ZD : powershell_script resource not honoring parameters while using Job-Start for background process
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Description
Description
As customer is describing the issue :
I am using a simple code below to run a powershell script that takes 2 parameters as a background job.
powershell_script 'test_install' do
code "Start-Job -ScriptBlock {#{script_dir}\test.ps1 $args} -ArgumentList 'one', 'two'"
end
The above code runs without any errors but is not passing the parameters to the script. However If I run the same code via powershell console as a command it works fine. Is there a bug around this. I can see there was a fix around the above behaviour which was done in powershell in October 2019: MicrosoftDocs/PowerShell-Docs#4944
Chef Version
Chef Infra Client v16.4.38
Platform Version
Replication Case
powershell_script 'test_install' do
code "Start-Job -ScriptBlock {#{script_dir}\test.ps1 $args} -ArgumentList 'one', 'two'"
end
The above code runs without any errors but is not passing the parameters to the script. However If I run the same code via powershell console as a command it works fine. Is there a bug around this. I can see there was a fix around the above behaviour which was done in powershell in October 2019: MicrosoftDocs/PowerShell-Docs#4944
Expected behavior
Parameters should get passed to the script.
Actual behavior
Doesn't pass parameters to script
Additional context
Running code "Start-Job -ScriptBlock { c:\test\.chef\local-mode-cache\cache\was_scripts\WASFixPacksInstall_Win.ps1 'install', 'CRQ123456' }" also not passing the parameters.
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Research direction
Start with the powershell_script resource and reproduce the shown Start-Job example using the supplied Chef Infra Client version. Compare its behavior with the equivalent PowerShell console command; done means the script receives both parameters when run as a background job.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- devops
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100