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@liamjpeters Liam Peters (liamjpeters) commented Jul 20, 2026 •
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Windows PowerShell CI tests were not pinned to a Pester version and so used the latest stable. This changed recently to v6 (well done on the release Jakub Jareš (@nohwnd) 🎉).

Windows PowerShell CI was broken - complaining of a missing -Pending parameter, which has been removed in v6.

Instead of just pinning the Windows PowerShell version to 5.7.1, the changes required for v6 compatibility were minimal, so those changes were made instead.

Claude and I used the v5-v6 migration guide and skill to update to v6.

I've now pinned the Windows PowerShell version in line with the tools/installPSResources.ps1 version - settling on the current 6.0.1. I Can't find a tidy way to specify the version once and have it used in both places. Open to suggestions if there's a good way.

Note: This does not do the Should -Be to Should-Be migration that is optional for this version change and documented here.

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Upgrade Pester to version 6.0.1 in CI workflow and documentation
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Pull request overview

Updates the repo’s tooling, CI, and test suite to be compatible with (and pinned to) Pester v6, addressing Windows PowerShell CI failures caused by the removal of the -Pending parameter.

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  • Pinned Pester to 6.0.1 in tooling (installPSResources.ps1) and Windows PowerShell CI (ci-test.yml).
  • Migrated affected Pester tests from -Pending to -Skip for v6 compatibility.
  • Updated README references to Pester v6 / minimum required Pester version.

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tools/installPSResources.ps1 Bumps the pinned Pester version used by tooling installs to 6.0.1.
Tests/Rules/UseToExportFieldsInManifest.tests.ps1 Replaces -Pending usage with -Skip for Pester v6 compatibility.
Tests/Rules/UseIdenticalMandatoryParametersForDSC.tests.ps1 Replaces -Pending usage with -Skip for Pester v6 compatibility.
README.md Updates documentation to reference Pester v6 and minimum required version.
.github/workflows/ci-test.yml Pins Pester version in Windows PowerShell CI to avoid unintentional upgrades.

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@liamjpeters Liam Peters (liamjpeters) mentioned this pull request Jul 23, 2026
Add missing Severity entry for Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer docs #2193
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@liamjpeters Liam Peters (liamjpeters) mentioned this pull request Aug 24, 2026
The only test failures are due to -Pending (removed in Pester v6) still used in 2 rule tests unrelated to this PR #2207
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Andy Jordan (andyleejordan) merged commit faad3a4 into PowerShell:main Aug 26, 2026
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I was too late, sorry but thanks so much
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Copilot AI mentioned this pull request Sep 14, 2026
Replace Pester -Pending with -Skip in rule tests #2208
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