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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

New Rule Request : Use double quoted strings when using variable expansion Open

Issue - New Rule

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#612 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 4, 2016
Warn when partial enumeration values are used Open

Issue - New Rule

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#600 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 18, 2016
Cannot access a closed file Open

Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#577 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 1, 2016
Add suggestion to read About_TOPIC files to Script Analyzer rules Open

Area - Documentation Area - Rules Issue - Enhancement

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#575 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 23, 2016
PSAvoidUsingConvertToSecureStringWithPlainText how can i encrypt plain strings then?? Open

Area - Rules Issue - Discussion

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#574 · 6 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 22, 2016
PSAvoidUsingConvertToSecureStringWithPlainText shouldn't always be flagged by PSGallery. Open

Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#562 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 9, 2016
Add Parameter to include/exclude certain files/folders when using -Path parameter set Open

Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#561 · 14 comments · 12 reactions · Opened Jun 8, 2016
ProvideCommentHelp rule bug Open

Issue - Bug

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#557 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 7, 2016
Need RuleId (Unique Rule Identifier) in addition to the RuleName Open

Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#549 · Opened Jun 1, 2016
New Rule Request: Warn against module manifests that load their associated script module as a Nested module Open

Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#546 · 1 reaction · Opened May 31, 2016
Question: How to manage module version in Pester tests for this module? Open

Issue - Enhancement

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#528 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened May 17, 2016
Which rules should provide suggested corrections? Open

Issue - Discussion Issue - Question

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#516 · 1 reaction · Opened May 3, 2016
Improve suggested corrections of UseToExportFieldsInManifest Open

Issue - Enhancement

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#513 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 23, 2016
Use runspace pool to improve performance Open

Issue - Enhancement

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#511 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 23, 2016
Warn on syntax that will cause comment-based help to fail to be discovered/usable Open

Issue - Discussion Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#500 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 11, 2016
PSDSCStandardDSCFunctionsInResource Open

Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#489 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 1, 2016
Warn on Undeclared Variable Open

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#483 · 19 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 29, 2016
How do you incorporate PSScriptAnalyzer as part of your dev process? Open

Issue - Discussion Issue - Question

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#471 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 21, 2016
Time sum to scan sub folders is much longer than scanning parent folder Open

Area - Performance Issue - Enhancement

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#469 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 16, 2016
Definitions for Information, Warning, and Error Severities Open

Area - Documentation Issue - Enhancement

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#467 · Opened Mar 12, 2016
Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute should take an array of category names Open

Issue - Enhancement

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#459 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 7, 2016
Should Script Analyzer deal with binary modules? Open

Area - Engine Consider - 2.0 Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#447 · 13 comments · Opened Feb 11, 2016
Help generate a report card for modules Open

Issue - Discussion

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#436 · 7 comments · Opened Feb 2, 2016
Support for function "wrappers" Open

Area - Configuration Issue - Enhancement

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#410 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 21, 2015
Should PSScriptAnalyzer suggest use of the RemotingCapability cmdlet attribute when a ComputerName parameter is used? Open

Issue - Discussion Issue - Question

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#397 · Opened Dec 8, 2015
New Rule Suggestion: unreachable code, Open

Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#395 · Opened Dec 4, 2015
Contents of a Minimum ruleset Open

Area - Configuration Area - Rule Sets Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#386 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 1, 2015
PSSCriptAnalyzer Needs Rule Sets Open

Area - Configuration Area - Rule Sets Issue - Enhancement

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#383 · 6 comments · Opened Nov 28, 2015
Add rule: Variable names should use camelCase Open

Issue - New Rule not ready Style

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#381 · 5 comments · Opened Nov 25, 2015
Add rule: Function names should use PascalCase Open

Issue - New Rule not ready Style

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#380 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 25, 2015
Add rule: Each line should have less than 100 characters Open

Issue - New Rule Style Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#379 · 9 comments · Opened Nov 25, 2015
Add rule: code should not contain multiple blank lines in a row Open

Issue - New Rule Style Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#376 · Opened Nov 25, 2015
ScriptAnalyzer categories for rule severities Open

Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#314 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 8, 2015
Optional logging metrics for rule applications Open

Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#313 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 8, 2015
Exception for using non existing parameters Open

Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#295 · Opened Aug 18, 2015
Warn on using incomplete parameter name Open

Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#294 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 18, 2015
The rule PSUseShouldProcessForStateChangingFunctions is far too simple Open

Issue - Discussion

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#283 · 9 comments · 10 reactions · Opened Jul 20, 2015
PSScriptAnalyzer doesn't seem to be using the SuppressMessageAttribute ctor fields as intended. Open

Issue - Enhancement

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#276 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 15, 2015
Throw a warning when I redefine a global variable in a local scope Open

Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#265 · 12 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 10, 2015
It is a best practice for PowerShell modules to contain help topics Open

Issue - Discussion Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#259 · 18 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 26, 2015
PowerShellVersion should be required for modules Open

Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#253 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 25, 2015
Assignment of invalid values to local action preference variables Open

Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#239 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2015
I suggest adding an "Accuracy" property to DiagnosticRecord. Open

Issue - Enhancement Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#234 · 4 comments · Opened May 31, 2015
New rule to validate help comments Open

Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#217 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened May 26, 2015
Need Warning for Partial Parameters Open

Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#215 · Opened May 26, 2015
Avoid using cmdlet aliases. Open

Issue - Discussion

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#214 · 46 comments · 1 assignee · Opened May 26, 2015
Use proper output streams for messages output by PSScriptAnalyzer Open

Issue - Enhancement Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#212 · 1 comment · Opened May 26, 2015
UseShouldProcessForStateChangingFunctions should prove that a function changes system state. Open

Issue - Bug Issue - New Rule Up-for-Grabs

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#206 · 3 comments · Opened May 23, 2015
Add DSC Rule: schema.mof contains description for each element Open

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

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

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#131 · Opened May 8, 2015
Add DSC Rule: Resource is not using cmdlets requiring interactive input Open

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

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#130 · Opened May 8, 2015

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