Migrate Pester tests from v4 to v6 - #27661

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Commits on Jun 29, 2026

Migrate Pester tests from v4 to v5

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Fix duplicate Run key in PesterConfiguration hashtable

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Fix UpdatableHelpSystem.Tests.ps1 discovery/runtime scope bugs

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Fix Pester 5 scope bugs in 3 more test files
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Fix Pester 5 scope bugs and -ErrorId matching in more test files

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Fix Pester 5 discovery and skip patterns in 2 more test files

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Restore ErrorView squiggles and fix SemanticVersion BeforeAll/BeforeDiscovery

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Fix Pester 5 discovery/runtime scope issues in remoting+misc tests

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Pester 5: discovery-scope and TestCases fixes for two Windows-elevated suites

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Pester 5: top-level skip, $script: scope, and assertion operator fixes (round 8)

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Pester 5: round 9 - cross-platform scope and assertion fixes

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Pester 5: round 10 - Windows-elevated and helper-function fixes

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Pester 5: fix PSSessionConfiguration RegisterNewConfiguration null path

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Pester 5: avoid Join-Path on TestDrive PSDrive during discovery

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Pester 5: round 12 - top-level helper functions + runtime $script: rebinding

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Pester 5: round 13 - merge duplicate BeforeAll blocks (only last runs in 5.7.1)

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Pester 5: round 14 - move Describe-level skips out of BeforeAll, wrap file-scope state in BeforeAll

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Pester 5: round 15 - sweep anti-patterns #26 (skip-in-BeforeAll too late) and #27 (file-scope vars invisible in runtime hooks)

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Pester 5: round 16 - fix anti-pattern #28 (file-scope it:skip leaking globally)

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Pester 5: round 17 - WSL-validated batch fix across 12 test files

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Pester 5: round 18 - redefine ConvertTo-Hashtable inside DefaultCommands BeforeAll

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test(pester5): r19 — anti-pattern #26 Linux/macOS skip batch

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Pester 5 migration round 20 - 5 files (next-tier residuals)

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Pester 5 migration round 21 - AP23 in 2 Windows-only test files
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Pester 5 migration round 22 - 5 file-targeted fixes

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Pester 5 migration round 23 - WinRM / IsWindows discovery-time skips

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Pester 5 migration round 24 - Implicit.Remoting probe + product Pending batch

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Pester 5 migration round 25 - fix discovery regression from round 24

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Pester 5: round 26 local iteration fixes (5 files)

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Pester 5 migration round 27 — Implicit.Remoting AP31 fix + WebCmdlets
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Pester 5 migration round 28 - skip platform-specific product issues

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Pester 5 migration round 29 — drop redundant runtime skipTest guards in Implicit.Remoting

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Pester 5 migration round 30 — discovery-time skip & TestCases interpolation fixes

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Pester 5: fix UsingAssembly $script: scope, restore LocalAccounts disable

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Pester 5: restore AfterAll in Format-Custom DRT Describe to unbreak $PSStyle.OutputRendering across files

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Pester 5: fix WinCompat $script:desktopModuleToUse and symlink BeforeDiscovery

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Pester 5: keep wsman: drive globally scoped after remove/re-add test

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Pester 5: fix Test-Path NUL TestCases truncating junit XML; clean up user-help

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Pester 5: shallow-project PassThru before Export-Clixml; skip 2 Get-Help cross-file pollution tests

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Clean up merge artifacts and global variable pollution

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Remove unnecessary platform skips, fix helpFunc12 syntax test

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Fix NativeStreams and SuppressAnsi cross-file PSStyle pollution

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Fix ProxyCommand.GetHelpComments for environments with installed help

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Add AfterAll to restore OutputRendering after Allow Escape Sequences

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Fix NativeStreams tests for corrupted ErrorRecord format view

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Replace $global: bridge with -ForEach in DefaultCommands.Tests

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Use Start-Process for stderr redirect test to bypass ErrorRecord formatting

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Address review: restore SemanticVersion invalid cases, dedupe data, fix ProxyCommand help check

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SemanticVersion: keep lenient-parse cases dropped, trim duplicate run-phase data

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Dedup ConvertTo-Hashtable in DefaultCommands.Tests.ps1

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Reference tracking issue #27642 in macOS skip comments

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Commits on Jul 7, 2026

Bump to Pester 6.0.0 and apply v6 compatibility fixes

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Fix Pester 6 OOM in Encoding.Tests: pass command name, not CommandInfo

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Convert It -Pending to -Skip for Pester 6

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Fix ErrorView ConciseView test for Pester 6 TestDrive naming

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Skip unreliable untrusted-module import at discovery for Pester 6

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Commits on Jul 24, 2026

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Commits on Aug 27, 2026