v7.0.0-rc.1 - 12/16/2019

* Breaking Changes
- Make update notification support `LTS` and default channels (PowerShell#11132)

* Engine Updates and Fixes
- Improvements in breakpoint APIs for remote scenarios (PowerShell#11312)
- Fix PowerShell class definition leaking into another Runspace (PowerShell#11273)
- Fix a regression in formatting caused by the `FirstOrDefault` primitive added in `7.0.0-Preview1` (PowerShell#11258)
- Additional Microsoft Modules to track in `PS7` Telemetry (PowerShell#10751)
- Make approved features non-experimental (PowerShell#11303)
- Update `ConciseView` to use `TargetObject` if applicable (PowerShell#11075)
- Fix `NullReferenceException` in `CompletionCompleters` public methods (PowerShell#11274)
- Fix apartment thread state check on non-Windows platforms (PowerShell#11301)
- Update setting PSModulePath to concatenate the process and machine environment variables (PowerShell#11276)
- Bump `.NET Core` to `3.1.0` (PowerShell#11260)
- Fix detection of `$PSHOME` in front of `$env:PATH` (PowerShell#11141)

* General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes
- Fix for issue on Raspbian for setting date of file changes in `UnixStat` Experimental Feature (PowerShell#11313)
- Add `-AsPlainText` to `ConvertFrom-SecureString` (PowerShell#11142)
- Added `WindowsPS` version check for `WinCompat` (PowerShell#11148)
- Fix error-reporting in some `WinCompat` scenarios (PowerShell#11259)
- Add native binary resolver (PowerShell#11032) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Update calculation of char width to respect `CJK` chars correctly (PowerShell#11262)
- Add `Unblock-File` for macOS (PowerShell#11137)
- Fix regression in `Get-PSCallStack` (PowerShell#11210) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Remove autoloading of the `ScheduledJob` module when using Job cmdlets (PowerShell#11194)
- Add `OutputType` to `Get-Error` cmdlet and preserve original typenames (PowerShell#10856)
- Fix null reference in `SupportsVirtualTerminal` property (PowerShell#11105)

* Code Cleanup
- Change comment and element text to meet Microsoft standards (PowerShell#11304)

* Tests
- Make unreliable `DSC` test pending (PowerShell#11131)

* Build and Packaging Improvements
- Fix Nuget package signing for Coordinated Package build (PowerShell#11316)
- Update dependencies from PowerShell Gallery and NuGet (PowerShell#11323)
- Bump `Microsoft.ApplicationInsights` from `2.11.0` to `2.12.0` (PowerShell#11305)
- Bump `Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp` from `3.3.1` to `3.4.0` (PowerShell#11265)
- Updates packages for Debian 10 and 11 (PowerShell#11236)
- Only enable experimental features prior to `RC` (PowerShell#11162)
- Update macOS minimum version (PowerShell#11163)
- Bump `NJsonSchema` from `10.0.27` to `10.0.28` (PowerShell#11170)

* Documentation and Help Content
- Refactor change logs into one log per release (PowerShell#11165)
- Fix `FWLinks` for PowerShell 7 online help documents (PowerShell#11071)

v7.0.0-preview.6 - 10/21/2019

* Breaking Changes

- Update `Test-Connection` to work more like the one in Windows PowerShell (PowerShell#10697) (Thanks @vexx32!)
- Preserve `$?` for `ParenExpression`, `SubExpression` and `ArrayExpression` (PowerShell#11040)
- Set working directory to current directory in `Start-Job` (PowerShell#10920) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

* Engine Updates and Fixes

- Allow `pwsh` to inherit `$env:PSModulePath` and enable `powershell.exe` to start correctly (PowerShell#11057)

* Experimental Features

- Provide Unix stat information in filesystem output (PowerShell#11042)
- Support null-conditional operators `?.` and `?[]` in PowerShell language (PowerShell#10960)
- Support using non-compatible Windows PowerShell modules in PowerShell Core (PowerShell#10973)

* Performance

- Avoid using closure in `Parser.SaveError` (PowerShell#11006)
- Improve the caching when creating new `Regex` instances (PowerShell#10657) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Improve processing of the PowerShell built-in type data from `types.ps1xml`, `typesV3.ps1xml` and `GetEvent.types.ps1xml` (PowerShell#10898)
- Update `PSConfiguration.ReadValueFromFile` to make it faster and more memory efficient (PowerShell#10839)

* General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

- Add limit check in `Get-WinEvent` (PowerShell#10648) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Fix command runtime so `StopUpstreamCommandsException` doesn't get populated in `-ErrorVariable` (PowerShell#10840)
- Set the output encoding to `[Console]::OutputEncoding` for native commands (PowerShell#10824)
- Support multi-line code blocks in examples (PowerShell#10776) (Thanks @Greg-Smulko!)
- Add Culture parameter to `Select-String` cmdlet (PowerShell#10943) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Fix `Start-Job` working directory path with trailing backslash (PowerShell#11041)
- `ConvertFrom-Json`: Unwrap collections by default (PowerShell#10861) (Thanks @danstur!)
- Use case-sensitive Hashtable for `Group-Object` cmdlet with `-CaseSensitive` and `-AsHashtable` switches (PowerShell#11030) (Thanks @vexx32!)
- Handle exception if enumerating files fails when rebuilding path to have correct casing (PowerShell#11014)
- Fix `ConciseView` to show `Activity` instead of `myCommand` (PowerShell#11007)
- Allow web cmdlets to ignore HTTP error statuses (PowerShell#10466) (Thanks @vdamewood!)
- Fix piping of more than one `CommandInfo` to `Get-Command` (PowerShell#10929)
- Add back `Get-Counter` cmdlet for Windows (PowerShell#10933)
- Make `ConvertTo-Json` treat `[AutomationNull]::Value` and `[NullString]::Value` as `$null` (PowerShell#10957)
- Remove brackets from `ipv6` address for SSH remoting (PowerShell#10968)
- Fix crash if command sent to pwsh is just whitespace (PowerShell#10977)
- Added cross-platform `Get-Clipboard` and `Set-Clipboard` (PowerShell#10340)
- Fix setting original path of filesystem object to not have extra trailing slash (PowerShell#10959)
- Support `$null` for `ConvertTo-Json` (PowerShell#10947)
- Add back `Out-Printer` command on Windows (PowerShell#10906)
- Fix `Start-Job -WorkingDirectory` with whitespace (PowerShell#10951)
- Return default value when getting `null` for a setting in `PSConfiguration.cs` (PowerShell#10963) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Handle IO exception as non-terminating (PowerShell#10950)
- Add `GraphicalHost` assembly to enable `Out-GridView`, `Show-Command`, and `Get-Help -ShowWindow` (PowerShell#10899)
- Take `ComputerName` via pipeline in `Get-HotFix` (PowerShell#10852) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
- Fix tab completion for parameters so that it shows common parameters as available (PowerShell#10850)
- Fix `GetCorrectCasedPath()` to first check if any system file entries is returned before calling `First()` (PowerShell#10930)
- Set working directory to current directory in `Start-Job` (PowerShell#10920) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Change `TabExpansion2` to not require `-CursorColumn` and treat as `$InputScript.Length` (PowerShell#10849)
- Handle case where Host may not return Rows or Columns of screen (PowerShell#10938)
- Fix use of accent colors for hosts that don't support them (PowerShell#10937)
- Add back `Update-List` command (PowerShell#10922)
- Update `FWLink` Id for `Clear-RecycleBin` (PowerShell#10925)
- During tab completion, skip file if can't read file attributes (PowerShell#10910)
- Add back `Clear-RecycleBin` for Windows (PowerShell#10909)
- Add `$env:__SuppressAnsiEscapeSequences` to control whether to have VT escape sequence in output (PowerShell#10814)

* Code Cleanup

- Cleanup style issues in `Compiler.cs` (PowerShell#10368) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Remove the unused type converter for `CommaDelimitedStringCollection` (PowerShell#11000) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Cleanup style in `InitialSessionState.cs` (PowerShell#10865) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Code clean up for `PSSession` class (PowerShell#11001)
- Remove the not-working 'run `Update-Help` from `Get-Help` when `Get-Help` runs for the first time' feature (PowerShell#10974)
- Fix style issues (PowerShell#10998) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Cleanup: use the built-in type alias (PowerShell#10882) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Remove the unused setting key `ConsolePrompting` and avoid unnecessary string creation when querying `ExecutionPolicy` setting (PowerShell#10985)
- Disable update notification check for daily builds (PowerShell#10903) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
- Reinstate debugging API lost in PowerShell#10338 (PowerShell#10808)

* Tools

- Add default setting for the `SDKToUse` property so that it builds in VS (PowerShell#11085)
- `Install-Powershell.ps1`: Add parameter to use MSI installation (PowerShell#10921) (Thanks @MJECloud!)
- Add basic examples for `install-powershell.ps1` (PowerShell#10914) (Thanks @kilasuit!)

* Tests

- Fix `stringdata` test to correctly validate keys of hashtables (PowerShell#10810)
- Unload test modules (PowerShell#11061) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Increase time between retries of testing URL (PowerShell#11015)
- Update tests to accurately describe test actions. (PowerShell#10928) (Thanks @romero126!)

* Build and Packaging Improvements

- Updating links in `README.md` and `metadata.json` for Preview.5 (PowerShell#10854)
- Select the files for compliance tests which are owned by PowerShell (PowerShell#10837)
- Allow `win7x86` `msix` package to build. (Internal 10515)
- Allow semantic versions to be passed to `NormalizeVersion` function (PowerShell#11087)
- Bump .NET core framework to `3.1-preview.3` (PowerShell#11079)
- Bump `PSReadLine` from `2.0.0-beta5` to `2.0.0-beta6` in /src/Modules (PowerShell#11078)
- Bump `Newtonsoft.Json` from `12.0.2` to `12.0.3` (PowerShell#11037) (PowerShell#11038)
- Add Debian 10, 11 and CentOS 8 packages (PowerShell#11028)
- Upload `Build-Info` Json file with the `ReleaseDate` field (PowerShell#10986)
- Bump .NET core framework to `3.1-preview.2` (PowerShell#10993)
- Enable build of x86 MSIX package (PowerShell#10934)
- Update the dotnet SDK install script URL in `build.psm1` (PowerShell#10927)
- Bump `Markdig.Signed` from `0.17.1` to `0.18.0` (PowerShell#10887)
- Bump `ThreadJob` from `2.0.1` to `2.0.2` (PowerShell#10886)
- Update `AppX` Manifest and Packaging module to conform to MS Store requirements (PowerShell#10878)

* Documentation and Help Content

- Update `CONTRIBUTING.md` (PowerShell#11096) (Thanks @mklement0!)
- Fix installation doc links in `README.md` (PowerShell#11083)
- Adds examples to `install-powershell.ps1` script (PowerShell#11024) (Thanks @kilasuit!)
- Fix to `Select-String` emphasis and `Import-DscResource` in CHANGELOG.md (PowerShell#10890)
- Remove the stale link from `powershell-beginners-guide.md` (PowerShell#10926)

v7.0.0-preview.5 - 10/23/2019

* Breaking Changes

- Make `$PSCulture` consistently reflect in-session culture changes (PowerShell#10138) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

* Engine Updates and Fixes

- Move to `.NET Core 3.1 preview 1` (PowerShell#10798)
- Refactor reparse tag checks in file system provider (PowerShell#10431) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Replace `CR` and new line with a `0x23CE` character in script logging (PowerShell#10616)
- Fix a resource leak by unregistering the event handler from `AppDomain.CurrentDomain.ProcessExit` (PowerShell#10626)

* Experimental Features

- Implement `Get-Error` cmdlet as Experimental Feature (PowerShell#10727,PowerShell#10800)
- Add `ConciseView` for `$ErrorView` and update it to remove unnecessary text and not color entire line in red (PowerShell#10641,PowerShell#10724)
- Support the pipeline chain operators `&&` and `||` in PowerShell language (PowerShell#9849,PowerShell#10825,PowerShell#10836)
- Implement null coalescing (`??`) and null coalescing assignment (`??=`) operators (PowerShell#10636)
- Support notification on `pwsh` startup when a new release is available and update notification message (PowerShell#10689,PowerShell#10777)

* General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

- Add `-Emphasize` parameter to colorize `Select-String` output (PowerShell#8963) (Thanks @derek-xia!)
- Add back `Get-HotFix` cmdlet (PowerShell#10740)
- Make `Add-Type` usable in applications that host `PowerShell` (PowerShell#10587)
- Use more effective evaluation order in `LanguagePrimitives.IsNullLike()` (PowerShell#10781) (Thanks @vexx32!)
- Improve handling of mixed-collection piped input and piped streams of input in `Format-Hex` (PowerShell#8674) (Thanks @vexx32!)
- Use type conversion in `SSHConnection` hashtables when value doesn't match expected type (PowerShell#10720) (Thanks @SeeminglyScience!)
- Fix `Get-Content -ReadCount 0` behavior when `-TotalCount` is set (PowerShell#10749) (Thanks @eugenesmlv!)
- Reword access denied error message in `Get-WinEvent` (PowerShell#10639) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Enable tab completion for variable assignment that is enum or type constrained (PowerShell#10646)
- Remove unused `SourceLength` remoting property causing formatting issues (PowerShell#10765)
- Add `-Delimiter` parameter to `ConvertFrom-StringData` (PowerShell#10665) (Thanks @steviecoaster!)
- Add positional parameter for `ScriptBlock` when using `Invoke-Command` with `SSH` (PowerShell#10721) (Thanks @machgo!)
- Show line context information if multiple lines but no script name for `ConciseView` (PowerShell#10746)
- Add support for `\\wsl$\` paths to file system provider (PowerShell#10674)
- Add the missing token text for `TokenKind.QuestionMark` in parser (PowerShell#10706)
- Set current working directory of each `ForEach-Object -Parallel` running script to the same location as the calling script. (PowerShell#10672)
- Replace `api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-2.dll` with `Kernell32.dll` for `FindFirstStreamW` and `FindNextStreamW` APIs (PowerShell#10680) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Tweak help formatting script to be more `StrictMode` tolerant (PowerShell#10563)
- Add `-SecurityDescriptorSDDL` parameter to `New-Service` (PowerShell#10483) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
- Remove informational output, consolidate ping usage in `Test-Connection` (PowerShell#10478) (Thanks @vexx32!)
- Read special reparse points without accessing them (PowerShell#10662) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Direct `Clear-Host` output to terminal (PowerShell#10681) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Add back newline for grouping with `Format-Table` and `-Property` (PowerShell#10653)
- Remove [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty] from `-InputObject` on `Get-Random` to allow empty string (PowerShell#10644)
- Make suggestion system string distance algorithm case-insensitive (PowerShell#10549) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Fix null reference exception in `ForEach-Object -Parallel` input processing (PowerShell#10577)

* Code Cleanup

- Remove `WorkflowJobSourceAdapter` reference that is no longer used (PowerShell#10326) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
- Cleanup `COM` interfaces in jump list code by fixing `PreserveSig` attributes (PowerShell#9899) (Thanks @weltkante!)
- Add a comment describing why `-ia` is not the alias for `-InformationAction` common parameter (PowerShell#10703) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
- Rename `InvokeCommandCmdlet.cs` to `InvokeExpressionCommand.cs` (PowerShell#10659) (Thanks @kilasuit!)
- Add minor code cleanups related to update notifications (PowerShell#10698)
- Remove deprecated workflow logic from the remoting setup scripts (PowerShell#10320) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
- Update help format to use proper case (PowerShell#10678) (Thanks @tnieto88!)
- Clean up `CodeFactor` style issues coming in commits for the last month (PowerShell#10591) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Fix typo in description of `PSTernaryOperator` experimental feature (PowerShell#10586) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

* Performance

- Add minor performance improvements for runspace initialization (PowerShell#10569) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

* Tools

- Make `Install-PowerShellRemoting.ps1` handle empty string in `PowerShellHome` parameter (PowerShell#10526) (Thanks @Orca88!)
- Switch from `/etc/lsb-release` to `/etc/os-release` in `install-powershell.sh` (PowerShell#10773) (Thanks @Himura2la!)
- Check `pwsh.exe` and `pwsh` in daily version on Windows (PowerShell#10738) (Thanks @centreboard!)
- Remove unneeded tap in `installpsh-osx.sh` (PowerShell#10752)

* Tests

- Temporary skip the flaky test `TestAppDomainProcessExitEvenHandlerNotLeaking` (PowerShell#10827)
- Make the event handler leaking test stable (PowerShell#10790)
- Sync capitalization in `CI` `YAML` (PowerShell#10767) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- Add test for the event handler leaking fix (PowerShell#10768)
- Add `Get-ChildItem` test (PowerShell#10507) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Replace ambiguous language for tests from `switch` to `parameter` for accuracy (PowerShell#10666) (Thanks @romero126!)

* Build and Packaging Improvements

- Update package reference for `PowerShell SDK` to `preview.5` (Internal 10295)
- Update `ThirdPartyNotices.txt` (PowerShell#10834)
- Bump `Microsoft.PowerShell.Native` to `7.0.0-preview.3` (PowerShell#10826)
- Bump `Microsoft.ApplicationInsights` from `2.10.0` to `2.11.0` (PowerShell#10608)
- Bump `NJsonSchema` from `10.0.24` to `10.0.27` (PowerShell#10756)
- Add `MacPorts` support to the build system (PowerShell#10736) (Thanks @Lucius-Q-User!)
- Bump `PackageManagement` from `1.4.4` to `1.4.5` (PowerShell#10728)
- Bump `NJsonSchema` from `10.0.23` to `10.0.24` (PowerShell#10635)
- Add environment variable to differentiate client/server telemetry in `MSI` (PowerShell#10612)
- Bump `PSDesiredStateConfiguration` from `2.0.3` to `2.0.4` (PowerShell#10603)
- Bump `Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp` from `3.2.1` to `3.3.1` (PowerShell#10607)
- Update to `.Net Core 3.0 RTM` (PowerShell#10604) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
- Update `MSIX` packaging so the version to `Windows Store` requirements (PowerShell#10588)

* Documentation and Help Content

- Merge stable and servicing change logs (PowerShell#10527)
- Update used `.NET` version in build docs (PowerShell#10775) (Thanks @Greg-Smulko!)
- Replace links from `MSDN` to `docs.microsoft.com` in `powershell-beginners-guide.md` (PowerShell#10778) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Fix broken `DSC` overview link (PowerShell#10702)
- Update `Support_Question.md` to link to `Stack Overflow` as another community resource (PowerShell#10638) (Thanks @mklement0!)
- Add processor architecture to distribution request template (PowerShell#10661)
- Add new PowerShell MoL book to learning PowerShell docs (PowerShell#10602)

v7.0.0-preview.4 - 09/19/2019

* Engine Updates and Fixes

- Add support to `ActionPreference.Break` to break into debugger when `Debug`, `Error`, `Information`, `Progress`, `Verbose` or `Warning` messages are generated (PowerShell#8205) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
- Enable starting control panel add-ins within PowerShell Core without specifying `.CPL` extension. (PowerShell#9828)

* Performance

- Make `ForEach-Object` faster for its commonly used scenarios (PowerShell#10454) and fix `ForEach-Object -Parallel` performance problem with many runspaces (PowerShell#10455)

* Experimental Features

- Update `PSDesiredStateConfiguration` module version to `2.0.3` and bring new tests; enable compilation to MOF on non-Windows and use of Invoke-DSCResource without LCM (PowerShell#10516)
- Add APIs for breakpoint management in runspaces and enable attach to process without `BreakAll` for PowerShell Editor Services (PowerShell#10338) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
- Support [ternary operator](PowerShell/PowerShell-RFC#218) in PowerShell language (PowerShell#10367)

* General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

- Add PowerShell Core group policy definitions (PowerShell#10468)
- Update console host to support `XTPUSHSGR`/`XTPOPSGR` VT control sequences that are used in [composability scenarios](microsoft/terminal#1796). (PowerShell#10208)
- Add `WorkingDirectory` parameter to `Start-Job` (PowerShell#10324) (Thanks @davinci26!)
- Remove the event handler that was causing breakpoint changes to be erroneously replicated to the host runspace debugger (PowerShell#10503) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
- Replace `api-ms-win-core-job-12-1-0.dll` with `Kernell32.dll` in `Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NativeMethods` P/Invoke API(PowerShell#10417) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Fix wrong output for `New-Service` in variable assignment and `-OutVariable` (PowerShell#10444) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
- Fix global tool issues around exit code, command line parameters and path with spaces (PowerShell#10461)
- Fix recursion into OneDrive - change `FindFirstFileEx()` to use `SafeFindHandle` type (PowerShell#10405)
- Skip auto-loading `PSReadLine` on Windows if the [NVDA screen reader](https://www.nvaccess.org/about-nvda/) is active (PowerShell#10385)
- Increase built-with-PowerShell module versions to `7.0.0.0` (PowerShell#10356)
- Add throwing an error in `Add-Type` if a type with the same name already exists (PowerShell#9609) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

* Code Cleanup

- Convert `ActionPreference.Suspend` enumeration value into a non-supported, reserved state, and remove restriction on using `ActionPreference.Ignore` in preference variables (PowerShell#10317) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
- Replace `ArrayList` with `List<T>` to get more readable and reliable code without changing functionality (PowerShell#10333) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Make code style fixes to `TestConnectionCommand` (PowerShell#10439) (Thanks @vexx32!)
- Cleanup `AutomationEngine` and remove extra `SetSessionStateDrive` method call (PowerShell#10416) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Rename default `ParameterSetName` back to `Delimiter` for `ConvertTo-Csv` and `ConvertFrom-Csv` (PowerShell#10425)

* Tools

- Update `install-powershell.ps1` to check for already installed daily build (PowerShell#10489)

* Tests

- Add experimental check to `ForEach-Object -Parallel` tests (PowerShell#10354) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
- Update tests for Alpine validation (PowerShell#10428)

* Build and Packaging Improvements

- Bump `PowerShellGet` version from `2.2` to `2.2.1` (PowerShell#10382)
- Bump `PackageManagement` version from `1.4.3` to `1.4.4` (PowerShell#10383)
- Update `README.md` and `metadata.json` for `7.0.0-preview.4` (Internal 10011)
- Upgrade `.Net Core 3.0` version from `Preview 9` to `RC1` (PowerShell#10552) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
- Fix `ExperimentalFeature` list generation (Internal 9996)
- Bump `PSReadLine` version from `2.0.0-beta4` to `2.0.0-beta5` (PowerShell#10536)
- Fix release build script to set release tag
- Update version of `Microsoft.PowerShell.Native` to `7.0.0-preview.2` (PowerShell#10519)
- Upgrade to `Netcoreapp3.0 preview9` (PowerShell#10484) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
- Make sure the daily coordinated build, knows it is a daily build (PowerShell#10464)
- Update the combined package build to release the daily builds (PowerShell#10449)
- Remove appveyor reference (PowerShell#10445) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- Bump `NJsonSchema` version from `10.0.22` to `10.0.23` (PowerShell#10421)
- Remove the deletion of `linux-x64` build folder because some dependencies for Alpine need it (PowerShell#10407)

* Documentation and Help Content

- Update `README.md` and metadata for `v6.1.6` and `v6.2.3` releases (PowerShell#10523)
- Fix a typo in `README.md` (PowerShell#10465) (Thanks @vedhasp!)
- Add a reference to `PSKoans` module to Learning Resources documentation (PowerShell#10369) (Thanks @vexx32!)
- Update `README.md` and `metadata.json` for `7.0.0-preview.3` (PowerShell#10393)

** v6.2.3 - 09/12/2019

*** Engine Updates and Fixes

- Fix debugger performance regression in system lock down mode (PowerShell#10269)

*** Tests

- Remove `markdownlint` tests due to security issues (PowerShell#10163)

*** Build and Packaging Improvements

- Update DotNet SDK and runtime framework version (Internal 9946)
- Fix macOS build break (PowerShell#10207)

** 6.1.6 - 2019-09-12

*** Build and Packaging Improvements

- Update DotNet SDK and runtime framework version (Internal 9945)

v7.0.0-preview.3 - 08/20/2019

* Breaking Changes

- Remove kill alias for Stop-Process cmdlet on Unix (PowerShell#10098) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Support for starting PowerShell as a login shell (pwsh -Login / pwsh -l) support (PowerShell#10050)

* Engine Updates and Fixes

- Additional Telemetry - implementation of [RFC0036](PowerShell/PowerShell-RFC#158) (PowerShell#10336)
- Implement ForEach-Object -Parallel as an experimental feature (PowerShell#10229)
- Skip JumpList on NanoServer and IoT (PowerShell#10164)
- Make Get-DscResource work with class based resources (PowerShell#10350)
- Fix #requires -version for pwsh 7 to include 6.1 and 6.2 in PSCompatibleVersions (PowerShell#9943) (Thanks @bgelens!)
- Add dispose of _runspaceDebugCompleteEvent event object. (PowerShell#10323)
- Fix performance regression from disabling debugger in system lockdown mode (PowerShell#10269)
- Special case the posix locale in WildcardPattern (PowerShell#10186)
- Use Platform.IsWindowsDesktop instead of checking both NanoServer and IoT (PowerShell#10205)

* General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

- Enable Experimental Features by default on Preview builds (PowerShell#10228)
- Enable -sta and -mta switches for pwsh (-sta is required for GUIs) (PowerShell#10061)
- Make breakpoints display better over PowerShell remoting (PowerShell#10339) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
- Add support for AppX reparse points (PowerShell#10331)
- Make module name matching for get-module -FullyQualifiedName case insensitive (PowerShell#10329)
- Expose PreRelease label in PSModuleInfo formatter (PowerShell#10316)
- Add -Raw switch to Select-String which allows returning only the string that was matched (PowerShell#9901) (Thanks @Jawz84!)

- * Performance

- Reduce allocations in MakePath() method (PowerShell#10027) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Remove extra check that the system dll exists (PowerShell#10244) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Avoid boxing when passing value type arguments to PSTraceSource.WriteLine (PowerShell#10052) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Reduce allocations in Escape() and Unescape() (PowerShell#10041) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

* Code Cleanup

- Add the license header to
anoserver.tests.ps1 (PowerShell#10171)
- Mark -parallel and -throttlelimit reserved for oreach and switch statements (PowerShell#10328) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
- Deprecate workflow debugging code (PowerShell#10321) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
- Fix style issues in InternalCommands.cs (PowerShell#10352) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Deprecate internal HelpCategory.Workflow enumeration (PowerShell#10319) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
- Update Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.Eventing to resolve conflict with System.Diagnostics.EventLog (PowerShell#10305)
- Don't collect process start time as it's not being used on consolehost startup (PowerShell#10294)
- .NET Core 3.0 now aborts the thread for us. Remove the ThreadAbortException code (PowerShell#10230) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Use
ameof() in LocationGlobber and PathInfo (PowerShell#10200) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

* Tools

- Fix Hungarian prefix my (PowerShell#9976) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- Fix spelling error in issue template (PowerShell#10256)
- Quote arguments in .vscode/tasks.json in case of spaces (PowerShell#10204) (Thanks @msftrncs!)

* Tests

- Remove markdownlint tests due to security issues (PowerShell#10163)
- Add tests for WildcardPattern.Escape() and Unescape() (PowerShell#10090) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Cleanup Docker release testing (PowerShell#10310) (Thanks @RDIL!)

* Build and Packaging Improvements

- Update Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure version to 2.0.0-preview.2 (PowerShell#10366)
- Move to .NET Core 3.0 preview.8 (PowerShell#10351) (PowerShell#10227) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
- Bump NJsonSchema from 10.0.21 to 10.0.22 (PowerShell#10364)
- Add Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.Eventing.dll to exception list for build fix (PowerShell#10337)
- Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp from 3.1.0 to 3.2.1 (PowerShell#10273) (PowerShell#10330)
- Revert the temporary AzDevOps artifact workaround (PowerShell#10260)
- Fix macOS build break (PowerShell#10207)

* Documentation and Help Content

- Update docs for 7.0.0-preview.2 release (PowerShell#10160) (PowerShell#10176)
- PSSA also includes formatting (PowerShell#10172)
- Refactor security policy documentation so that they appear in the Security policy tab of GitHub (PowerShell#9905) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
- Add tooling section to PR template (PowerShell#10144)
- Update README.md and metadata.json for next releases (PowerShell#10087)
- Update DotNet Support links (PowerShell#10145)
- Update our language on our policy applying to security issues (PowerShell#10304)
- Update dead links from powershell.com (PowerShell#10297)
- Create Distribution_Request issue template (PowerShell#10253)
- Fix: Removed dependency file with Dependabot (PowerShell#10212) (Thanks @RDIL!)

v7.0.0-preview.2 - 07/17/2019

* Breaking Changes

- Cleanup workflow - remove `PSProxyJob` (PowerShell#10083) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Disable `Enter-PSHostProcess` cmdlet when system in lock down mode (Internal 9168)

* Engine Updates and Fixes

- Consider `DBNull.Value` and `NullString.Value` the same as `$null` when comparing with `$null` and casting to bool (PowerShell#9794) (Thanks @vexx32!)
- Allow methods to be named after keywords (PowerShell#9812) (Thanks @vexx32!)
- Create `JumpList` in `STA` thread as some `COM` `APIs` are strictly `STA` only to avoid sporadic `CLR` crashes (PowerShell#9928) (PowerShell#10057) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
- Skip `JumpList` on `NanoServer` and `IoT` (PowerShell#10164)
- Display `COM` method signature with argument names (PowerShell#9858) (Thanks @nbkalex!)
- Use the original precision (prior-dotnet-core-3) for double/float-to-string conversion (PowerShell#9893)
- `Import-DscResource` should allow to overwrite DSC built-in resources. (PowerShell#9879)
- Add ability to pass `InitialSessionState` to the `ConsoleShell.Start` (PowerShell#9802) (Thanks @asrosent!)
- Have console host not enter command prompt mode when using `Read-Host -Prompt` (PowerShell#9743)
- Fix use of `Start-Process http://bing.com` (PowerShell#9793)
- Support negative numbers in `-split` operator (PowerShell#8960) (Thanks @ece-jacob-scott!)

* General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

- Support DSC compilation on Linux. (PowerShell#9834)
- Add alias for Service `StartType` (PowerShell#9940) (Thanks @NeoBeum!)
- Add `-SecurityDescriptorSddl` parameter to `Set-Service` (PowerShell#8626) (Thanks @kvprasoon!)
- Fix auto-download of files when enumerating files from a `OneDrive` folder (PowerShell#9895)
- Set request headers when request body is empty in Web Cmdlets (PowerShell#10034) (Thanks @markekraus!)
- Fix wrong comparison in `CertificateProvider` (PowerShell#9987) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Sync docs changes into the embedded help for `pwsh` (PowerShell#9952)
- Display Duration when displaying `HistoryInfo` (PowerShell#9751) (Thanks @rkeithhill!)
- Update console startup and help `url` for PowerShell docs (PowerShell#9775)
- Make `UseAbbreviationExpansion` and `TempDrive` official features (PowerShell#9872)
- Fix `Get-ChildItem -Path` with wildcard `char` (PowerShell#9257) (Thanks @kwkam!)

* Performance

- Add another fast path to `WildcardPattern.IsMatch` for patterns that only have an asterisk in the end (PowerShell#10054) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Move some of the creations of `WildcardPattern` in outer loop to avoid unnecessary allocation (PowerShell#10053) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Make `Foreach-Object` 2 times faster by reducing unnecessary allocations and boxing (PowerShell#10047)
- Use a static cache for `PSVersionInfo.PSVersion` to avoid casting `SemanticVersion` to `Version` every time accessing that property (PowerShell#10028)
- Reduce allocations in `NavigationCmdletProvider.NormalizePath()` (PowerShell#10038) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Add fast path for wildcard patterns that contains no wildcard characters (PowerShell#10020)
- Avoid `Assembly.GetName()` in `ClrFacade.GetAssemblies(string)` to reduce allocations of `CultureInfo` objects (PowerShell#10024) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Avoid the `int[]` and `int[,]` allocation when tokenizing line comments and matching wildcard pattern (PowerShell#10009)

* Tools

- Update change log generation tool to deal with private commits (PowerShell#10096)
- Update `Start-PSBuild -Clean` logic of `git clean` to ignore locked files from `VS2019` (PowerShell#10071) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
- Indent fix in `markdown-link.tests.ps1` (PowerShell#10049) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- `Start-PSBuild -Clean`  does not remove all untracked files (PowerShell#10022) (Thanks @vexx32!)
- Add module to support Pester tests for automating debugger commands (`stepInto`, `stepOut`, etc.), along with basic tests (PowerShell#9825) (Thanks @KirkMunro!)
- Remove `markdownlint` tests due to security issues (PowerShell#10163)

* Code Cleanup

- Cleanup `CompiledScriptBlock.cs` (PowerShell#9735) (Thanks @vexx32!)
- Cleanup workflow code (PowerShell#9638) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Use `AddOrUpdate()` instead of `Remove` then `Add` to register runspace (PowerShell#10007) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Suppress `PossibleIncorrectUsageOfAssignmentOperator` rule violation by adding extra parenthesis (PowerShell#9460) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
- Use `AddRange` in `GetModules()` (PowerShell#9975) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Code cleanup: use `IndexOf(char)` overload (PowerShell#9722) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Move `consts` and methods to single `CharExtensions` class (PowerShell#9992) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Cleanup: Use `EndsWith(char)` and `StartsWith(char)` (PowerShell#9994) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Remove `LCIDToLocaleName` `P/Invoke` from `GetComputerInfoCommand` (PowerShell#9716) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Cleanup Parser tests (PowerShell#9792) (Thanks @vexx32!)
- Remove `EtwActivity` empty constructor and make minor style fixes (PowerShell#9958) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- Fix style issues from last commits (PowerShell#9937) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Remove dead code about `IsTransparentProxy` (PowerShell#9966)
- Fix minor typos in code comments (PowerShell#9917) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- Style fixes for `CimAsyncOperations` (PowerShell#9945) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- Fix minor `CodeFactor` style issues in `ModuleCmdletBase` (PowerShell#9915) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- Clean up the use of `SetProfileRoot` and `StartProfile` in ConsoleHost (PowerShell#9931)
- Fix minor style issues come from last commits (PowerShell#9640) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Improve whitespace for Parser tests (PowerShell#9806) (Thanks @vexx32!)
- Use new `string.ConCat()` in `Process.cs` (PowerShell#9720) (Thanks @iSazonov!)
- Code Cleanup: Tidy up `scriptblock.cs` (PowerShell#9732) (Thanks @vexx32!)

* Tests

- Mark `Set-Service` tests with password as `Pending` (PowerShell#10146)
- Fix test password generation rule to meet Windows complexity requirements (PowerShell#10143)
- Add test for `New-Item -Force` (PowerShell#9971) (Thanks @robdy!)
- Fix gulp versions (PowerShell#9916) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- Indentation fixes in `ci.psm1` (PowerShell#9947) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- Remove some `Travis-CI` references (PowerShell#9919) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- Improve release testing Docker images (PowerShell#9942) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- Use `yarn` to install global tools (PowerShell#9904) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- Attempt to work around the zip download issue in Azure DevOps Windows CI (PowerShell#9911)
- Update PowerShell SDK version for hosting tests (Internal 9185)

* Build and Packaging Improvements

- Update the target framework for reference assemblies to `netcoreapp3.0` (PowerShell#9747)
- Pin version of `netDumbster` to `2.0.0.4` (PowerShell#9748)
- Fix daily `CodeCoverageAndTest` build by explicitly calling `Start-PSBootStrap` (PowerShell#9724)
- Split the `fxdependent` package on Windows into two packages (PowerShell#10134)
- Bump `System.Data.SqlClient` (PowerShell#10109)
- Bump `System.Security.AccessControl` (PowerShell#10100)
- Add performance tag to change log command (Internal)
- Upgrade .Net Core 3 SDK from `preview5` to `preview6` and related out of band `Nuget` packages from `2.1` to `3.0-preview6` (PowerShell#9888) (Thanks @bergmeister!)
- Add to `/etc/shells` on macOS (PowerShell#10066)
- Bump `Markdig.Signed` from `0.17.0` to `0.17.1` (PowerShell#10062)
- Update copyright symbol for `NuGet` packages (PowerShell#9936)
- Download latest version `(6.2.0)` of `PSDesiredStateConfiguration` `nuget` package. (PowerShell#9932)
- Add automated `RPM` signing to release build (PowerShell#10013)
- Bump `ThreadJob` from `1.1.2` to `2.0.1` in `/src/Modules` (PowerShell#10003)
- Bump `PowerShellGet` from `2.1.4` to `2.2` in /src/Modules (PowerShell#9933) (PowerShell#10085)
- Bump `PackageManagement` from `1.4` to `1.4.3` in `/src/Modules` (PowerShell#9820) (PowerShell#9918) (PowerShell#10084)
- Update to use `TSAv2` (PowerShell#9914)
- Bump `NJsonSchema` from `9.14.1` to `10.0.21` (PowerShell#9805) (PowerShell#9843) (PowerShell#9854) (PowerShell#9862) (PowerShell#9875) (PowerShell#9885) (PowerShell#9954) (PowerShell#10017)
- Bump `System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler` from `4.5.3` to `4.5.4` (PowerShell#9786)
- Bump `Microsoft.ApplicationInsights` from `2.9.1` to `2.10.0` (PowerShell#9757)
- Increase timeout of NuGet job to workaround build timeout (PowerShell#9772)

* Documentation and Help Content

- Change log `6.1.4` (PowerShell#9759)
- Change log for release `6.2.1` (PowerShell#9760)
- Add quick steps for adding docs to cmdlets (PowerShell#9978)
- Update readme `gitter` badge (PowerShell#9920) (Thanks @RDIL!)
- Update `README` and `metadata.json` for `7.0.0-preview.1` release (PowerShell#9767)

v6.2.2 - 07/16/2019

* Breaking Changes

- Disable `Enter-PSHostProcess` cmdlet when system in lock down mode (Internal 8969)

* Engine Updates and Fixes

- Create `JumpList` in STA thread as some COM APIs are strictly STA only to avoid sporadic CLR crashes (PowerShell#10057, PowerShell#9928) (Thanks @bergmeister!)

* Build and Packaging Improvements

- Update DotNet SDK and runtime framework version (Internal 9082, 9088, 9092)
- Make `Hashtable` case insensitivity test use current culture rather than shell to set culture (Internal 8529)
- Add automated RPM signing to release build (PowerShell#10013)
- Update copyright symbol for NuGet packages (PowerShell#9936)
- Bump `Microsoft.ApplicationInsights` from `2.9.1` to `2.10.0` (PowerShell#9757)
- Switch from BMP to PNG for graphical MSI installer assets (PowerShell#9606)
- Bump `System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler` from `4.5.3` to `4.5.4` (PowerShell#9789)
- Enable building of MSIX package (PowerShell#9289, PowerShell#9715)

v6.1.5 - 2019-07-16

* Breaking changes

- Disable `Enter-PSHostProcess` cmdlet when system in lock down mode (Internal 8968)

* Build and Packaging Improvements

- Update DotNet SDK and runtime framework version (Internal 9087)
- Add automated RPM signing to release build (PowerShell#10013)
- Update copyright symbol for NuGet packages (PowerShell#9936)
- Bump `System.Net.Http.WinHttpHandler` from `4.5.3` to `4.5.4` (PowerShell#9790)
- Integrate building NuGet package in the coordinated build (PowerShell#8947) (PowerShell#9708)
- Bump `Newtonsoft.Json` (PowerShell#9662)