Update release notes for PSReadLine (#12293)

sdwheeler · web-flow · commit b5df2e3458f7 · 2025-08-18T15:49:22.000-05:00
diff --git a/reference/5.1/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine.md b/reference/5.1/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 description: PSReadLine provides an improved command-line editing experience in the PowerShell console.
 Locale: en-US
-ms.date: 03/03/2025
+ms.date: 08/18/2025
 online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/psreadline/about/about_psreadline?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: about_PSReadLine
@@ -124,8 +124,11 @@ APIs are documented in [about_PSReadLine_Functions][02].
 ### Command History
 
 PSReadLine maintains a history file containing all the commands and data you've
-entered from the command line. The history files are a file named
-`$($Host.Name)_history.txt`. On Windows systems the history file is stored at
+entered from the command line. The history file is a file named
+`$($Host.Name)_history.txt`, which results in a unique file for each host. For
+example, the history file for the PowerShell Extension console in Visual Studio
+Code is `Visual Studio Code Host_history.txt`.
+The history file is stored at
 `$Env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadLine`.
 
 The history can contain sensitive data including passwords. PSReadLine attempts
diff --git a/reference/5.1/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes.md b/reference/5.1/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 description: This article contains the list of changes for each released version of PSReadLine.
 Locale: en-US
-ms.date: 03/03/2025
+ms.date: 08/18/2025
 online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/psreadline/about/about_psreadline_release_notes?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ changes, see the **PSReadLine** [ChangeLog][01].
 There have been many updates to PSReadLine since the version that ships in
 Windows PowerShell 5.1.
 
-- v2.3.6 shipped in PowerShell 7.5.0
+- v2.3.6 shipped in PowerShell 7.4.7 and 7.5.0
 - v2.3.5 shipped in PowerShell 7.4.2 and 7.5.0-preview.3
 - v2.3.4 shipped in PowerShell 7.4.0-rc.1
 - v2.2.6 shipped in PowerShell 7.3.0
@@ -29,7 +29,33 @@ Windows PowerShell 5.1.
 
 ## Release Notes
 
-### v2.4.0-beta1 - 2025-02-28
+### v2.4.3-beta3 - 2025-07-23
+
+You can get the v2.4.3-beta3 version of the PSReadLine module from PowerShell
+Gallery.
+
+This release includes the following changes:
+
+- Allow accepting the current input automatically from within an OnIdle event
+  handler
+- Add VS Code tasks and debug config
+- Add bound check for the cursor top value to InvokePrompt
+- Fix typo in SamplePSReadLineProfile.ps1
+- Fix line ending and cache some reflection operations
+- Improve test reliability by making sure the PSReadLine one-time
+  initialization is done
+
+### v2.4.2-beta2 - 2025-04-16
+
+You can get the v2.4.2-beta2 version of the PSReadLine module from PowerShell
+Gallery.
+
+This release includes the following changes:
+
+- Add a private field to indicate if PSReadLine is initialized and ready
+- Use CFS for installing module and deploy box for module publish
+
+### v2.4.1-beta1 - 2025-02-28
 
 - Avoid querying for cursor position when it's not necessary
 - Handle buffer changes made by an event handler
diff --git a/reference/7.4/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine.md b/reference/7.4/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 description: PSReadLine provides an improved command-line editing experience in the PowerShell console.
 Locale: en-US
-ms.date: 03/03/2025
+ms.date: 08/18/2025
 online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/psreadline/about/about_psreadline?view=powershell-7.4&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: about_PSReadLine
@@ -159,11 +159,16 @@ APIs are documented in [about_PSReadLine_Functions][02].
 ### Command History
 
 PSReadLine maintains a history file containing all the commands and data you've
-entered from the command line. The history files are a file named
-`$($Host.Name)_history.txt`. On Windows systems the history file is stored at
-`$Env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadLine`. On non-Windows systems,
-the history files are stored at `$Env:XDG_DATA_HOME/powershell/PSReadLine` or
-`$Env:HOME/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine`.
+entered from the command line. The history file is a file named
+`$($Host.Name)_history.txt`, which results in a unique file for each host. For
+example, the history file for the PowerShell Extension console in Visual Studio
+Code is `Visual Studio Code Host_history.txt`.
+
+- On Windows systems, the history file is stored at
+  `$Env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadLine`.
+- On non-Windows systems, the history files are stored at
+  `$Env:XDG_DATA_HOME/powershell/PSReadLine` or
+  `$Env:HOME/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine`.
 
 The history can contain sensitive data including passwords. PSReadLine attempts
 to filter out sensitive information. Any command lines containing the following
diff --git a/reference/7.4/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes.md b/reference/7.4/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 description: This article contains the list of changes for each released version of PSReadLine.
 Locale: en-US
-ms.date: 03/03/2025
+ms.date: 08/18/2025
 online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/psreadline/about/about_psreadline_release_notes?view=powershell-7.4&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ changes, see the **PSReadLine** [ChangeLog][01].
 There have been many updates to PSReadLine since the version that ships in
 Windows PowerShell 5.1.
 
-- v2.3.6 shipped in PowerShell 7.5.0
+- v2.3.6 shipped in PowerShell 7.4.7 and 7.5.0
 - v2.3.5 shipped in PowerShell 7.4.2 and 7.5.0-preview.3
 - v2.3.4 shipped in PowerShell 7.4.0-rc.1
 - v2.2.6 shipped in PowerShell 7.3.0
@@ -29,7 +29,33 @@ Windows PowerShell 5.1.
 
 ## Release Notes
 
-### v2.4.0-beta1 - 2025-02-28
+### v2.4.3-beta3 - 2025-07-23
+
+You can get the v2.4.3-beta3 version of the PSReadLine module from PowerShell
+Gallery.
+
+This release includes the following changes:
+
+- Allow accepting the current input automatically from within an OnIdle event
+  handler
+- Add VS Code tasks and debug config
+- Add bound check for the cursor top value to InvokePrompt
+- Fix typo in SamplePSReadLineProfile.ps1
+- Fix line ending and cache some reflection operations
+- Improve test reliability by making sure the PSReadLine one-time
+  initialization is done
+
+### v2.4.2-beta2 - 2025-04-16
+
+You can get the v2.4.2-beta2 version of the PSReadLine module from PowerShell
+Gallery.
+
+This release includes the following changes:
+
+- Add a private field to indicate if PSReadLine is initialized and ready
+- Use CFS for installing module and deploy box for module publish
+
+### v2.4.1-beta1 - 2025-02-28
 
 - Avoid querying for cursor position when it's not necessary
 - Handle buffer changes made by an event handler
diff --git a/reference/7.4/PSReadLine/PSReadLine.md b/reference/7.4/PSReadLine/PSReadLine.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Help Version: 7.4.0.0
 Locale: en-US
 Module Guid: 5714753b-2afd-4492-a5fd-01d9e2cff8b5
 Module Name: PSReadLine
-ms.date: 09/17/2024
+ms.date: 08/18/2025
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: PSReadLine
 ---
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ editing environment in PowerShell.
 There have been many updates to PSReadLine since the version that ships in
 Windows PowerShell 5.1.
 
+- v2.3.6 first shipped in PowerShell 7.4.7 and 7.5.0
 - v2.3.5 first shipped in PowerShell 7.4.2 and 7.5.0-preview.3
 - v2.3.4 first shipped in PowerShell 7.4.0-rc.1
 - v2.2.6 first shipped in PowerShell 7.3.0
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ Windows PowerShell 5.1.
 For more information about version differences, see
 [about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes](about/about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes.md).
 
-These articles document version 2.3.5 of PSReadLine.
+These articles document version 2.3.6 of PSReadLine.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > Beginning with PowerShell 7.0, PowerShell skips auto-loading PSReadLine on
diff --git a/reference/7.5/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine.md b/reference/7.5/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 description: PSReadLine provides an improved command-line editing experience in the PowerShell console.
 Locale: en-US
-ms.date: 03/03/2025
+ms.date: 08/18/2025
 online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/psreadline/about/about_psreadline?view=powershell-7.5&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: about_PSReadLine
@@ -159,11 +159,16 @@ APIs are documented in [about_PSReadLine_Functions][02].
 ### Command History
 
 PSReadLine maintains a history file containing all the commands and data you've
-entered from the command line. The history files are a file named
-`$($Host.Name)_history.txt`. On Windows systems the history file is stored at
-`$Env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadLine`. On non-Windows systems,
-the history files are stored at `$Env:XDG_DATA_HOME/powershell/PSReadLine` or
-`$Env:HOME/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine`.
+entered from the command line. The history file is a file named
+`$($Host.Name)_history.txt`, which results in a unique file for each host. For
+example, the history file for the PowerShell Extension console in Visual Studio
+Code is `Visual Studio Code Host_history.txt`.
+
+- On Windows systems, the history file is stored at
+  `$Env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadLine`.
+- On non-Windows systems, the history files are stored at
+  `$Env:XDG_DATA_HOME/powershell/PSReadLine` or
+  `$Env:HOME/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine`.
 
 The history can contain sensitive data including passwords. PSReadLine attempts
 to filter out sensitive information. Any command lines containing the following
diff --git a/reference/7.5/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes.md b/reference/7.5/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 description: This article contains the list of changes for each released version of PSReadLine.
 Locale: en-US
-ms.date: 03/03/2025
+ms.date: 08/18/2025
 online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/psreadline/about/about_psreadline_release_notes?view=powershell-7.5&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ changes, see the **PSReadLine** [ChangeLog][01].
 There have been many updates to PSReadLine since the version that ships in
 Windows PowerShell 5.1.
 
-- v2.3.6 shipped in PowerShell 7.5.0
+- v2.3.6 shipped in PowerShell 7.4.7 and 7.5.0
 - v2.3.5 shipped in PowerShell 7.4.2 and 7.5.0-preview.3
 - v2.3.4 shipped in PowerShell 7.4.0-rc.1
 - v2.2.6 shipped in PowerShell 7.3.0
@@ -29,7 +29,33 @@ Windows PowerShell 5.1.
 
 ## Release Notes
 
-### v2.4.0-beta1 - 2025-02-28
+### v2.4.3-beta3 - 2025-07-23
+
+You can get the v2.4.3-beta3 version of the PSReadLine module from PowerShell
+Gallery.
+
+This release includes the following changes:
+
+- Allow accepting the current input automatically from within an OnIdle event
+  handler
+- Add VS Code tasks and debug config
+- Add bound check for the cursor top value to InvokePrompt
+- Fix typo in SamplePSReadLineProfile.ps1
+- Fix line ending and cache some reflection operations
+- Improve test reliability by making sure the PSReadLine one-time
+  initialization is done
+
+### v2.4.2-beta2 - 2025-04-16
+
+You can get the v2.4.2-beta2 version of the PSReadLine module from PowerShell
+Gallery.
+
+This release includes the following changes:
+
+- Add a private field to indicate if PSReadLine is initialized and ready
+- Use CFS for installing module and deploy box for module publish
+
+### v2.4.1-beta1 - 2025-02-28
 
 - Avoid querying for cursor position when it's not necessary
 - Handle buffer changes made by an event handler
diff --git a/reference/7.5/PSReadLine/PSReadLine.md b/reference/7.5/PSReadLine/PSReadLine.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Help Version: 7.5.0.0
 Locale: en-US
 Module Guid: 5714753b-2afd-4492-a5fd-01d9e2cff8b5
 Module Name: PSReadLine
-ms.date: 09/17/2024
+ms.date: 08/18/2025
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: PSReadLine
 ---
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ editing environment in PowerShell.
 There have been many updates to PSReadLine since the version that ships in
 Windows PowerShell 5.1.
 
+- v2.3.6 first shipped in PowerShell 7.4.7 and 7.5.0
 - v2.3.5 first shipped in PowerShell 7.4.2 and 7.5.0-preview.3
 - v2.3.4 first shipped in PowerShell 7.4.0-rc.1
 - v2.2.6 first shipped in PowerShell 7.3.0
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ Windows PowerShell 5.1.
 For more information about version differences, see
 [about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes](about/about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes.md).
 
-These articles document version 2.3.5 of PSReadLine.
+These articles document version 2.3.6 of PSReadLine.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > Beginning with PowerShell 7.0, PowerShell skips auto-loading PSReadLine on
diff --git a/reference/7.6/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine.md b/reference/7.6/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 description: PSReadLine provides an improved command-line editing experience in the PowerShell console.
 Locale: en-US
-ms.date: 03/03/2025
+ms.date: 08/18/2025
 online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/psreadline/about/about_psreadline?view=powershell-7.6&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: about_PSReadLine
@@ -159,11 +159,16 @@ APIs are documented in [about_PSReadLine_Functions][02].
 ### Command History
 
 PSReadLine maintains a history file containing all the commands and data you've
-entered from the command line. The history files are a file named
-`$($Host.Name)_history.txt`. On Windows systems the history file is stored at
-`$Env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadLine`. On non-Windows systems,
-the history files are stored at `$Env:XDG_DATA_HOME/powershell/PSReadLine` or
-`$Env:HOME/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine`.
+entered from the command line. The history file is a file named
+`$($Host.Name)_history.txt`, which results in a unique file for each host. For
+example, the history file for the PowerShell Extension console in Visual Studio
+Code is `Visual Studio Code Host_history.txt`.
+
+- On Windows systems, the history file is stored at
+  `$Env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadLine`.
+- On non-Windows systems, the history files are stored at
+  `$Env:XDG_DATA_HOME/powershell/PSReadLine` or
+  `$Env:HOME/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine`.
 
 The history can contain sensitive data including passwords. PSReadLine attempts
 to filter out sensitive information. Any command lines containing the following
diff --git a/reference/7.6/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes.md b/reference/7.6/PSReadLine/About/about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 description: This article contains the list of changes for each released version of PSReadLine.
 Locale: en-US
-ms.date: 03/03/2025
+ms.date: 08/18/2025
 online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/psreadline/about/about_psreadline_release_notes?view=powershell-7.6&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
 schema: 2.0.0
 title: about_PSReadLine_Release_Notes
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ changes, see the **PSReadLine** [ChangeLog][01].
 There have been many updates to PSReadLine since the version that ships in
 Windows PowerShell 5.1.
 
-- v2.3.6 shipped in PowerShell 7.5.0
+- v2.3.6 shipped in PowerShell 7.4.7 and 7.5.0
 - v2.3.5 shipped in PowerShell 7.4.2 and 7.5.0-preview.3
 - v2.3.4 shipped in PowerShell 7.4.0-rc.1
 - v2.2.6 shipped in PowerShell 7.3.0
@@ -29,7 +29,33 @@ Windows PowerShell 5.1.
 
 ## Release Notes
 
-### v2.4.0-beta1 - 2025-02-28
+### v2.4.3-beta3 - 2025-07-23
+
+You can get the v2.4.3-beta3 version of the PSReadLine module from PowerShell
+Gallery.
+
+This release includes the following changes:
+
+- Allow accepting the current input automatically from within an OnIdle event
+  handler
+- Add VS Code tasks and debug config
+- Add bound check for the cursor top value to InvokePrompt
+- Fix typo in SamplePSReadLineProfile.ps1
+- Fix line ending and cache some reflection operations
+- Improve test reliability by making sure the PSReadLine one-time
+  initialization is done
+
+### v2.4.2-beta2 - 2025-04-16
+
+You can get the v2.4.2-beta2 version of the PSReadLine module from PowerShell
+Gallery.
+
+This release includes the following changes:
+
+- Add a private field to indicate if PSReadLine is initialized and ready
+- Use CFS for installing module and deploy box for module publish
+
+### v2.4.1-beta1 - 2025-02-28
 
 - Avoid querying for cursor position when it's not necessary
 - Handle buffer changes made by an event handler
diff --git a/reference/7.6/PSReadLine/PSReadLine.md b/reference/7.6/PSReadLine/PSReadLine.md
