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ForEach-Object -Parallel break $?
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Description
Prerequisites
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Steps to reproduce
1..3 | ForEach-Object -ThrottleLimit 1 -Parallel { cmd /k exit 1; Write-Host $? }
Expected behavior
False
False
False
Actual behavior
False
True
True
Error details
No response
Environment data
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 7.2.1
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.2.1
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.19042
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
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Research direction
Start by running the reported PowerShell 7.2.1 reproduction: 1..3 | ForEach-Object -ThrottleLimit 1 -Parallel { cmd /k exit 1; Write-Host $? }. Trace the ForEach-Object -Parallel handling of $? and confirm that each iteration reports False after the failing command, as shown in the expected behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100