microsoftgraph / microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-powershell
Create mirror for when PowerShell Gallery is down
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe the problem.
PowerShell Gallery is not reliable, and currently it experiences problems due to the *.azureedge.net CDN retirement.
- https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/discussions/24734
- https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShellGallery/issues/297
I have a meta issue / feature request that tracks more issues I've encountered.
AWS hosts a mirror of their modules, which is great for when PowerShell Gallery is down.
- Announcement: https://github.com/aws/aws-tools-for-powershell/issues/107#issuecomment-577285223
- Links to latest:
Maybe you could do the same?
Describe the solution you'd like.
- Add release artifacts to GitHub releases?
- Publish modules to MCR too?
Additional context?
No response
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked PowerShell Gallery incidents and the AWS Tools for PowerShell mirror announcement to understand the reliability problem and existing distribution approach. Compare the proposed GitHub Releases and MCR options, then define the selected publishing path and verify that modules remain available when PowerShell Gallery is unavailable.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100