v0.15.31

Highlights

• Add implementation for use-resource-symbol-reference linter rule (#9742)
• Nullable types (#9454) - must have experimentalFeaturesEnabled.userDefinedTypes set to true
• Remove experimental flag for Paste as Bicep (#9905)
• Add view type definition support for MCR modules (#9709)
• Support module registry reference completions (#9913)
• Bumping Types version (#9986)

Bug fixes and features

Bicep team:

• Add a fix for a known cause of issue 1931 (#9711)
• Add issue redirect link (#9731)
• Fix issue 9467 (#9858)
• Fix for issue 9855 (#9859)
• Remove coalesce from list of functions (#9914)
• Fix for issue 7952 (#9910)
• VSCode: Show less obtrusive and more granular loading indicator (#9920)
• Emit a warning rather than an error for inappropriately nullable function arguments (#9721)
• Warn (don't error) on nullables throughout (#9730)
• Replace loop-local variable references on the scope of descendent resources (#9651)
• Update join signature (#9954)
• Prevent stack overflow in use-stable-resource-identifiers linter (#10001)
• Fixed restore from ACR with anonymous pull enabled when az or PS are not logged in (#9922)
• Fix language server starup issue in visual studio (#9739)

@dciborow

• Update devcontainer.json to latest schema (#9849)

@levimatheri

• Add linter rule to simplify json('null') to null (#9744)

v0.14.85

Features and bug fixes

@dciborow

• Update devcontainer.json to latest schema (#9849)

Bicep team:

• Fix issue 9467 (#9858)
• Fix for issue 9855 (#9859)
• Don't convert on paste if converted bicep is empty (#9789)
• Keep 'Paste as Bicep' always enabled (#9799)
• Replace not insert on Paste as Bicep (9631) (#9800)
• Make "yes" the first (default?) survey button (#9835)
• Update survey dialog text (#9837)

v0.14.46

Highlights

• Prompt for annual survey in (#9664)
• Add "View type definition" support for MCR modules to view readme for that module (#9709)

Features and bug fixes

Bicep team:

• Add a fix for a known cause of issue 1931 (#9711)
• Add issue redirect link (#9731)
• Handle tuples in allowed([...])-derived param type (#9717)
• Emit a warning rather than an error for inappropriately nullable function arguments (#9721)
• Type inference for tuple index access (#9724)
• Warn (don't error) on nullables throughout (#9730)
• Update literal return type deriver to take account of object additionalProperties (#9735)
• Replace loop-local variable references on the scope of descendent resources (#9651)
• Fix language server starup issue in visual studio (#9739)

v0.14.6

Highlights

Bicep team:

• Add linter rule use-parent-property to recommend usage of parent property (#9305)
• Add decompilation support for lambda functions (#9592)
• Paste as Bicep (enable in Bicep VS Code extension settings)
  • Full templates and resources (#9174)
  • Paste JSON value as Bicep (#9519)
• Add "View type definition" support for modules in the public registry (#9647)
  • Documentation can be associated with the registry using the --documentationUrl parameter
  • Works for all modules in the public registry
• Updating Azure.Bicep.Types.Az version for Bicep Release 0.14.0 (#9697)
• Block expressions that generate nested references (#9646)

Features and Bug fixes

Bicep team:

• Expose the toObject function in Bicep (#8982)
• Simplify codegen for myRes['id'] (#9299)
• Fix for Insert Resource in a blank file (#9447)
• Published Bicep modules now include artifactType in the OCI manifest (#9520)
• Various fixes for deploy-time constant validation (#9531)
• Custom types enhancements
  • Add tuple types (#9153)
  • Allow union declarations to be include a newline before any pipe (#9441)
  • Additional properties syntax (#9511)
  • Add a null forgiving operator (#9585)

@admodras

• Update App Service icon to match proper resource type for visualizer (#9390)

@levimatheri

• Add '=' as output type follower (#9525)
• Handle types in first and last functions (#9533)

@dciborow

• fix: nested functions not detected in strings (#9587)

@miqm

• LoadJsonContent supports file with comments (#9222)

@vbossica

• Change casing of secureString to comply with deploymentTemplate schema (#9225)

v0.13.1

Highlights

Bicep team:

• Bicep deploy - support deployment to azure cloud (#9097)

@miqm

• Emitting getSecret inside a ternary expression (#8658)

Bug fixes and features

Bicep team:

• Fix for partially-typed resource type completions (#9158)
• InsertResource: Use json() function to format non-integer number (#9162)
• Support fully-qualified ambient type symbols in output declaration type clauses (#8961)
• Fix flatten signature (#9117)
• Block nested runtime functions (#8965)

@matsest

• fix(vscode): add icons for container apps (#9101)

v0.12.40

Features and bug fixes

This is a hotfix for some unintended breaking changes that went out with the v0.12.1 release. Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused!

Bicep team:

• Make sure that single-item allowed decorators on arrays are treated the same as decorators with multiple items (#8893)
• Correct union assignability check when both sides of the assignment are unions (#8899)
• Use imported type rather than narrowed type for union branches within resource declaration (#8902)
• Incorporate type names into Bicep symbol table (#8876)
• Update TypeHelper.IsLiteralType to avoid catching LanguageConstants.Object (#8952)
• Fix an issue where building file with deeply nested external modules throws (#8903)
• Allow 'asazure.windows.net' for no-hardcoded-env-urls (#8871)

v0.12.1

Highlights

Bicep team:

• Add support for sourcing feature flags from bicepconfig.json (#8559)
• Add experimental support for aggregate type declarations (#8673)
• Add decompile command (#8804)

@SimonWahlin

• Add format command to bicep CLI (#8580)

Features and bug fixes

Bicep team:

• Improve performance of NoUnusedVariablesRule & NoUnusedParametersRule (#8853)
• Fix a formatter issue where formatting invalid nested resource keeps on indenting further (#8666)
• Emit API version for deployment references (#8656)
• Fix 7752 don't allow non-param files to be selected (#8521)
• Rule to detect compiler fluff (decompiler-cleanup) (#8648)
• Fix decompile of "metadata" in resources/modules (#8848)
• Bicep Deploy: add support to name deployments (#8717)
• Refresh compilation before build and deploy to fix 8239 (#8721)

Documentation and snippets

@johnlokerse

• Added DNS Private Resolver resource snippet (#8787)

v0.11.1

Bug fixes and features

Bicep team:

• Improve module path completions (#8560)
• Fixed false positives for use-resourceid-functions (#8445, #8437, #8446)
• Improve decompiler naming of resources: remove trailing "Name" from resources (#8500)

@bjompen

• add support for URL encoded local paths (#8418)

@dciborow

• Update SecretsInParamsMustBeSecureRule.cs (#8420)

@johnthcall

• Reuse indexed types in AzResourceTypeLoader (#8509)

v0.10.61

Bug fixes and features

Bicep Team:

• Allow more build steps to run in parallel (#8273)
• Add validation for ambiguous resource scopes (#8300)
• Use locally cached tpn files (#8330)
• Fixed typo in the trigger for the notice job (#8375)
• Add nested resources to document outline (#2037)
• Fix ArtifactsLocationSasToken MissingMethodException Issue (#8327)
• Fix language configs not found issue (#8338)
• Update bicep visual studio extension name (#8303)
• Update visual studio vsix id (#8341)

@ellismg

• Support @metadata decorator on outputs (#8302)

@SimonWahlin

• Add metadata keyword (#6360)

v0.10.13

Features and bug fixes:

Bicep Team:

• Add fix for locale-independent number conversion (#7829)
• Add appInsights, ability to load quickstart samples to playground (#7832)
• Add ability to generate .bicep file from a Kubernetes manifest (#7812)
• Extensibility - fix namespace completions, make kubernetes a singleton namespace (#7870)
• Fix up support for provider config completions (#7895)
• Enable lambdas in Bicep (#7867)
• Add script & GHA to bump dependency versions (#8225)
• Update use-stable-resource-identifiers linter rule to support multiple violations on the same root (#7910)
• Registry module tool improvements (#8191)
• Preserve underscores in names in decompilation (#8221)
• Linter:
  • Port linter rule secure-params-in-nested-deploy (#7741)
  • Port TTK linter rule: use-recent-api-version (#7612)
  • Port TTK rule use-resourceid-functions (#7907)
  • Fix #8028 (#8040)
  • Fix 8016 ignore artifacts params without underscores (#8067)
  • Fix 8047 (#8048)
  • Fix 8030, modules with use-resource-id-functions (#8143)
  • use-recent-api-versions should check function calls (#8135)

@alexangas

• Fix: Bogus no-unused-existing-resources for nested resources (#7906)

@tonybaloney

• Add flexible servers and private DNS zone fall through switches (#7996)

@johnlokerse

• Added private endpoint Bicep snippet (#7929)

@sammeel

• Add helpful error when builtin function is shadowed by local variable (#6027)

@StefanIvemo

• Changed the tooltip description for uniqueString() to include length (#8007)
• [Snippet] - Azure Firewall Standard SKU for VWAN (#6302)
• [Snippet] - Azure Firewall Standard SKU (#6301)

@iamvighnesh

• Snippet - Service Bus Namespace (#5273)