microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Winget pin add (AppID) --blocking fails to prevent app upgrade when scripts runs as SYSTEM
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Description
Brief description of your issue
As the title says, a few of my apps I did NOT want to be upgraded still got upgraded by "winget upgrade --all" even tho I had run "winget pin add (AppID) --blocking", this command's success was confirmed by "winget pin list" command, they all got pinned by "blocking".
Steps to reproduce
Run winget pin add (AppID) --blocking
run a winget upgrade --all script as SYSTEM
look at the log file: it will say, for example, that PowerISO got upgraded even tho I made sure to block it by the aforementioned commands and the list showed the block
Expected behavior
Winget pin add (AppID) --blocking should completely prevent any version upgrades whatsoever.
Actual behavior
Winget pin add (AppID) --blocking does NOT prevent ALL app versions from being upgraded
Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.7.10861
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22631.3374
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.22.10861.0
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Research direction
Start with the winget pin add (AppID) --blocking, winget pin list, and winget upgrade --all entry points, reproducing the upgrade script under SYSTEM on the reported Windows and WinGet versions. Compare the pin state with the upgrade log; done means a blocking pin prevents the pinned application from upgrading when the command runs as SYSTEM.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100