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The `AdditionalMetadata` dictionary on the output objects is missing all but one property / entry compared to `Find-Module`

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Description

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Steps to reproduce

Find-Module populates the .AdditionalMetadata property of its output objects with a custom object containing properties such as summary, updated, Authors, ...

These are all missing from Find-PSResource's output objects, with the exception of NormalizedVersion (another difference is that the .AdditionalMetadata is now a generic dictionary rather than a custom object).

Possibly related:

  • #878
 (Find-PSResource CompletionPredictor).AdditionalMetadata
Expected behavior

This is what you get with Find-Module:

summary                   : Command-line intellisense based on PowerShell auto-completion
updated                   : 2023-12-22T17:09:11Z
Authors                   : PowerShell
ItemType                  : Module
developmentDependency     : False
isAbsoluteLatestVersion   : True
requireLicenseAcceptance  : False
PowerShellVersion         : 7.2
PackageManagementProvider : NuGet
lastUpdated               : 12/22/2023 5:09:11 PM -05:00
packageSize               : 39852
description               : Command-line intellisense based on PowerShell auto-completion
copyright                 : Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
published                 : 5/3/2023 9:38:39 PM -04:00
versionDownloadCount      : 12546
FileList                  : CompletionPredictor.nuspec|CompletionPredictor.psd1|PowerShell.Predictor.dll|_manifest\spdx_2.2\manifest.spdx.json|_manifest\spdx_2.2\manifest.spdx.json.sha256
NormalizedVersion         : 0.1.1
downloadCount             : 15250
GUID                      : dab36133-7065-440d-ac9a-821187afc400
SourceName                : PSGallery
tags                      : PSEdition_Core PSModule
created                   : 5/3/2023 9:38:39 PM -04:00
CompanyName               : Microsoft Corporation
IsPrerelease              : false
isLatestVersion           : True
Actual behavior
Key               Value
---               -----
NormalizedVersion 0.1.1
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Environment data
v1.0.1
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Research direction

Start by tracing Find-PSResource and the output object's AdditionalMetadata population, then compare it with the Find-Module metadata shown in the report. Done means the repro returns the expected metadata entries, not only NormalizedVersion, while preserving the reported dictionary behavior.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, powershell
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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