This is the first stable release of Windows Package Manager 1.8 for Windows 10 (1809+), and Windows 11.

Experimental features have been disabled in this release.

WinGet v1.8 will be the last stable version of WinGet with experimental features disabled. Starting in WinGet v1.9, stable releases will include the ability to enable experimental features unless blocked by Group Policy Objects (GPO).

Features

• HTTP Proxy support
• WinGet Configuration Mixed Elevation Mode support via COM
• WinGet Package Icon support via COM
• PowerShell Modules work on ARM64
• Control Characters shouldn't be allowed in user generated content
• Downloading MSStore packages
• Extracting archives using tar.exe

What's Changed

• Update WinGet Download spec with accurate PS cmdlet help by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4182
• Add Troubleshooting Step for CDN by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4188
• CodeCoverage pipeline for submission to onefuzz. by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4177
• Update fuzzing code coverage pipeline id by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4191
• Increment version to 1.8 by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4192
• Remove x86 platform from fuzzing pipeline by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4195
• Make SQLite wrapper more resilient by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4196
• Pull in latest localized strings by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4202
• Fix settings.schema.0.2.json not validating against schema by @Mat2095 in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4200
• Fix test error and change pipeline to properly report test crash by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4204
• Refactor IPackage by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4174
• Update Repair-WinGetPackageManager with UiXaml 2.8 by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4218
• Copy semver.dll to direct dependencies by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4226
• Fix xamlAsset value (powershell module) by @vedantmgoyal9 in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4240
• Update Triage Triggers by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4239
• Remove Needs-Triage when labels are applied by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4243
• Standardize Formatting of Documentation by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4244
• Fix conflict with Issue Forms by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4245
• Fix PowerShellCmdlet by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4247
• Add support for proxies #190 by @florelis in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4203
• Make Ignore Warnings suppress the output level entirely by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4221
• Add spec for proxy support by @florelis in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4152
• Add Trigger for Needs-Repro Label by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4276
• Ignore corrupted source data by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4291
• Update similarissues.yml to include body information as well by @craigloewen-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4295
• Fix EnableWindowsPackageManagerCommandLineInterfaces Policy Behavior by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4293
• Better server start coordination by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4292
• Add experimental support for multiple installed versions by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4282
• Remove duplicates from MultiQuery by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4286
• Add support for setting source trust level by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4216
• Remove macro condition for GetAdminSettingPolicy by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4314
• Fix header for AdminSettings by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4315
• Add Triggers for context labels by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4335
• Add support for optional limitation set in configuration remote server and processors by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4349
• Dynamic runtime configuration support by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4355
• Improve MSStore installation success rate by trying Restart or Cancel when applicable by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4356
• Refactor HttpClientHelper to CommonCore by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4371
• Added AdditionalLibraryDirectories to UndockedRegFreeWinRT by @AmelBawa-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4374
• Index v2 by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4387
• Make DLL directory work in packaged cases as well by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4389
• Enable Microsoft.WinGet.Client arm64 support by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4392
• Add Arm64 to list of architectures in Module Initialization. by @snickler in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4251
• Fix e2e tests by setting the test source package as trusted by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4409
• Fix mixed elevation integration issue by using MemoryStream by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4413
• Pull in microsoft sfs-client repo as subtree by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4408
• Add initial support for msstore download experimental feature by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4386
• Explicitly add Microsoft.Management.Configuration as remoting server dependency by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4418
• Update instructions to build repo locally with vcpkg enabled by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4426
• Make SecurityContext field name camelCase by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4433
• Add Workflow logs and fix installed version workflow bug by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4432
• Block control codes and truncate longer configuration text blocks by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4436
• Configure export command by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4434
• Create local Microsoft.WindowsPackageManager.Utils nuget by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4439
• Use GitHub's built in markdown highlighting to highlight notes in README by @alvinsjoy in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4441
• Remove Parent Directory when Empty by @Trenly in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4451
• Complete MSStore download and licensing by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4464
• Make proxy feature stable by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4466
• Index V2 consumption by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4462
• Remove PAT token for ADO fuzzing task by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4478
• Update the correlation tools by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4479
• Allow a property to force the /debugtype override onto some projects by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4480
• Initialize logging of global logger for inproc invocations by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4490
• Fix limit mode metadata blocking by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4489
• Move paths code to shared by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4484
• WinGetDownload E_ACCESSDENIED by @msftrubengu in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4518
• Update sfs-client to 1.0.0 release by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4517
• Enable Microsoft Entra Id auth for displaycatalog and use enterprise offline sku by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4544
• Winget Repair - Eliminate installer type mapping for MSI/WIX and MSIX NonStore ,code refactoring & E2E Test Coverage by @Madhusudhan-MSFT in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4534
• Add support for extracting archives using tar.exe by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4541
• Make SxS stable by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4563
• Fix export manifest with multiple locales by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4569
• Make Store package download stable by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4570
• Update expired certificate with incoming one by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4568
• Apply latest patch for localized strings by @ryfu-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4578
• Update winget server com security by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4577
• Component Governance fix: Update libyaml by @yao-msft in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4583

New Contributors

• @Mat2095 made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4200
• @snickler made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4251
• @alvinsjoy made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/4441

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/compare/release-v1.7.10514...release-v1.8.1791