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Assertion failed when looking up parameter help message #27393

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If I run a debug build and type in Get-WinEvent -<Ctrl+Space> the process dies with this output:

PS C:\Users\Martin\source\repos\PowerShell\src\powershell-win-core\bin\Debug\net11.0\win7-x64\publish> Get-WinEvent -Process terminated.
Assertion failed.
Lookup failure: baseName GetEventResources resourceId ListLogParamHelp
   at System.Management.Automation.Diagnostics.Assert(Boolean condition, String whyThisShouldNeverHappen, String detailMessage) in C:\Users\Martin\source\repos\PowerShell\src\System.Management.Automation\utils\assert.cs:line 193
   at System.Management.Automation.Diagnostics.Assert(Boolean condition, String whyThisShouldNeverHappen) in C:\Users\Martin\source\repos\PowerShell\src\System.Management.Automation\utils\assert.cs:line 128
   at System.Management.Automation.ResourceManagerCache.GetResourceString(Assembly assembly, String baseName, String resourceId) in C:\Users\Martin\source\repos\PowerShell\src\System.Management.Automation\utils\ResourceManagerCache.cs:line 204
   at System.Management.Automation.CompletionCompleters.TryGetParameterHelpMessage(ParameterAttribute attr, Assembly assembly, String& message) in C:\Users\Martin\source\repos\PowerShell\src\System.Management.Automation\engine\CommandCompletion\CompletionCompleters.cs:line 865
   at System.Management.Automation.CompletionCompleters.GetParameterCompletionResults(String parameterName, UInt32 validParameterSetFlags, IEnumerable`1 parameters, Boolean withColon, Assembly commandAssembly) in C:\Users\Martin\source\repos\PowerShell\src\System.Management.Automation\engine\CommandCompletion\CompletionCompleters.cs:line 930
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I don't think we expect every command parameter to have a help message, so I suppose we have to bypass the assertion somehow when doing completions.
The ListLogParamHelp resource appears to be missing and should be added to avoid this missed assertion.

Expected behavior

No errors when trying to tab complete in debug build.

Actual behavior

The process dies when tab completing as described above.

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Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.6.0-preview.3
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.6.0-preview.3-531-gb9bd8cbc59762f4e4d4dc81a08e6b7417efd2937
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.26200
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.4
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

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