Install-PSResource -RequiredResourceFile ignores the prerelease key if set to $true in a psd1 file #1794

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3. o-l-a-v commented on Jul 7, 2025

   

   Olav Rønnestad Birkeland (o-l-a-v)

   on Jul 7, 2025

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   If you treat it like a string inside test.psd1, like so:

   @{
   	'PrereleaseTest' = @{
           'repository' = 'PSGallery'
           'prerelease' = 'True'
           'Scope'      = 'CurrentUser'
       }
   }

   This is also shown as an example here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.psresourceget/install-psresource?view=powershellget-3.x#example-5

   Then it works:

   PS > $DebugPreference = 'Continue'; Install-PSResource -TrustRepository -RequiredResourceFile "C:\Users\olavb\Desktop\Temp\test.psd1" -WhatIf
   
   DEBUG: In GetHelper::GetPackagesFromPath()
   DEBUG: In GetHelper::FilterPkgPathsByName()
   DEBUG: In GetHelper::FilterPkgPathsByVersion()
   DEBUG: Searching through package path: 'C:\Users\olavb\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure'
   DEBUG: Searching through package path: 'C:\Users\olavb\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure'
   DEBUG: Searching through package version path: 'C:\Users\olavb\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\Microsoft.PowerToys.Configure\0.92.0.0'
   DEBUG: In InstallPSResource::RequiredResourceHelper()
   DEBUG: In InstallPSResource::ProcessInstallHelper()
   DEBUG: In InstallHelper::BeginInstallPackages()
   DEBUG: Parameters passed in >>> Name: 'PrereleaseTest'; VersionRange: ''; NuGetVersion: ''; VersionType: 'NoVersion'; Version: ''; Prerelease: 'True'; Repository: 'PSGallery'; AcceptLicense: 'False'; Quiet: 'False'; Reinstall: 'False'; TrustRepository: 'True'; NoClobber: 'False'; AsNupkg: 'False'; IncludeXml 'True'; SavePackage 'False'; TemporaryPath ''; SkipDependencyCheck: 'False'; AuthenticodeCheck: 'False'; PathsToInstallPkg: 'C:\Users\olavb\Documents\PowerShell\Modules,C:\Users\olavb\Documents\PowerShell\Scripts'; Scope 'CurrentUser'
   DEBUG: In InstallHelper::ProcessRepositories()
   DEBUG: In InstallHelper::InstallPackages()
   DEBUG: In InstallHelper::InstallPackage()
   DEBUG: In V2ServerAPICalls::FindName()
   DEBUG: In V2ServerAPICalls::HttpRequestCall()
   DEBUG: Request url is 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/FindPackagesById()?%24filter=Id+eq+%27PrereleaseTest%27+and+IsAbsoluteLatestVersion+eq+true&%24inlinecount=allpages&id=%27PrereleaseTest%27'
   What if: Performing the operation "Install-PSResource" on target "Package to install: 'PrereleaseTest', version: '0.0.2-prerelease'".
   
   PS >

   But using bool, also in a hashtable directly like so:

   $DebugPreference = 'Continue'; Install-PSResource -TrustRepository -RequiredResource @{
       'PrereleaseTest' = @{
           'repository' = 'PSGallery'
           'prerelease' = $true
           'Scope'      = 'CurrentUser'
       }
   } -WhatIf

   fails.

   ---

   Maybe something should be done with the parsing? Would that be here?

   • PSResourceGet/src/code/Utils.cs

     Line 1285 in 06aec34

     private static bool TryReadPSDataFile(

   Or maybe it works as expected?
4. Olav Rønnestad Birkeland (o-l-a-v)

   added a commit that references this issue on Aug 11, 2025

   Add test for PowerShell#1794

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5. alerickson

   closed this as completedin #1843on Oct 3, 2025