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Dominant language: C#
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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402 open issues indexed

PSUseConsistentIndentation flattens the indentation of commented-out code Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 72/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2217 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 18, 2026
PSUseConsistentIndentation double-indents attribute bodies that open a scriptblock (`[Attr({ … })]`) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 70/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2216 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Add EditorConfig `.editorconfig` to project Open

Up-for-Grabs

Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2213 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 11, 2026
`Invoke-Formatter -Range` silently drops corrections after earlier fixes shift text Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2211 · Opened Aug 24, 2026
`PSPlaceOpenBrace` and `PSPlaceCloseBrace` leave trailing whitespace when expanding one-line blocks Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 70/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2210 · Opened Aug 24, 2026
Invoke-Formatter is not idempotent on `--%` verbatim arguments Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2209 · Opened Aug 24, 2026
On github actions ubuntu-latest analysis fails with "The term 'Get-Command' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet" Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2205 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 19, 2026
ValidateRange boundary type vs parameter type check Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2199 · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 2, 2026
Update the build to use .NET 10 Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2195 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 23, 2026
PSAvoidUsingConvertToSecureStringWithPlainText makes unreasonable claims at high severity Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2187 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 18, 2026
Additional settings file for developement Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2184 · Opened May 7, 2026
[Formatter] Indent Right(hand side) `CommandExpressionAst` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2175 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 20, 2026
`PSUseDeclaredVarsMoreThanAssignments` and assigning multiple variables Open

Area - PSUseDeclaredVarsMoreThanAssignments Up-for-Grabs

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2164 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 17, 2026
PSUseConsistentWhitespace - Ability to ignore if in a line with multiple pipes Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2162 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 7, 2026
Support `.config` project directory Open

Area - Engine

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2157 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 21, 2026
`Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer` `-Severity` filters rules rather than diagnostics Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2156 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 20, 2026
rule request: AvoidPlusEqualToPopulateDictionary Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2154 · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 14, 2026
Lack of compatibility profiles for current PowerShell Core versions, Windows 11, Windows PowerShell on Windows 11. Open

Up-for-Grabs

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2152 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 24, 2026
[formatter] Comment to let formatter ignore contents Open

Area - Formatter

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2151 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 21, 2026
[Formatter] Do not force indentation style unless certain line length were met Open

Issue-Enhancement Up for Grabs

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2148 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 11, 2025
PSAvoidOverwritingBuiltInCmdlets (core-6.1.0-*) returns warning for Write-Log, which is not a built-in cmdlet Open

Up-for-Grabs

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2146 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 5, 2025
Rule Request: UnknownLabel Open

Up-for-Grabs

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2145 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 4, 2025
Rule Request: `AvoidPlaintextParameterPasswords` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2139 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 3, 2025
Rule to enforce strongly typed variables Open

Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2137 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 31, 2025
Configurable ParameterDescription Placement and Section Requirements in PSProvideCommentHelp Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2133 · Opened Oct 12, 2025
`Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer` parameterset ambiguity Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2130 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 3, 2025
Rule request `AvoidRedundantValueFromPipelineByPropertyName` Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2129 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 3, 2025
variable assignments are not aligned Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2127 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 27, 2025
preferences file does not support $env: variables Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2126 · Opened Aug 23, 2025
PSUseConsistentIndentation not respected for pipeline chain operators. Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2120 · Opened Aug 11, 2025
False Positive: Variable Reference Error for Colon After Variable in Double-Quoted Strings (Format Operator and Concatenation) Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2116 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 24, 2025
false variable is assigned but never used recommendation (same as ticket #1354) Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2113 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 16, 2025
Rule request: AvoidUsingPlusEqualOnCollections Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2112 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 15, 2025
Rule request: AvoidUsingBacktickLineTerminator Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2111 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 15, 2025
Rule request: AvoidUsingOutNull Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2110 · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 15, 2025
Cannot import PSScriptAnalyzer 1.24.0 with PowerShell 7.4.5 or earlier Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2106 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 3, 2025
AvoidAssignmentToAutomaticVariable doesn't distinguish between normal and DSC scripts Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2105 · 1 comment · Opened May 22, 2025
Autoformat option to automatically wrap object properties in single quotes Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2104 · 1 reaction · Opened May 20, 2025
Allow modules to provide rules Open

Up for Grabs

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2103 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 10, 2025
Improve Usability of PSScriptAnalyzer.psd1 Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2102 · 2 comments · Opened May 8, 2025
AvoidGlobalVars should only trigger on assignment Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2100 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened May 6, 2025
-SaveDscDependency does not work on Microsoft-hosted 'ubuntu-latest' agents Open

Issue - Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2096 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 22, 2025
Formatting misses certain keywords (unary operators, 'until') Open

Area - Formatter Issue - Enhancement Up for Grabs

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2095 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 15, 2025
Invalid reformatting when docker command executed directly from PS Open

Area - Formatter

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2094 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 14, 2025
Rule request: AvoidDefaultEncoding Open

Up for Grabs

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2079 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 13, 2025
Cannot determine line endings as the text probably contain mixed line endings. Open

Issue - Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2074 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 5, 2025
Add rule to validate that recommended Pascal-Kebab-Case was used for function naming Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2071 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2025
GitHub `Support_Question.md` template is outdated Open

Area - Documentation Up for Grabs

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2068 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 28, 2025
Disable PSSA or supress all rules for **one** file without excluding path in settings.psd1? Open

Up for Grabs

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2067 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 28, 2025
Suggestion: Parameter modification warning Open

Issue - New Rule

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#2059 · Opened Feb 11, 2025

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