotnet build updates from running in forks (#12763) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
Add GitHub action for PR creation and Wix file generation logic (#12748)

Tests

Remove duplicate tests from Measure-Object.Tests.ps1 (#12683) (Thanks @sethvs!)
Fix tests to not write errors to console (#13010)
Make sure tabcompletion tests run (#12981)
Remove dependency on DNS for Test-Connection tests on macOS (#12943)
Restore markdownlint tests (#12549) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Wrap tests in pester blocks (#12700) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <summary> We thank the following contributors! @iSazonov, @kvprasoon, @Saancreed, @heaths, @xtqqczze </summary> <ul> <li>Update Distribution_Request.md</li> <li>Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.15 to 10.1.16 (#12685)</li> <li>Disable uploading Symbols package (#12687)</li> <li>Update .NET SDK version from <code>5.0.100-preview.5.20279.10</code> to <code>5.0.100-preview.6.20318.15</code> (#13018)</li> <li>Remove component ref when re-generating the wix file (#13019)</li> <li>Make sure icons are added to MSI staging folder (#12983)</li> <li>Update <code>DotnetRutimeMetadata.json</code> to point to preview 6 (#12972)</li> <li>Bump PSReadLine from <code>2.0.1</code> to <code>2.0.2</code> (#12909)</li> <li>Bump <code>NJsonSchema</code> from 10.1.18 to 10.1.21 (#12944)</li> <li>Check if Azure Blob exists before overwriting (#12921)</li> <li>Enable skipped tests (#12894) (Thanks @iSazonov!)</li> <li>Fix break in package build by pinning <code>ffi</code> version to <code>1.12</code> (#12889)</li> <li>Upgrade <code>APIScan</code> version (#12876)</li> <li>Make contributors unique in Release notes (#12878) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)</li> <li>Update Linux daily CI to run in a single agent & collect traces (#12866)</li> <li>Update .NET SDK version from <code>5.0.100-preview.5.20278.13</code> to <code>5.0.100-preview.5.20279.10</code> (#12844) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)</li> <li>Sign the <code>MSIX</code> files for the store (#12582)</li> <li>Update the CI builds (#12830)</li> <li>Update .NET SDK version from <code>5.0.100-preview.5.20272.6</code> to <code>5.0.100-preview.5.20278.13</code> (#12772) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)</li> <li>Allow use of build module on unknown Linux distros (#11146) (Thanks @Saancreed!)</li> <li>Fix MSI upgrade and shortcut issues (#12792) (Thanks @heaths!)</li> <li>Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.17 to 10.1.18 (#12812)</li> <li>Update .NET SDK version from <code>5.0.100-preview.5.20269.29</code> to <code>5.0.100-preview.5.20272.6</code> (#12759) (Thanks @github-actions[bot]!)</li> <li>Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.16 to 10.1.17 (#12761)</li> <li>Update to dotnet SDK 5.0.0-preview.5.20268.9 (#12740)</li> <li>Remove <code>assets\license.rtf</code> (#12721) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Bump <code>Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp</code> from <code>3.5.0</code> to <code>3.6.0</code> (#12731)</li> </ul> </details>

Documentation and Help Content

Update README and metadata files for next release (#12717)
Update README.md removing experimental status of Arm builds, but Win-Arm64 is still preview for Stable release. (#12707)
Add link to Github compare in changelog (#12713) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Added missing changelog for v7.1.0-preview.2 (#12665)
Update required Visual Studio version in build docs (#12628) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
minor update to Distribution_Request.md (#12705) (Thanks @kilasuit!)
Update docs.microsoft.com links (#12653) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Update change log for 6.2.5 release (#12670)
Update README.md and metadata.json for next release (#12668)
Merge 7.0.1 change log (#12669)
Remove markdown unused definitions (#12656) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Add HoloLens to list of PowerShell adopters (#12940) (Thanks @reynoldsbd!)
Update README.md and metadata.json for next releases (#12939)
Fix broken link in README.md (#12887) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Minor typo corrections in Distribution Request Issue Templates (#12744) (Thanks @corbob!)
Correct 'review-for-comments' in Governance.md (#11035) (Thanks @MarvTheRobot!)
Fix markdown ordered lists (#12657) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Fix broken docs.microsoft.com link (#12776) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Replace link to Slack with link to PowerShell Virtual User Group (#12786) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Update LICENSE.txt so that it's recognized as MIT (#12729)

7.1.0-preview.3 - 2020-05-14

Breaking Changes

Fix string parameter binding for BigInteger numeric literals (#11634) (Thanks @vexx32!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Set correct PSProvider full name at module load time (#11813) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Experimental Features

Support passing PSPath to native commands (#12386)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Fix incorrect index in format string in ParameterBinderBase (#12630) (Thanks @powercode!)
Copy the CommandInfo property in Command.Clone() (#12301) (Thanks @TylerLeonhardt!)
Apply -IncludeEqual in Compa-Object when -ExcludeDifferent is specified (#12317) (Thanks @davidseibel!)
Change Get-FileHash to close file handles before writing output (#12474) (Thanks @HumanEquivalentUnit!)
Fix inconsistent exception message in -replace operator (#12388) (Thanks @jackdcasey!)

Code Cleanup

<details> <summary> We thank the following contributors! @xtqqczze, @RDIL, @powercode, @xtqqczze, @xtqqczze </summary> <ul> <li>Replace Unicode <code>non-breaking space</code> character with space (#12576) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Remove unused <code>New-DockerTestBuild.ps1</code> (#12610) (Thanks @RDIL!)</li> <li>Annotate <code>Assert</code> methods for better code analysis (#12618) (Thanks @powercode!)</li> <li>Use correct casing for cmdlet names and parameters in *.ps1 files throughout the codebase (#12584) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Document why <code>PackageVersion</code> is used in <code>PowerShell.Common.props</code> (#12523) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> </ul> </details>

Tools

Update @PoshChan config to include SSH (#12526) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Update log message in Start-PSBootstrap (#12573) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Add the .NET SDK installation path to the current process path in tools/UpdateDotnetRuntime.ps1 (#12525)

Tests

Make CIM tab completion test case insensitive (#12636)
Mark ping tests as Pending due to stability issues in macOS (#12504)

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <summary> We thank the following contributors! @jcotton42, @iSazonov, @iSazonov, @iSazonov </summary> <ul> <li>Update build to use the new .NET SDK <code>5.0.100-preview.4.20258.7</code> (#12637)</li> <li>Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.14 to 10.1.15 (#12608)</li> <li>Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.13 to 10.1.14 (#12598)</li> <li>Bump NJsonSchema from 10.1.12 to 10.1.13 (#12583)</li> <li>Update the build to sign any unsigned files as 3rd party Dlls (#12581)</li> <li>Update .NET SDK to <code>5.0.100-preview.4.20229.10</code> (#12538)</li> <li>Add ability to <code>Install-Dotnet</code> to specify directory (#12469)</li> <li>Allow <code>/</code> in relative paths for <code>using module</code> (#7424) (#12492) (Thanks @jcotton42!)</li> <li>Update dotnet metadata for next channel for automated updates (#12502)</li> <li>Bump .NET to 5.0.0-preview.4 (#12507)</li> <li>Bump <code>Microsoft.ApplicationInsights</code> from <code>2.13.1</code> to <code>2.14.0</code> (#12479)</li> <li>Bump PackageManagement from 1.4.6 to 1.4.7 in /src/Modules (#12506)</li> <li>Bump <code>Xunit.SkippableFact</code> from <code>1.3.12</code> to <code>1.4.8</code> (#12480)</li> <li>Fix quotes to allow variable expansion (#12512)</li> <li>Use new <code>TargetFramework</code> as <code>net5.0</code> in packaging scripts (#12503) (Thanks @iSazonov!)</li> <li>Use new value for <code>TargetFramework</code> as <code>net5.0</code> instead of <code>netcoreapp5.0</code> (#12486) (Thanks @iSazonov!)</li> <li>Disable <code>PublishReadyToRun</code> for framework dependent packages (#12450)</li> <li>Add <code>dependabot</code> rules to ignore updates from .NET (#12466)</li> <li>Update <code>README.md</code> and <code>metadata.json</code> for upcoming release (#12441)</li> <li>Turn on <code>ReadyToRun</code> (#12361) (Thanks @iSazonov!)</li> <li>Add summary to compressed sections of change log (#12429)</li> </ul> </details>

Documentation and Help Content

Add link to life cycle doc to distribution request template (#12638)
Update TFM reference in build docs (#12514) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Fix broken link for blogs in documents (#12471)

7.1.0-preview.2 - 2020-04-23

Breaking Changes

On Windows, Start-Process creates a process environment with all the environment variables from current session, using -UseNewEnvironment creates a new default process environment (#10830) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Do not wrap return result to PSObject when converting ScriptBlock to delegate (#10619)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Allow case insensitive paths for determining PSModulePath (#12192)
Add PowerShell version 7.0 to compatible version list (#12184)
Discover assemblies loaded by Assembly.Load(byte[]) and Assembly.LoadFile (#12203)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Fix WinCompat module loading to treat PowerShell 7 modules with higher priority (#12269)
Implement ForEach-Object -Parallel runspace reuse (#12122)
Fix Get-Service to not modify collection while enumerating it (#11851) (Thanks @NextTurn!)
Clean up the IPC named pipe on PowerShell exit (#12187)
Fix `` detection regex in web cmdlets (#12099) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Allow shorter signed hex literals with appropriate type suffixes (#11844) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Update UseNewEnvironment parameter behavior of Start-Process cmdlet on Windows (#10830) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add -Shuffle switch to Get-Random command (#11093) (Thanks @eugenesmlv!)
Make GetWindowsPowerShellModulePath compatible with multiple PS installations (#12280)
Fix Start-Job to work on systems that don't have Windows PowerShell registered as default shell (#12296)
Specifying an alias and -Syntax to Get-Command returns the aliased commands syntax (#10784) (Thanks @ChrisLGardner!)
Make CSV cmdlets work when using -AsNeeded and there is an incomplete row (#12281) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
In local invocations, do not require -PowerShellVersion 5.1 for Get-FormatData in order to see all format data. (#11270) (Thanks @mklement0!)
Added Support For Big Endian UTF-32 (#11947) (Thanks @NoMoreFood!)
Fix possible race that leaks PowerShell object dispose in ForEach-Object -Parallel (#12227)
Add -FromUnixTime to Get-Date to allow Unix time input (#12179) (Thanks @jackdcasey!)
Change default progress foreground and background colors to provide improved contrast (#11455) (Thanks @rkeithhill!)
Fix foreach -parallel when current drive is not available (#12197)
Do not wrap return result to PSObject when converting ScriptBlock to delegate (#10619)
Don't write DNS resolution errors on Test-Connection -Quiet (#12204) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Use dedicated threads to read the redirected output and error streams from the child process for out-of-proc jobs (#11713)

Code Cleanup

<details> <summary> We thank the following contributors! @ShaydeNofziger, @RDIL </summary> <ul> <li>Fix erroneous comment in <code>tokenizer.cs</code> (#12206) (Thanks @ShaydeNofziger!)</li> <li>Fix terms checker issues (#12189)</li> <li>Update copyright notice to latest guidance (#12190)</li> <li>CodeFactor cleanup (#12251) (Thanks @RDIL!)</li> </ul> </details>

Tools

Update .NET dependency update script to include test csproj files (#12372)
Scripts to update to .NET prerelease version (#12284)

Tests

Pin major Pester version to 4 to prevent breaking changes caused by upcoming release of v5 (#12262) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <summary> We thank the following contributors! @rkitover, @bergmeister </summary> <ul> <li>Add the <code>nuget.config</code> from root to the temporary build folder (#12394)</li> <li>Bump System.IO.Packaging (#12365)</li> <li>Bump Markdig.Signed from 0.18.3 to 0.20.0 (#12379)</li> <li>Bump to .NET 5 Preview 3 pre-release (#12353)</li> <li>Bump PowerShellGet from 2.2.3 to 2.2.4 (#12342)</li> <li>Linux: Initial support for Gentoo installations. (#11429) (Thanks @rkitover!)</li> <li>Upgrade to .NET 5 Preview 2 (#12250) (Thanks @bergmeister!)</li> <li>Fix the <code>Sync PSGalleryModules to Artifacts</code> build (#12277)</li> <li>Bump PSReadLine from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1 (#12243)</li> <li>Bump <code>NJsonSchema</code> from <code>10.1.11</code> to <code>10.1.12</code> (#12230)</li> <li>Update change log generation script to support collapsible sections (#12214)</li> </ul> </details>

Documentation and Help Content

Add documentation for WebResponseObject and BasicHtmlWebResponseObject properties (#11876) (Thanks @kevinoid!)
Add Windows 10 IoT Core reference in Adopters.md (#12266) (Thanks @parameshbabu!)
Update README.md and metadata.json for 7.1.0-preview.1 (#12211)

7.1.0-preview.1 - 2020-03-26

Breaking Changes

Use invariant culture string conversion for -replace operator (#10954) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Engine Updates and Fixes

Revert the PRs that made DBNull.Value and NullString.Value treated as $null (#11648)

Experimental Features

Use invariant culture string conversion for -replace operator (#10954) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

Fix an operator preference order issue in binder code (#12075) (Thanks @DamirAinullin!)
Fix NullReferenceException when binding common parameters of type ActionPreference (#12124)
Fix default formatting for deserialized MatchInfo (#11728) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Use asynchronous streams in Invoke-RestMethod (#11095) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Address UTF-8 Detection In Get-Content -Tail (#11899) (Thanks @NoMoreFood!)
Handle the IOException in Get-FileHash (#11944) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Change PowerShell Core to PowerShell in a resource string (#11928) (Thanks @alexandair!)
Bring back MainWindowTitle in PSHostProcessInfo (#11885) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Miscellaneous minor updates to Windows Compatibility (#11980)
Fix ConciseView to split PositionMessage using [Environment]::NewLine (#12010)
Remove network hop restriction for interactive sessions (#11920)
Fix NullReferenceException in SuspendStoppingPipeline() and RestoreStoppingPipeline() (#11870) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Generate GUID for FormatViewDefinition InstanceId if not provided (#11896)
Fix ConciseView where error message is wider than window width and doesn't have whitespace (#11880)
Allow cross-platform CAPI-compatible remote key exchange (#11185) (Thanks @silijon!)
Fix error message (#11862) (Thanks @NextTurn!)
Fix ConciseView to handle case where there isn't a console to obtain the width (#11784)
Update CmsCommands to use Store vs certificate provider (#11643) (Thanks @mikeTWC1984!)
Enable pwsh to work on Windows systems where mpr.dll and STA is not available (#11748)
Refactor and implement Restart-Computer for Un*x and macOS (#11319)
Add an implementation of Stop-Computer for Linux and macOS (#11151)
Fix help function to check if less is available before using (#11737)
Update PSPath in certificate_format_ps1.xml (#11603) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Change regular expression to match relation-types without quotes in Link header (#11711) (Thanks @Marusyk!)
Fix error message during symbolic link deletion (#11331)
Add custom Selected.* type to PSCustomObject in Select-Object only once (#11548) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Add -AsUTC to the Get-Date cmdlet (#11611)
Fix grouping behavior with Boolean values in Format-Hex (#11587) (Thanks @vexx32!)
Make Test-Connection always use the default synchronization context for sending ping requests (#11517)
Correct startup error messages (#11473) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Ignore headers with null values in web cmdlets (#11424) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Re-add check for Invoke-Command job dispose. (#11388)
Revert "Update formatter to not write newlines if content is empty (#11193)" (#11342) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Allow CompleteInput to return results from ArgumentCompleter when AST or Script has matching function definition (#10574) (Thanks @M1kep!)
Update formatter to not write new lines if content is empty (#11193)

Code Cleanup

<details> <ul> <li>Use span-based overloads (#11884) (Thanks @iSazonov!)</li> <li>Use new <code>string.Split()</code> overloads (#11867) (Thanks @iSazonov!)</li> <li>Remove unreachable DSC code (#12076) (Thanks @DamirAinullin!)</li> <li>Remove old dead code from FullCLR (#11886) (Thanks @iSazonov!)</li> <li>Use <code>Dictionary.TryAdd()</code> where possible (#11767) (Thanks @iSazonov!)</li> <li>Use <code>Environment.NewLine</code> instead of hard-coded linefeed in <code>ParseError.ToString</code> (#11746)</li> <li>Fix <code>FileSystem</code> provider error message (#11741) (Thanks @iSazonov!)</li> <li>Reformat code according to <code>EditorConfig</code> rules (#11681) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Replace use of throw <code>GetExceptionForHR</code> with <code>ThrowExceptionForHR</code> (#11640) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Refactor delegate types to lambda expressions (#11690) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Remove Unicode BOM from text files (#11546) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Fix Typo in <code>Get-ComputerInfo</code> cmdlet description (#11321) (Thanks @doctordns!)</li> <li>Fix typo in description for <code>Get-ExperimentalFeature</code> <code>PSWindowsPowerShellCompatibility</code> (#11282) (Thanks @alvarodelvalle!)</li> <li>Cleanups in command discovery (#10815) (Thanks @iSazonov!)</li> <li>Review <code>CurrentCulture</code> (#11044) (Thanks @iSazonov!)</li> </ul> </details>

Tools

Change recommended VS Code extension name from ms-vscode.csharp to ms-dotnettools.csharp (#12083) (Thanks @devlead!)
Specify csharp_preferred_modifier_order in EditorConfig (#11775) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Update .editorconfig (#11675) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Enable EditorConfig support in OmniSharp (#11627) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Specify charset in .editorconfig as utf-8 (no BOM) (#11654) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Configure the issue label bot (#11527)
Avoid variable names that conflict with automatic variables (#11392) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tests

Add empty preview.md file to fix broken link (#12041)
Add helper functions for SSH remoting tests (#11955)
Add new tests for Get-ChildItem for FileSystemProvider (#11602) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Ensure that types referenced by PowerShellStandard are present (#10634)
Check state and report reason if it's not "opened" (#11574)
Fixes for running tests on Raspbian (#11661)
Unify pester test syntax for the arguments of -BeOfType (#11558) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Correct casing for automatic variables (#11568) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Avoid variable names that conflict with automatic variables part 2 (#11559) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Update pester syntax to v4 (#11544) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Allow error 504 (Gateway Timeout) in markdown-link tests (#11439) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Re-balance CI tests (#11420) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
Include URL in the markdown-links test error message (#11438) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
Use CIM cmdlets instead of WMI cmdlets in tests (#11423) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

<details> <ul> <li>Put symbols in separate package (#12169)</li> <li>Disable <code>x86</code> PDB generation (#12167)</li> <li>Bump <code>NJsonSchema</code> from <code>10.1.5</code> to <code>10.1.11</code> (#12050) (#12088) (#12166)</li> <li>Create <code>crossgen</code> symbols for Windows <code>x64</code> and <code>x86</code> (#12157)</li> <li>Move to <code>.NET 5 preview.1</code> (#12140)</li> <li>Bump <code>Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp</code> from <code>3.4.0</code> to <code>3.5.0</code> (#12136)</li> <li>Move to standard internal pool for building (#12119)</li> <li>Fix package syncing to private Module Feed (#11841)</li> <li>Add Ubuntu SSH remoting tests CI (#12033)</li> <li>Bump <code>Markdig.Signed</code> from <code>0.18.1</code> to <code>0.18.3</code> (#12078)</li> <li>Fix MSIX packaging to determine if a Preview release by inspecting the semantic version string (#11991)</li> <li>Ignore last exit code in the build step as <code>dotnet</code> may return error when SDK is not installed (#11972)</li> <li>Fix daily package build (#11882)</li> <li>Fix package sorting for syncing to private Module Feed (#11838)</li> <li>Set <code>StrictMode</code> version <code>3.0</code> (#11563) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Bump <code>.devcontainer</code> version to dotnet <code>3.1.101</code> (#11707) (Thanks @Jawz84!)</li> <li>Move to version 3 of <code>AzFileCopy</code> (#11697)</li> <li>Update <code>README.md</code> and <code>metadata.json</code> for next release (#11664)</li> <li>Code Cleanup for environment data gathering in <code>build.psm1</code> (#11572) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li> <li>Update Debian Install Script To Support Debian 10 (#11540) (Thanks @RandomNoun7!)</li> <li>Update <code>ADOPTERS.md</code> (#11261) (Thanks @edyoung!)</li> <li>Change back to use powershell.exe in 'SetVersionVariables.yml' to unblock daily build (#11207)</li> <li>Change to use pwsh to have consistent JSON conversion for <code>DateTime</code> (#11126)</li> </ul> </details>

Documentation and Help Content

Replace VSCode link in CONTRIBUTING.md (#11475) (Thanks @stevend811!)
Remove the version number of PowerShell from LICENSE (#12019)
Add the 7.0 change log link to CHANGELOG/README.md (#12062) (Thanks @LabhanshAgrawal!)
Improvements to the contribution guide (#12086) (Thanks @ShaydeNofziger!)
Update the doc about debugging dotnet core in VSCode (#11969)
Update README.md and metadata.json for the next release (#11918) (#11992)
Update Adopters.md to include info on Azure Pipelines and GitHub Actions (#11888) (Thanks @alepauly!)
Add information about how Amazon AWS uses PowerShell. (#11365) (Thanks @bpayette!)
Add link to .NET CLI version in build documentation (#11725) (Thanks @joeltankam!)
Added info about DeploymentScripts in ADOPTERS.md (#11703)
Update CHANGELOG.md for 6.2.4 release (#11699)
Update README.md and metadata.json for next release (#11597)
Update the breaking change definition (#11516)
Adding System Frontier to the PowerShell Core adopters list ADOPTERS.md (#11480) (Thanks @OneScripter!)
Update ChangeLog, README.md and metadata.json for 7.0.0-rc.1 release (#11363)
Add AzFunctions to ADOPTERS.md (#11311) (Thanks @Francisco-Gamino!)
Add Universal Dashboard to ADOPTERS.md (#11283) (Thanks @adamdriscoll!)
Add config.yml for ISSUE_TEMPLATE so that Doc, Security, Support, and Windows PowerShell issues go to URLs (#11153)
Add Adopters.md file (#11256)
Update Readme.md for preview.6 release (#11108)
Update SUPPORT.md (#11101) (Thanks @mklement0!)
Update README.md (#11100) (Thanks @mklement0!)