Releases: PowerShell/vscode-powershell

v2023.5.0

Wednesday, May 03, 2023

This release focused on include Justin Grote's new "attach .NET debugger" debug
configuration for binary PowerShell modules, and on handling start-up failures more
gracefully. If the start-up fails because the configured PowerShell is out-of-date,
instead of a confusing "undefined" error message we now detect the problem, inform the
user with a pop-up message of it, and offer to open the installation and/or update
instructions.

vscode-powershell

• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4549 - Update readme and troubleshooting docs.
• ✨ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4548 - Use named debug configurations instead of duplicating them.
• 🐛 🚨 vscode-powershell #4547 - Fix flaky test.
• 🐛 🛫 vscode-powershell #4543 - Update startup logic to handle session failure reasons.
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4534 - Add ESBuild Problem Matcher Extension. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• 🐛 🙏 vscode-powershell #4521 - Handle end-of-support PowerShell with error message.
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #4518 - Enable Mocha Test Explorer Integration. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• 🐛 🔍 vscode-powershell #4517 - Fix attachDotnetDebugger with custom config. (Thanks @fflaten!)
• 🐛 🔍 vscode-powershell #4516 - Add new debug configurations to package.json. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• #️⃣ 🔍 vscode-powershell #4511 - Add additional debug configuration templates for Pester and binary modules. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• #️⃣ 🔍🙏 vscode-powershell #4510 - Improve extension authoring experience with new Build Tasks and Launch Configs. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #4502 - Enable VS Code unit tests in Linux CI.
• ✨ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4498 - Enable ESLint explicit-function-return-type.
• ✨ 🔍 vscode-powershell #3903 - Add attachDotnetDebugger debug option. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)

PowerShellEditorServices v3.8.4

• 🐛 🛫 vscode-powershell #4509 - Set session failure with reason when applicable.
• ✨ 📖 PowerShellEditorServices #2016 - Add guide to configure Neovim. (Thanks @csc027!)

v2023.4.1-preview

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

vscode-powershell

• 🐛 🛫 vscode-powershell #4543 - Update startup logic to handle session failure reasons.
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4534 - Add ESBuild Problem Matcher Extension. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• 🐛 🙏 vscode-powershell #4521 - Handle end-of-support PowerShell with error message.
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #4518 - Enable Mocha Test Explorer Integration. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• 🐛 🔍 vscode-powershell #4517 - Fix attachDotnetDebugger with custom config. (Thanks @fflaten!)
• 🐛 🔍 vscode-powershell #4516 - Add new debug configurations to package.json. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)

PowerShellEditorServices v3.8.4

• 🐛 🛫 vscode-powershell #4509 - Set session failure with reason when applicable.
• ✨ 📖 PowerShellEditorServices #2016 - Add guide to configure Neovim. (Thanks @csc027!)

v2023.4.0-preview

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

vscode-powershell

• #️⃣ 🔍 vscode-powershell #4511 - Add additional debug configuration templates for Pester and binary modules. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• #️⃣ 🔍🙏 vscode-powershell #4510 - Improve extension authoring experience with new Build Tasks and Launch Configs. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #4502 - Enable VS Code unit tests in Linux CI.
• ✨ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4498 - Enable ESLint explicit-function-return-type.
• ✨ 🔍 vscode-powershell #3903 - Add attachDotnetDebugger debug option. (Thanks @JustinGrote!)

PowerShellEditorServices v3.8.3

• No update.

v2023.3.3

Thursday, March 30, 2023

This is primarily a bug-fix focused release, and we want to say thanks to all our loyal
preview extension users! The "PowerShell Preview" extension has now been officially
deprecated, with "preview" releases now available via the "" option on the
stable "PowerShell" extension in the marketplace. While you should be migrated
automatically, feel free to just uninstall the preview and install the now one-and-only
extension, but please keep testing our s! This change makes it much simpler to
use, as you no longer have to switch between two different extensions and instead can use
VS Code's marketplace to install your choice of version!

vscode-powershell

• 🐛 👷 vscode-powershell #4481 - Remove problematic [RepoNames] PowerShell class.
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #4464 - Remove preview label from marketplace.
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #3716 - Adopt the extension feature.
• 🐛 ✂️ vscode-powershell #4455 - Fix up "Calculated Property" snippet. (Thanks @DougDyreng!)
• 🐛 📺 vscode-powershell #4453 - Fix GenerateBugReport command to pre-fill template.
• ✨ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4425 - Hide last line in folded ranges for ISE Mode. (Thanks @fflaten!)
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4417 - Fix up dependencies.

PowerShellEditorServices v3.8.3

• Documentation update and CI fix.
• 🐛 🙏 vscode-powershell #4443 - Fix declaration detection for variables with type constraints.
• ✨ 🙏 vscode-powershell #3604 - Add document symbols for #region.
• ✨ 🙏 PowerShellEditorServices #2000 - Code clean-up and fixing end-to-end tests.
• 🐛 🐢 PowerShellEditorServices #1998 - Support module-qualified calls for Pester keywords. (Thanks @fflaten!)
• 🐛 🙏 vscode-powershell #3192 - Fix New-EditorFile adding content in current file. (Thanks @fflaten!)

v2023.3.2-preview

Monday, March 27, 2023

vscode-powershell

• 🐛 👷 vscode-powershell #4481 - Remove problematic [RepoNames] PowerShell class.
• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #4464 - Remove preview label from marketplace.

PowerShellEditorServices v3.8.3

• Documentation update and CI fix.

v2023.3.1-preview

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

vscode-powershell

• ✨ 👷 vscode-powershell #3716 - Adopt the extension feature.
• 🐛 ✂️ vscode-powershell #4455 - Fix up "Calculated Property" snippet. (Thanks @DougDyreng!)
• 🐛 📺 vscode-powershell #4453 - Fix GenerateBugReport command to pre-fill template.

PowerShellEditorServices v3.8.2

No changes.

v2023.3.0-preview

Thursday, March 09, 2023

vscode-powershell

• ✨ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4425 - Hide last line in folded ranges for ISE Mode. (Thanks @fflaten!)
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #4417 - Fix up dependencies.

PowerShellEditorServices v3.8.2

• 🐛 🙏 vscode-powershell #4443 - Fix declaration detection for variables with type constraints.
• ✨ 🙏 vscode-powershell #3604 - Add document symbols for #region.
• ✨ 🙏 PowerShellEditorServices #2000 - Code clean-up and fixing end-to-end tests.
• 🐛 🐢 PowerShellEditorServices #1998 - Support module-qualified calls for Pester keywords. (Thanks @fflaten!)
• 🐛 🙏 vscode-powershell #3192 - Fix New-EditorFile adding content in current file. (Thanks @fflaten!)

v2023.2.1

Thursday, February 23, 2023

vscode-powershell

Primarily an update to v3.8 of PowerShell Editor Services, as previewed over February.
Includes a massive enhancement to extension's symbol support, nearly completing the
Consistent References project, with the final work in an upcoming preview. Enjoy!

PowerShellEditorServices v3.8.1

• ✨ 📁 vscode-powershell #2112 - Add WorkspaceFolders and use it when enumerating files.
• ✨ 🙏 vscode-powershell #1481 - Count ${Function:My-Function} as a function reference.
• 🐛 🙏 vscode-powershell #1089 - Strip scope from function references.
• 🐛 🙏 PowerShellEditorServices #1989 - Keep only first assignment as declaration.
• ✨ 🐢 PowerShellEditorServices #1988 - Support Run/Debug tests in PSKoans-files. (Thanks @fflaten!)

In the PR below we rewrote all the symbol logic. Classes (and their properties and
methods) are now proper symbols. Instead of a dozen similar-yet-different Abstract Symbol
Tree (AST) PowerShell script visitors handling different parts of each symbol-related
request, we have a single visitor that builds a cached dictionary of symbols for each
file. This was a massive simplification of the code that also leads to huge performance
improvements across all the symbol related features:

• Go to Symbol in Workspace
• Go to Symbol in Editor
• Go to Definition
• Go to References / CodeLens
• Outline view

Please try it out and give us feedback! There's plenty of room for more improvement, and
this will be much easier going forward.

• ✨ 🙏 PowerShellEditorServices #1984 - Integrating class symbol support.

v2023.2.1-preview

Monday, February 13, 2023

vscode-powershell

Includes the updates from PowerShell Editor Services below:

PowerShellEditorServices v3.8.1

• ✨ 📁 vscode-powershell #2112 - Add WorkspaceFolders and use it when enumerating files.
• ✨ 🙏 vscode-powershell #1481 - Count ${Function:My-Function} as a function reference.
• 🐛 🙏 vscode-powershell #1089 - Strip scope from function references.
• 🐛 🙏 PowerShellEditorServices #1989 - Keep only first assignment as declaration.
• ✨ 🐢 PowerShellEditorServices #1988 - Support Run/Debug tests in PSKoans-files. (Thanks @fflaten!)

v2023.2.0-preview

Thursday, February 02, 2023

vscode-powershell

This preview includes all the work outlined below for enhanced symbol support.

PowerShellEditorServices v3.8.0

In the PR below we rewrote all the symbol logic. Classes (and their properties and
methods) are now proper symbols. Instead of a dozen similar-yet-different Abstract Symbol
Tree (AST) PowerShell script visitors handling different parts of each symbol-related
request, we have a single visitor that builds a cached dictionary of symbols for each
file. This was a massive simplification of the code that also leads to huge performance
improvements across all the symbol related features:

• Go to Symbol in Workspace
• Go to Symbol in Editor
• Go to Definition
• Go to References / CodeLens
• Outline view

Please try it out and give us feedback! There's plenty of room for more improvement, and
this will be much easier going forward.

• ✨ 🙏 PowerShellEditorServices #1984 - Integrating class symbol support.