Chocolatey

As part of this release we had 4 issues closed.

Dependency Changes

• [Security] Update to version 2.11.0.20260219 of NuGet.Core.
  • See #3852 by corbob resolved in !3847 by corbob.
• Update bundled 7zip executables to v26.00.
  • See #3857 by AdmiringWorm resolved in !3859 by AdmiringWorm.

Contributors

2 contributors made this release possible.

As part of this release we had 10 issues closed.

Enhancements

• Capture the source that was being used when searching for packages.
  • See #3849 by gep13, resolved in #3850 by gep13.
• Upgrade internal 7zip to version 26.0.0.
  • See #3857 by AdmiringWorm, resolved in #3858 by AdmiringWorm.

Contributors

2 contributors made this release possible.

As part of this release we had 117 commits which resulted in 11 issues being closed.

Read our blog post about this release.

Bug Fixes

• Paths for TMP & TEMP are overridden when running "refreshenv" as "SYSTEM".
  • See #3681 by michiexe, resolved in !3787 by corbob.
• Installing a new license enables chocolatey.licensed source even if it was originally disabled.
  • See #3802 by sync-by-unito[bot], resolved in !3803 by vexx32.

Enhancements

• Include software install path in choco info output.
  • See #1901 by Foadsf, res

As part of this release we had 2 issues closed.

Bug Fix

• Unable to install additional packages in the Docker image due to addition of backports repository - see #3756 by LordAro.

Dependency Change

• Update bundled 7zip executables to v25.01 - see #3767 by nagten resolved in !3778 by gep13.

Contributors

3 contributors made this release possible.

Read our blog post about this release.

As part of this release we had 41 issues closed.

Features

• Add choco license command.
  • See #2829 by mkevenaar, resolved in !2847 by JPRuskin.
• Add choco support command.
  • See #3668 by gep13, resolved in !3676 by gep13.

Bug Fixes

• Execution of the refreshenv command incorrectly removes % (percent) characters from environment variable values.
  • See #1664 by johnyesberg, resolved in !1678

As part of this release we had 7 issues closed.

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Search option --id-starts-with only returned packages starting with chocolatey - see #1836.
• Fix - Warning that --trace is being used when it's not being used - see #3622.
• Fix - Update bundled 7zip executables to v24.09 - see #3626.

As part of this release we had 4 issues closed.

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Unable to upgrade packages on certain authenticated feeds - see #3613.
• Fix - Trace warning is outputted even when --trace argument is not used - see #3621.
• [Security] Fix - Update bundled 7zip executables to v24.09 - see #3625.

As part of this release we had 1 issue closed.

Bug Fix

• Fix - Trace logging is allowed in non-elevated session - see #3604.

As part of this release we had 4 issues closed.

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Searching for specific version on v3 only feed returns no results - see #3396.
• Fix - Credentials from configured source used for a non-configured source when the URL is similar - see #3565.

As part of this release we had 20 issues closed.

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Update tab completions for compatibility with PowerShell 7.4+ - see #3364.
• Fix - Prevent dependency resolution from unexpectedly downgrading packages - see #3461.
• Fix - Do not install packages if dependencies fail to install - see #3487.
• Fix - Ensure package folders are correctly restored if unexpected failures occur during upgrade - see #3489.
• Fix - Use the user-provided page size when querying repositories - see #3502.
• Fix - Ensure .arguments files that cannot be decrypted do not prevent running Chocolatey CLI commands - see #3503.
• Fix - Ensure invalid .arguments files do not prevent running Chocola

As part of this release we had 32 issues closed.

Deprecated Feature

• Deprecate unpackself command - see #3426.

Features

• Save software install location for future use - see #3315.
• Allow viewing package creation validation rules via new choco rule command - see #3381.

Bug Fixes

• Fix - Ensure Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage does not add a trailing space to silent arguments - see #2345.
• Fix - Ensure Install-ChocolateyPath adds a new entry to the PATH when part of it is already there - see #3318.
• Fix - Using Install-ChocolateyPath -PathType Machine in a non-admin context spawns PowerSh