The second release candidate build of Windows Package Manager 1.9.25170 for Windows 10 and Windows 11 has been released. The modifications encompass an increase to 1.9, enhancements to localization pipelines, and resolutions for several issues. The package additionally offers support for extracting archives via tar.exe, enhancing SxS stability, and improving compatibility with versions that include preambles.

Windows Package Manager 1.9.25170

This release represents our second 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)

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Sixel support is here to display icons and a new progress visualization. To try out this new feature, you must be using a terminal that supports sixels, such as the latest Windows Terminal Preview build. To enable this feature, include the following snipping in your settings file:

{
  "$schema": "https://aka.ms/winget-settings.schema.json",
  "visual": {
    "enableSixels": true,
    "progressBar": "sixel"
  }
}

WinGet Configuration files with DSC Resources requiring elevation can now be handled more gracefully. The "Configure Self Elevation" experimental feature can be enabled with the following snippet in your settings file:

{
  "$schema": "https://aka.ms/winget-settings.schema.json",
  "experimentalFeatures": {
    "configureSelfElevate": true
  }
}

Use "securityContext: elevated" under "directives:" for any resources requiring administrator. WinGet will trigger a single User Account Control (UAC) prompt when the configuration is run under user context. Resources requiring elevation are run elevated, and the rest are run in user context. The following example shows how the .NET Tutorial - Hello World in 5 minutes will be updated to provide a better user experience.

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://aka.ms/configuration-dsc-schema/0.2
properties:
  resources:
    - resource: Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage
      id: install-dotnet8-SDK
      directives:
        description: Install .NET 8 SDK
        securityContext: elevated
      settings:
        id: Microsoft.DotNet.SDK.8
        source: winget
    - resource: Microsoft.WinGet.DSC/WinGetPackage
      id: install-vs-code
      directives:
        description: Install Visual Studio Code
      settings:
        id: Microsoft.VisualStudioCode
        source: winget
    - resource: Microsoft.VSCode.DSC/VSCodeExtension
      id: install-csharp-dev-kit
      dependsOn:
        - install-vs-code
      directives:
        description: Install C# Dev Kit
        allowPrerelease: true
      settings:
        name: ms-dotnettools.csdevkit
        exist: true
  configurationVersion: 0.2.0

What's ChangedIncrement 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 Change enum value name by @JohnMcPMS in #4864 Set WindowsSdkPackageVersion to older value by @JohnMcPMS in #4860 Enable USE_PROD_CLSIDS switch in CommonCore by @JohnMcPMS in #4865 Make dependency lookup case insensitive by @JohnMcPMS in #4866 Documentation - added Microsoft.Rest as a supported source type by @bubbletroubles in #4873 Add hash mismatch telemetry details by @JohnMcPMS in #4857 Update package with CVEs by @florelis in #4881 Add ADMX policies for security features in App Installer by @florelis in #4726 Consume all input during extract sequence by @JohnMcPMS in #4882 Fix for Source Argument Validation in SourceWorkflow for Default Source Type by @Madhusudhan-MSFT in #4891 Add latest localized strings by @ryfu-msft in #4892 New Contributors

• @skanda890 made their first contribution in  #4599
• @kilasuit made their first contribution in  #4716
• @bubbletroubles made their first contribution in  #4873

Full Changelog:  v1.8.1911...v1.9.25170

Release Windows Package Manager 1.9.25170 · microsoft/winget-cli