Update release notes for 7.6-p4

Author: sdwheeler

reference/docs-conceptual/whats-new/What-s-New-in-PowerShell-76.md

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ---
 title: What's New in PowerShell 7.6
 description: New features and changes released in PowerShell 7.6
-ms.date: 02/18/2025
+ms.date: 03/26/2025
 ---
 
 # What's New in PowerShell 7.6
 
-PowerShell 7.6-preview.3 includes the following features, updates, and breaking changes. PowerShell
+PowerShell 7.6-preview.4 includes the following features, updates, and breaking changes. PowerShell
 7.6 is built on .NET 9.0.101 GA release.
 
 For a complete list of changes, see the [CHANGELOG][04] in the GitHub repository.
@@ -17,9 +17,20 @@ PowerShell 7.6-preview.3 includes the following updated modules:
 
 - **Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet** v1.1.0
 - **PSReadLine** v2.3.6
+- **Microsoft.PowerShell.ThreadJob** v2.2.0
+- **ThreadJob** v2.1.0
+
+The **ThreadJob** was renamed to **Microsoft.PowerShell.ThreadJob** module. There is no difference
+in the functionality of the module. To ensure backward compatibility for scripts that use the old
+name, the **ThreadJob** v2.1.0 module is a proxy module that points to the
+**Microsoft.PowerShell.ThreadJob** v2.2.0.
 
 ## Breaking Changes
 
+- Fix `WildcardPattern.Escape` to escape lone backticks correctly ([#25211][25211]) (Thanks
+  @ArmaanMcleod!)
+- Convert `-ChildPath` parameter to `string[]` for `Join-Path` cmdlet ([#24677][24677]) (Thanks
+  @ArmaanMcleod!)
 - Remove trailing space from event source name ([#24192][24192]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
 
 ## Tab completion improvements
@@ -42,6 +53,34 @@ PowerShell 7.6-preview.3 includes the following updated modules:
   ([#24907][24907]) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
 - Add quote handling in `Verb`, `StrictModeVersion`, `Scope` and `PropertyType` Argument
   Completers with single helper method ([#24839][24839]) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
+- Fix share completion with provider and spaces (#[19440][19440]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Improve variable type inference ([#19830][19830]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Add tooltips for hashtable key completions ([#17864][17864]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Fix type inference of parameters in classic functions ([#25172][25172]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Improve assignment type inference ([#21143][21143]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Exclude **OutVariable** assignments within the same `CommandAst` when inferring variables
+  ([#25224][25224]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Fix parameter completion when script requirements fail ([#17687][17687]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Improve the completion for attribute arguments ([#25129][25129]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Fix completion that relies on pseudobinding in script blocks ([#25122][25122]) (Thanks
+  @MartinGC94!)
+- Don't complete duplicate command names ([#21113][21113]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Add completion for variables assigned by command redirection ([#25104][25104]) (Thanks
+  @MartinGC94!)
+- Fix `TypeName.GetReflectionType()` to work when the `TypeName` instance represents a generic type
+  definition within a `GenericTypeName` ([#24985][24985])
+- Update variable/property assignment completion so it can fallback to type inference
+  ([#21134][21134]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Handle type inference for redirected commands ([#21131][21131]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Use `Get-Help` approach to find `about_*.help.txt` files with correct locale for completions
+  ([#24194][24194]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Fix completion of variables assigned inside Do loops ([#25076][25076]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Fix completion of provider paths when a path returns itself instead of its children
+  ([#24755][24755]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Enable completion of scoped variables without specifying scope ([#20340][20340]) (Thanks
+  @MartinGC94!)
+- Fix issue with incomplete results when completing paths with wildcards in non-filesystem providers
+  ([#24757][24757]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
 
 ## Cmdlet improvements
 
@@ -68,6 +107,22 @@ PowerShell 7.6-preview.3 includes the following updated modules:
   @ArmaanMcleod!)
 - Stringify **ErrorRecord** with empty exception message to empty string ([#24949][24949]) (Thanks
   @MatejKafka!)
+- Add `PipelineStopToken` to `Cmdlet` which will be signaled when the pipeline is stopping
+  ([#24620][24620]) (Thanks @jborean93!)
+- Fallback to AppLocker after `WldpCanExecuteFile` ([#24912][24912])
+- Move .NET method invocation logging to after the needed type conversion is done for method
+  arguments ([#25022][25022])
+- Fix infinite loop in variable type inference ([#25206][25206]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Remove the old fuzzy suggestion and fix the local script file name suggestion ([#25177][25177])
+- Make `SystemPolicy` public APIs visible but non-op on Unix platforms so that they can be included
+  in `PowerShellStandard.Library` ([#25051][25051])
+- Set standard handles explicitly when starting a process with `-NoNewWindow` ([#25061][25061])
+- Fix tooltip for variable expansion and include desc ([#25112][25112]) (Thanks @jborean93!)
+- Allow empty prefix string in 'Import-Module -Prefix' to override default prefix in manifest
+  ([#20409][20409]) (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
+- Use script filepath when completing relative paths for using statements ([#20017][20017]) (Thanks
+  @MartinGC94!)
+- Allow DSC parsing through OS architecture translation layers ([#24852][24852]) (Thanks @bdeb1337!)
 
 ## Experimental features
 
@@ -84,24 +139,56 @@ The following experimental features are included in PowerShell 7.6-preview.3:
 [03]: ../learn/experimental-features.md#psserializejsonlongenumasnumber
 [04]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/CHANGELOG/preview.md
 
+[17687]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/17687
 [17785]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/17785
+[17864]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/17864
 [18019]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/18019
 [18955]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/18955
+[19440]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/19440
+[19830]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/19830
+[20017]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/20017
 [20330]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/20330
+[20340]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/20340
+[20409]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/20409
+[21113]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/21113
 [21115]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/21115
 [21117]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/21117
+[21131]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/21131
+[21134]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/21134
 [21137]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/21137
+[21143]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/21143
 [24192]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24192
+[24194]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24194
+[24620]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24620
 [24669]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24669
+[24677]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24677
 [24711]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24711
 [24714]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24714
 [24747]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24747
+[24755]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24755
+[24757]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24757
 [24839]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24839
+[24852]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24852
 [24879]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24879
 [24880]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24880
 [24907]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24907
+[24912]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24912
 [24936]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24936
 [24949]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24949
 [24963]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24963
 [24971]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24971
 [24977]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24977
+[24985]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/24985
+[25022]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/25022
+[25051]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/25051
+[25061]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/25061
+[25076]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/25076
+[25104]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/25104
+[25112]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/25112
+[25122]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/25122
+[25129]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/25129
+[25172]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/25172
+[25177]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/25177
+[25206]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/25206
+[25211]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/25211
+[25224]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/25224