PowerShell / PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer
Rule Idea: Wait-Debugger Warning
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- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
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Description
Summary of the new feature
Rule that warns if Wait-Debugger is present in a script and that it will cause a "hard stop" of the script. This would provide a safety gate especially for new users as well as a vscode warning if it is still present, if they put it in their code temporarily for troubleshooting and forgot to remove it after.
Proposed technical implementation details (optional)
Pretty simple, just do an AST search for wait-debugger
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no files or tests. Start by locating PSScriptAnalyzer's AST-based rule entry points and existing rule tests, then confirm how Wait-Debugger is represented; done means a rule warns about its hard-stop behavior and supports the described VS Code warning use case.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, powershell
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100