v2021.8.2

v2021.8.2

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

This release also contains all changes listed in v2021.8.1-preview
below. Notably it fixes several major issues when debugging scripts that were caused by
threading deadlocks in both PowerShell Editor Services and its library, OmniSharp's C#
Language Server Protocol that we resolved by setting the compiler to treat
CA2007 as an error. This allowed us to programmatically fix every awaited task to
use .ConfigureAwait(false) and so avoid deadlocks caused by the introduction of new
synchronization contexts in user code (such as the use of System.Windows.Forms). By
fixing this through a compiler rule, we effectively prevent the issue from recurring.
Additionally, we not only added a full regression test for this scenario but also
re-enabled all the prior DebugService unit tests in PowerShell Editor Services.

While there is still much work to do, we are making significant headway on improve the
debugger's reliability, one of our current project focuses. See the Debugger Reliability
Project for our progress.

vscode-powershell

• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #3518 - Update build and task configurations.

PowerShellEditorServices

• 🐛 🔍 vscode-powershell #3513 - Fix debugger regression where console needed input to start/continue.

v2021.8.2-preview

v2021.8.2-preview

Monday, August 23, 2021

vscode-powershell

• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #3518 - Update build and task configurations.

PowerShellEditorServices

• 🐛 🔍 vscode-powershell #3513 - Fix debugger regression where console needed input to start/continue.

v2021.8.1-preview

v2021.8.1-preview

Thursday, August 19, 2021

vscode-powershell

• ✨ 🚨 vscode-powershell #3506 - Update test runner.
• 🐛#️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #3499 - (#3499) Remove msjsdiag.debugger-for-chrome suggestion. (Thanks @corbob!)

PowerShellEditorServices

• 🐛 🛫 PowerShellEditorServices #1547 - Fix creation of InitialSessionState to use CreateDefault2().
• ✨ 👷 PowerShellEditorServices #1544 - Explicitly disable implicit namespace imports.
• ✨ 👷 PowerShellEditorServices #1545 - Make dotnet test arguments configurable.
• 🐛 ⏱️ vscode-powershell #3410 - Add regression test for System.Windows.Forms bug.
• 🐛 👷 PowerShellEditorServices #1541 - Update C# language version to 10.0 to fix bug with .NET SDK 6 Preview 7.
• 🐛 🚨 PowerShellEditorServices #1442 - Fix tests in Debugging/DebugServiceTests.cs and simplify faulty script path logic.
• ✨ 🔍 PowerShellEditorServices #1532 - Make ExecuteCommandAsync cancellable .

v2021.8.0

v2021.8.0

Monday, August 09, 2021

The first stable release since v2021.6.2, this release includes all the changes from v2021.8.0-preview and v2021.7.0-preview (see below). While the highlights are listed here, please read our blog post for the full story!

vscode-powershell

• ✨ 📺 vscode-powershell #3422 - Update extension icon (and use a special preview icon).
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #2286 - Pipeline-ify entire release process.

PowerShellEditorServices

• ✨ 🔍 PowerShellEditorServices #1533 - Enable and fix many .NET Code Analysis warnings.
• ✨ 👷 PowerShellEditorServices #1528 - Automate entire release process.
• ✨ 🙏 PowerShellEditorServices #1493 - Load only bundled PSReadLine.
• 🐛 👷 PowerShellEditorServices #1513 - Import InvokePesterStub.ps1 from vscode-powershell (with history).

v2021.8.0-preview

v2021.8.0-preview

Tuesday, August 03, 2021

vscode-powershell

• ✨ 📺 vscode-powershell #3422 - Update extension icon (and use a special preview icon).
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #2286 - Pipeline-ify entire release process.

PowerShellEditorServices

• ✨ 🔍 PowerShellEditorServices #1533 - Enable and fix many .NET Code Analysis warnings.
• ✨ 👷 PowerShellEditorServices #1530 - Update release and CI pipelines.
• ✨ 👷 PowerShellEditorServices #1528 - Automate entire release process.
• ✨ 🛫 PowerShellEditorServices #1527 - Add stack trace to resolve event handler on debug.
• ✨ 🛫 PowerShellEditorServices #1523 - Initialize runspaces with InitialSessionState object.

v2021.7.0-preview

v2021.7.0-preview

Thursday, July 15, 2021

vscode-powershell

• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #3458 - Automate more of the release.
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #3439 - Fix Package task.

PowerShellEditorServices

• ✨ 🚨 PowerShellEditorServices #1522 - Run new PSReadLine test on Windows.
• ✨ 📖 PowerShellEditorServices #1519 - Update README.md. (Thanks @vladdoster!)
• ✨ 🙏 PowerShellEditorServices #1493 - Load only bundled PSReadLine.
• 🐛 👷 PowerShellEditorServices #1513 - Import InvokePesterStub.ps1 from vscode-powershell (with history).
• 🐛 🛫 PowerShellEditorServices #1503 - Handle incomingSettings and profileObject being null. (Thanks @dkattan!)

v2021.6.2

v2021.6.2

Thursday, June 24, 2021

vscode-powershell

• 👷🐛 vscode-powershell #2536 - Release refinements.

PowerShellEditorServices

• 👷🐛 PowerShellEditorServices #1509 Fix signing of files in release.

v2021.6.1

v2021.6.1

Monday, June 21, 2021

vscode-powershell

• 📁✨ vscode-powershell #3334 - Explicitly disable extension for untrusted workspaces.
• 📺 vscode-powershell #3378 - Include $ in PowerShell word separators.
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #3390 - Change OS-architecture check to work with other locales. (Thanks @mat-ocl!)

PowerShellEditorServices

• 🐛 PowerShellEditorServices #1495 - Prevent some exceptions.
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #3395 - Work around dotnet publish bug.

v2021.6.1-preview

v2021.6.1-preview

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

vscode-powershell

• 📁✨ vscode-powershell #3334 - Explicitly disable extension for untrusted workspaces.
• 📺 vscode-powershell #3378 - Include $ in PowerShell word separators.
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #3390 - Change OS-architecture check to work with other locales. (Thanks @mat-ocl!)

PowerShellEditorServices

• 🐛 PowerShellEditorServices #1495 - Prevent some exceptions.
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #3395 - Work around dotnet publish bug.

v2021.5.1

v2021.5.1

Thursday, May 27, 2021

vscode-powershell

This stable release includes all the changes in the previews since v2021.2.2, plus the following:

• 🐛🔧 vscode-powershell #3221 - Disable semantic highlighting by default.
• 📖📺✨ vscode-powershell #1943 - Note that ISE theme is included in this extension.
• 🔧🔍🐛✨ vscode-powershell #3338 - Don't prompt to save untitled PowerShell files when debugging.

Since we have disabled semantic highlighting by default now, if you wish to re-enable it, use:

"[powershell]": {
    "editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": true
}

We now also remove - and $ from the word separators by default for PowerShell files.
To add them back, use:

"[powershell]": {
    "editor.wordSeparators": "`~!@#$%^&*()-=+[{]}\\|;:'\",.<>/?"
}

PowerShellEditorServices

This stable release includes all the changes in the previews since v2.3.0, plus the following:

• ✨👷 PowerShellEditorServices #1491 - Bump OmniSharp to v0.19.2.
• 🧠🐛 vscode-powershell #715 - Fix unintentional module import. (Thanks @MartinGC94!)

The most significant change is the update to OmniSharp v0.19.2, from the previous version v0.18.3, released in November 2020. OmniSharp is the underlying Language Server Protocol and Debug Adapter Protocol server library, and as such is our biggest dependency. This update brings us to the LSP 3.16 and DAP 1.48.x specifications, enabling us to start incorporating all the latest LSP changes, and it includes numerous bug fixes and enhancements resulting in a faster and more stable server and extension experience.