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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

Extra level of indentation within #region/#endregion tags Open

Area - Formatter Issue - Enhancement

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1562 · Opened Aug 3, 2020
Implementing interface in PowerShell class does not warn about non-implemented interface members Open

Area - Rules Issue - Enhancement Issue - New Rule

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1564 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 3, 2020
Whitespace Between Parameters Is Trimming Required Quotes Open

Area - Formatter Issue - Bug

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1561 · 13 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 31, 2020
Improve settings format, allow JSON + custom settings formats Open

API Proposal Consider - 2.0 Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1552 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 22, 2020
Better way to implement rules in PS script Open

API Proposal Consider - 2.0 Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1551 · 3 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Jul 22, 2020
New formatting API Open

API Proposal Consider - 2.0 Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1550 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 22, 2020
Update PSUseCorrectCasing to enforce correct casing of language keywords Open

Issue - Enhancement Up-for-Grabs

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1546 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 19, 2020
Make custom rule name consistent Open

Area - Rules Consider - 2.0

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1545 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 17, 2020
Consider adding warning rule for Foreach-object break/continue/return Open

Area - Rules Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1544 · 3 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jul 17, 2020
Validate new Rule definition API Open

API Proposal Consider - 2.0 Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1543 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 16, 2020
UseFullyQualifiedCommandNames: Implement a rule to flag command uses that could be ambiguous based on state Open

Area - Rules Consider - 2.0

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1542 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 14, 2020
Add version to PSScriptAnalyzer assemblies Open

Area - Build Issue - Enhancement

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1537 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 1, 2020
Switch to elevate warning to errors Open

Area - Configuration Consider - 2.0

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1534 · 6 comments · Opened Jun 28, 2020
PSAvoidAssignmentToAutomaticVariable generates false positives during script analysis Open

Area - Rules Issue - Bug Need Repro Info

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1532 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 25, 2020
PSSA 2.0 Roadmap Open

Consider - 2.0

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 18/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1528 · 5 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Jun 16, 2020
Provide updatable help for PSScriptAnalyzer Open

Area - Documentation Consider - 2.0 Issue - Enhancement

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1518 · Opened Jun 4, 2020
Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer should implement SupportsShouldProcess Open

Consider - 2.0 Issue - Enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1517 · 9 comments · Opened Jun 4, 2020
Should rule severity be configurable ? Open

Area - Configuration Consider - 2.0 Issue - Enhancement

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1515 · 8 comments · 6 reactions · Opened May 29, 2020
UseCompatibleSyntax.md Documentation Out of Date Open

Area - Documentation

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1512 · 4 comments · Opened May 22, 2020
New rule to warn against break/continue outside of loops or traps Open

Area - Rules Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1507 · 2 reactions · Opened May 21, 2020
PSUseUsingScopeModifierInNewRunspaces has false positive when using -ArgumentList on Invoke-Command Open

Issue - Enhancement Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1504 · 10 comments · 12 reactions · Opened May 20, 2020
Support running in ConstrainedLanguage mode Open

Area - Engine Consider - 2.0

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1502 · Opened May 14, 2020
Implement PSSA2 testing Open

Consider - 2.0

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1488 · 1 comment · Opened May 6, 2020
Properly document PSSA2 Open

Consider - 2.0

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1487 · 1 reaction · Opened May 6, 2020
Add compatibility adapters Open

Consider - 2.0

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1486 · 2 comments · Opened May 6, 2020
Migrate existing rules to PSSA2 Open

Consider - 2.0

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1485 · Opened May 6, 2020
Improve compatibility profile performance and make profiles a part of central configuration Open

Consider - 2.0

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1484 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 6, 2020
Improved rule suppression Open

Consider - 2.0

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1483 · 2 comments · 5 reactions · Opened May 6, 2020
Provide an asynchronous API Open

Consider - 2.0

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1482 · 1 reaction · Opened May 6, 2020
Implement script rule running Open

Consider - 2.0

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1481 · Opened May 6, 2020
Write new formatting engine Open

Consider - 2.0

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1480 · 1 comment · Opened May 6, 2020
Improve configuration Open

Consider - 2.0

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1479 · 1 comment · Opened May 6, 2020
Add continuous integration Open

Consider - 2.0

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1478 · Opened May 6, 2020
Add testing to build script Open

Consider - 2.0

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1477 · Opened May 6, 2020
Update PSUseCorrectCasing to enforce correct case for an enum Open

Issue - Enhancement Up-for-Grabs

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1475 · 1 comment · Opened May 5, 2020
PSUseCorrectCasing malfunctioning in DSC configuration Open

Area - Formatter

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1474 · 4 comments · Opened May 5, 2020
ReviewUnusedParameter does not capture parameter usage within a scriptblock Open

Issue - Discussion Issue - Enhancement

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1472 · 41 comments · 37 reactions · Opened May 5, 2020
PSUseOutputTypeCorrectly/[OutputType()] fires incorrectly, reporting that a fn should return string when the function actually return array of strings Open

Issue - Enhancement Issue - New Rule

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1471 · 12 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 5, 2020
Rule Request: Warn Against Special Characters that PowerShell Accepts Open

Area - Rules Issue - Enhancement Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1436 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 7, 2020
Add setting to better toggle block comments Open

Area - Formatter Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1428 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 17, 2020
Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer keeps powershell_ise process open Open

Issue - Bug

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1416 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 17, 2020
Proposal: Basic Telemetry for PSSA Open

Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1414 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 10, 2020
Update PSUseCorrectCasing to enforce correct casing of automatic variables Open

Area - Rules Issue - Enhancement Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1401 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 22, 2020
Check automatic variable availability Open

Area - CompatibilityRules Issue - Enhancement Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1400 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 21, 2020
Invoke-Formatter loses one level of identation after chain with more than 2 commands and script blocks Open

Area - Formatter

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1378 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 1, 2019
new feature: unusable parameters warning Open

Issue - New Rule

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1375 · 5 comments · Opened Nov 19, 2019
Settings file (.psd1) sometimes requires arrays even when specifying a single value Open

Area - Configuration Issue - Bug

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1366 · Opened Nov 5, 2019
PSProvideCommentHelp should also warn on script param blocks Open

Area - Formatter Area - Rules Issue - Enhancement Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1363 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 2, 2019
PS7 ternary operator incorrectly identified as cmdlet Open

Area - Engine Issue - Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1362 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 31, 2019
unary not is fooling tracker of variable use when assignment is in foreach loop Open

Area - Scoping Issue - Bug

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1353 · Opened Oct 21, 2019

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