7.2.0-preview.9 - 2021-08-23

Note: Known issue about ANSI code being written out in table views when using PowerShell with a legacy host that doesn't support virtual terminal. For details see: #15978

Breaking Changes

• Change the default value of $PSStyle.OutputRendering to OutputRendering.Host and remove OutputRendering.Automatic (Change default to OutputRendering.Host and remove OutputRendering.Automatic #15882)
• Fix CA1052 for public API to make classes static when they only have static methods (Fix CA1052 for public API #15775) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• Update pwsh.exe -File to only accept .ps1 script files on Windows (Only allow -File to accept .ps1 scripts on Windows #15859)

Engine Updates and Fixes

• Update .NET adapter to handle interface static members properly (Update .NET adapter to handle interface static members properly #15908)
• Catch and handle unauthorized access exception when removing AppLocker test files (Add error catch for unauthorized access when removing AppLocker test files #15881)

General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

• Add -PassThru parameter to Set-Clipboard (Add -PassThru parameter to Set-Clipboard #13713) (Thanks @ThomasNieto!)
• Add -Encoding parameter for Tee-Object (Encoding Parameter for Tee-Object #12135) (Thanks @Peter-Schneider!)
• Update ConvertTo-Csv and Export-Csv to handle IDictionary objects (ConvertTo-Csv / Export-Csv - Serialize IDictionary objects with key/value pairs as properties #11029) (Thanks @vexx32!)
• Update the parameters -Exception and -ErrorRecord for Write-Error to be position 0 (Add position 0 to Write-Error parameters #13813) (Thanks @ThomasNieto!)
• Don't use ArgumentList when creating COM object with New-Object as it's not applicable to the COM parameter set (Don't use ArgumentList when creating COM object as it's not applicable to the COM parameter set #15915)
• Fix $PSStyle list output to correctly show TableHeader (Fix $PSStyle list output to correctly show TableHeader #15928)
• Remove the PSImplicitRemotingBatching experimental feature (Remove implicit remoting batch experimental feature #15863)
• Fix issue with Get-Process -Module failing to stop when it's piped to Select-Object (Fix issue with Get-Process -Module failing to stop when piped to Select-Object #15682) (Thanks @ArmaanMcleod!)
• Make the experimental features PSUnixFileStat, PSCultureInvariantReplaceOperator, PSNotApplyErrorActionToStderr, PSAnsiRendering, PSAnsiProgressFeatureName stable (Make PS-Committee reviewed experimental features stable #15864)
• Enhance Remove-Item to work with OneDrive (Enhance Remove-Item to work with OneDrive (Third) #15571) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• Make global tool entrypoint class static (Make global tool entry point class static to fix global tool compilation #15880)
• Update ServerRemoteHost version to be same as PSVersion (Update ServerRemoteHost Version to be same as PSVersion #15809)
• Make the initialization of HttpKnownHeaderNames thread safe (Thread-safe HttpKnownHeaderNames initialization #15519) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
• ConvertTo-Csv: Quote fields with quotes and newlines when using -UseQuotes AsNeeded (ConvertTo-Csv: Quote fields with quotes and newlines when using -UseQuotes AsNeeded #15765) (Thanks @lselden!)
• Forwarding progress stream changes from Foreach-Object -Parallel runspaces (Forwarding progress stream changes from Foreach-Object -Parallel runspaces #14271) (Thanks @powercode!)
• Add validation to $PSStyle to reject printable text when setting a property that only expects ANSI escape sequence (Add validation to $PSStyle to reject printable text as ANSI escape sequence #15825)

Code Cleanup

Tools

• Enable /rebase to automatically rebase a PR (Enable /rebase to automatically rebase a PR #15808)
• Update .editorconfig to not replace tabs with spaces in .tsv files (EditorConfig: don't replace tabs with spaces in tsv files #15815) (Thanks @SethFalco!)
• Update PowerShell team members in the change log generation script (Update PowerShell team members in the change log generation script #15817)

Tests

• Add more tests to validate the current command error handling behaviors (Add more tests to validate the current command error handling behaviors #15919)
• Make Measure-Object property test independent of the file system (Make Measure-Object property test independent of the filesystem #15879)
• Add more information when a syslog parsing error occurs (Add more information when a syslog parsing error occurs #15857)
• Harden logic when looking for syslog entries to be sure that we select based on the process id (Harden logic when looking for syslog entries for failing test #15841)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Documentation and Help Content

• Update README and metadata files for release v7.2.0-preview.8 (Update README and metadata files for release v7.2.0-preview.8 #15819)
• Update change logs for 7.0.7 and 7.1.4 (Update changelogs for 7.0.7 and 7.1.4 #15921)
• Fix spelling in XML docs (Fix spelling in XML docs #15939) (Thanks @slowy07!)
• Update PowerShell Committee members (Update PS-Committee members #15837)

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