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Progress color is lost when redirecting

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Description

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Summary

When redirecting stdout or saving the output to a variable progress information loses its color in the console.

Steps to reproduce
$results = dsc resource list --adapter Microsoft.DSC/PowerShell
Expected behavior
Progress information colors is not lost
Actual behavior
Progress information colors are lost
Error details
n/a
Environment data
7.6-preview4
Version

3.1.0-preview.5

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Research direction

Start by reproducing dsc resource list --adapter Microsoft.DSC/PowerShell in PowerShell 7.6-preview4, both interactively and with stdout redirected or assigned to $results. Trace the CLI's progress-output handling and verify that progress colors are preserved in those cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
powershell
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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