Windows Package Manager 1.9.2507

Warning

We've found a problem with enabling WinGet Configuration and our Sixel implementation.
We will be cutting a new release candidate to address these issues.

• WinGet 1.9 Release Candidate bugs

This release represents our first Windows Package Manager 1.9 release candidate build for Windows 10 (1809+), and Windows 11.

This release includes the ability to enable experimental features unless blocked by Group Policy Objects (GPO)

Features

• Experimental Support for Sixel
• Support for portables with binary dependencies
• Entra ID auth support
• V2 Index
• Security Improvements
• Detailed help documentation for powershell cmdlets

What's Changed

• Increment version to 1.9 by @ryfu-msft in #4522
• Update localization pipeline to new auth type by @florelis in #4532
• Fix loc pipeline service connection by @florelis in #4533
• Enable Microsoft Entra Id auth for displaycatalog and use enterprise offline sku by @yao-msft in #4544
• Add tests for configure mixed elevation by @ryfu-msft in #4487
• Make v2 index EF enabled by default by @JohnMcPMS in #4553
• Trim Version When Parsing by @Trenly in #4554
• Add Tests for Parsing Versions with Whitespace by @Trenly in #4557
• Winget Repair - Eliminate installer type mapping for MSI/WIX and MSIX NonStore ,code refactoring & E2E Test Coverage by @Madhusudhan-MSFT in #4534
• Update Pipeline Component Versions by @Trenly in #4560
• Add support for extracting archives using tar.exe by @ryfu-msft in #4541
• Make SxS stable by @JohnMcPMS in #4563
• Use digest verification APIs for MSIX when available by @JohnMcPMS in #4564
• Improve Support for Versions with Preambles by @Trenly in #4558
• Launch COM server for elevated use via packaged path by @JohnMcPMS in #4567
• Fix export manifest with multiple locales by @yao-msft in #4569
• Configuration history support by @JohnMcPMS in #4552
• Make Store package download stable by @yao-msft in #4570
• Update expired certificate with incoming one by @JohnMcPMS in #4568
• Apply latest patch for localized strings by @ryfu-msft in #4578
• Update winget server com security by @yao-msft in #4577
• Component Governance fix: Update libyaml by @yao-msft in #4583
• Update valijson to v1.0.2 by @yao-msft in #4588
• Use atomic functions to ensure single initialization of tracking catalog by @JohnMcPMS in #4592
• Standardize line endings in expect.txt by @Trenly in #4595
• Fix service connection for ESRP codesigning for utils nuget package by @ryfu-msft in #4597
• Configuration apply queueing by @JohnMcPMS in #4590
• Ensure Agreements don't terminate in dependency flow by @Trenly in #4594
• Remove libyaml Dockerfile by @florelis in #4604
• Update README.md and Pull Request and Issue templates by @skanda890 in #4599
• Attempt to update dependencies when not registered by @JohnMcPMS in #4606
• Remove experimental from index v2 by @JohnMcPMS in #4607
• ARM64 build and test fixes by @JohnMcPMS in #4608
• Use shared manifest in COM server by @JohnMcPMS in #4605
• Add AnyCPU to .gitignore by @JohnMcPMS in #4621
• Fix for attempted use of capability API before it was introduced by @JohnMcPMS in #4620
• Fix Component Governance by @msftrubengu in #4629
• Update documentation errors by @Trenly in #4649
• Update Zlib library dependency for PureLib by @ryfu-msft in #4654
• update curl vcpkg version to 8.8.0 by @ryfu-msft in #4655
• Pull in latest SFSClient by @ryfu-msft in #4670
• Remove prerelease, update icon uri, and clean up for PowerShell modules by @ryfu-msft in #4672
• Use ContinueWith rather than finally for coroutine result types by @JohnMcPMS in #4669
• Store configuration status and enable remote watch events by @JohnMcPMS in #4647
• Update README.md by @skanda890 in #4687
• Update metadata collection tooling by @JohnMcPMS in #4688
• Skip uninstall attempt when installed package version is not present by @JohnMcPMS in #4685
• Upgrade to check-spelling v0.0.22 by @jsoref in #3896
• Fix downloader selection by @florelis in #4696
• Split testing into separate pipeline job by @JohnMcPMS in #4675
• Update NOTICE by @JohnMcPMS in #4699
• Delete CodeCoverage and WinGetUtil NuGet pipelines by @florelis in #4708
• WinRT activation shim for Microsoft.Management.Deployment by @JohnMcPMS in #4709
• Add missing solution dependency by @JohnMcPMS in #4717
• Fix the actual problem with the build... by @JohnMcPMS in #4719
• Send unit telemetry on success by @JohnMcPMS in #4720
• Pull in latest SFS client by @ryfu-msft in #4725
• PowerShell Help for Microsoft.WinGet.Client by @denelon in #4674
• Create public sample by @JohnMcPMS in #4734
• Generate Microsoft.WinGet.Client help docs in cmdlet output by @ryfu-msft in #4731
• Remove preference for "installed" installer type by @JohnMcPMS in #4740
• Update curl to 8.9.1 by @ryfu-msft in #4745
• Fix Reset-WinGetSource behavior by @ryfu-msft in #4732
• External HR error message support by @JohnMcPMS in #4746
• Generate test certificates in pipeline by @florelis in #4747
• [Spec] Windows Package Manager Repair functionality Design spec by @Madhusudhan-MSFT in #3943
• Update build status badge by @JohnMcPMS in #4758
• Run test tasks if succeededOrFailed by @JohnMcPMS in #4759
• Binskim error EnableCriticalCompilerWarnings by @ryfu-msft in #4764
• Run Unpackaged Unit Tests with winget-installed PsExec by @ryfu-msft in #4760
• Spelling by @JohnMcPMS in #4772
• Updates to PowerShell help docs by @mdanish-kh in #4781
• Repair-WinGetPackageManager improvements by @JohnMcPMS in #4774
• Allow for smaller configuration outputs by @JohnMcPMS in #4754
• Add diagnostics to dynamic factory by @JohnMcPMS in #4757
• PS Gallery tests are unreliable by @JohnMcPMS in #4791
• Add pwsh support for trust level and explicit by @ryfu-msft in #4750
• Updates to the PowerShell modules by @kilasuit in #4716
• Microsoft.WinGet.DSC improvements (and breaking change) by @JohnMcPMS in #4795
• Small build changes by @florelis in #4807
• Add initial 1.9 manifest by @ryfu-msft in #4811
• Fix Component Governance issues by @florelis in #4814
• Fix grammatical issues in Bug Report.yml, and Update dependencies by @skanda890 in #4788
• upgrading to similar-issues-ai by @denelon in #4819
• Update nuget for E2E test project by @ryfu-msft in #4821
• Fix PATH issue for archive containing nested portables with binary dependencies by @ryfu-msft in #4816
• Revert PowerShell modules to alpha by @JohnMcPMS in #4823
• Update fuzzing template area path by @ryfu-msft in #4824
• Add a few more command aliases by @Trenly in #4822
• Fix issue with unicode characters in symlink target path by @ryfu-msft in #4834
• Pull in latest localized strings by @ryfu-msft in #4840
• Sixel support by @JohnMcPMS in #4828
• More messages for common Store package download scenarios by @yao-msft in #4841
• WinGet COM API for Repair by @Madhusudhan-MSFT in #4736
• Improve configuration self elevation flow by @JohnMcPMS in #4844
• Pull in latest localized strings by @ryfu-msft in #4855
• Update curl by @florelis in #4856
• Add extended error codes to results without them by @JohnMcPMS in #4858

New Contributors

• @skanda890 made their first contribution in #4599
• @kilasuit made their first contribution in #4716

Full Changelog: v1.8.1911...v1.9.2507