Microsoft has released the second Windows Package Manager 1.8 release candidate build for Windows 10 (1809+) and Windows 11. HTTP Proxy support, WinGet Configuration Mixed Elevation Mode via COM, and WinGet Package Icon via COM are among the features. 

The updates include updating the WinGet Download standard with precise PS cmdlet assistance, introducing CDN troubleshooting steps, optimizing the fuzzing code coverage process, and more. The update also fixes issues with the x86 platform, SQLite wrapper, and PowerShellCmdlet.

Windows Package Manager 1.8.1762

This release represents our second Windows Package Manager 1.8 release candidate build for Windows 10 (1809+), and Windows 11.

Experimental features have been disabled in this release.

WinGet v1.8 will be the last stable version of WinGet with experimental features disabled. Starting in WinGet v1.9, stable releases will include the ability to enable experimental features unless blocked by Group Policy Objects (GPO).

Features

• HTTP Proxy support
• WinGet Configuration Mixed Elevation Mode support via COM
• WinGet Package Icon support via COM
• PowerShell Modules work on ARM64
• Control Characters shouldn't be allowed in user generated content
• Downloading MSStore packages
• Extracting archives using tar.exe

What's Changed

• Update WinGet Download spec with accurate PS cmdlet help by  @ryfu-msft in  #4182
• Add Troubleshooting Step for CDN by  @Trenly in  #4188
• CodeCoverage pipeline for submission to onefuzz. by  @ryfu-msft in  #4177
• Update fuzzing code coverage pipeline id by  @ryfu-msft in  #4191
• Increment version to 1.8 by  @ryfu-msft in  #4192
• Remove x86 platform from fuzzing pipeline by  @ryfu-msft in  #4195
• Make SQLite wrapper more resilient by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4196
• Pull in latest localized strings by  @ryfu-msft in  #4202
• Fix settings.schema.0.2.json not validating against schema by  @Mat2095 in  #4200
• Fix test error and change pipeline to properly report test crash by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4204
• Refactor IPackage by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4174
• Update Repair-WinGetPackageManager with UiXaml 2.8 by  @ryfu-msft in  #4218
• Copy semver.dll to direct dependencies by  @ryfu-msft in  #4226
• Fix xamlAsset value (powershell module) by  @vedantmgoyal9 in  #4240
• Update Triage Triggers by  @Trenly in  #4239
• Remove Needs-Triage when labels are applied by  @Trenly in  #4243
• Standardize Formatting of Documentation by  @Trenly in  #4244
• Fix conflict with Issue Forms by  @Trenly in  #4245
• Fix PowerShellCmdlet by  @msftrubengu in  #4247
• Add support for proxies  #190 by  @florelis in  #4203
• Make Ignore Warnings suppress the output level entirely by  @Trenly in  #4221
• Add spec for proxy support by  @florelis in  #4152
• Add Trigger for Needs-Repro Label by  @Trenly in  #4276
• Ignore corrupted source data by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4291
• Update similarissues.yml to include body information as well by  @craigloewen-msft in  #4295
• Fix EnableWindowsPackageManagerCommandLineInterfaces Policy Behavior by  @ryfu-msft in  #4293
• Better server start coordination by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4292
• Add experimental support for multiple installed versions by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4282
• Remove duplicates from MultiQuery by  @Trenly in  #4286
• Add support for setting source trust level by  @ryfu-msft in  #4216
• Remove macro condition for GetAdminSettingPolicy by  @ryfu-msft in  #4314
• Fix header for AdminSettings by  @ryfu-msft in  #4315
• Add Triggers for context labels by  @Trenly in  #4335
• Add support for optional limitation set in configuration remote server and processors by  @yao-msft in  #4349
• Dynamic runtime configuration support by  @ryfu-msft in  #4355
• Improve MSStore installation success rate by trying Restart or Cancel when applicable by  @yao-msft in  #4356
• Refactor HttpClientHelper to CommonCore by  @ryfu-msft in  #4371
• Added AdditionalLibraryDirectories to UndockedRegFreeWinRT by  @AmelBawa-msft in  #4374
• Index v2 by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4387
• Make DLL directory work in packaged cases as well by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4389
• Enable Microsoft.WinGet.Client arm64 support by  @msftrubengu in  #4392
• Add Arm64 to list of architectures in Module Initialization. by  @snickler in  #4251
• Fix e2e tests by setting the test source package as trusted by  @yao-msft in  #4409
• Fix mixed elevation integration issue by using MemoryStream by  @yao-msft in  #4413
• Pull in microsoft sfs-client repo as subtree by  @yao-msft in  #4408
• Add initial support for msstore download experimental feature by  @ryfu-msft in  #4386
• Explicitly add Microsoft.Management.Configuration as remoting server dependency by  @yao-msft in  #4418
• Update instructions to build repo locally with vcpkg enabled by  @yao-msft in  #4426
• Make SecurityContext field name camelCase by  @yao-msft in  #4433
• Add Workflow logs and fix installed version workflow bug by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4432
• Block control codes and truncate longer configuration text blocks by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4436
• Configure export command by  @msftrubengu in  #4434
• Create local Microsoft.WindowsPackageManager.Utils nuget by  @msftrubengu in  #4439
• Use GitHub's built in markdown highlighting to highlight notes in README by  @alvinsjoy in  #4441
• Remove Parent Directory when Empty by  @Trenly in  #4451
• Complete MSStore download and licensing by  @yao-msft in  #4464
• Make proxy feature stable by  @yao-msft in  #4466
• Index V2 consumption by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4462
• Remove PAT token for ADO fuzzing task by  @ryfu-msft in  #4478
• Update the correlation tools by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4479
• Allow a property to force the /debugtype override onto some projects by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4480
• Initialize logging of global logger for inproc invocations by  @yao-msft in  #4490
• Fix limit mode metadata blocking by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4489
• Move paths code to shared by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4484
• WinGetDownload E_ACCESSDENIED by  @msftrubengu in  #4518
• Update sfs-client to 1.0.0 release by  @yao-msft in  #4517
• Enable Microsoft Entra Id auth for displaycatalog and use enterprise offline sku by  @yao-msft in  #4544
• Winget Repair - Eliminate installer type mapping for MSI/WIX and MSIX NonStore ,code refactoring & E2E Test Coverage by  @Madhusudhan-MSFT in  #4534
• Add support for extracting archives using tar.exe by  @ryfu-msft in  #4541
• Make SxS stable by  @JohnMcPMS in  #4563
• Fix export manifest with multiple locales by  @yao-msft in  #4569
• 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

New Contributors

• @Mat2095 made their first contribution in  #4200
• @snickler made their first contribution in  #4251
• @alvinsjoy made their first contribution in  #4441

Full Changelog:  v1.7.10514...v1.8.1762

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