◐ Shell
clean mode source ↗

[release/v7.6.2] Add `appLicensing` capability to Appx manifest by daxian-dbw · Pull Request #27437 · PowerShell/PowerShell

Copilot

Backport of #27412 to release/v7.6.2

Triggered by @daxian-dbw on behalf of @SteveL-MSFT

Original CL Label: CL-BuildPackaging

/cc @PowerShell/powershell-maintainers

Impact

REQUIRED: Choose either Tooling Impact or Customer Impact (or both). At least one checkbox must be selected.

Tooling Impact

  • Required tooling change
  • Optional tooling change (include reasoning)

Customer Impact

  • Customer reported
  • Found internally

Fixes a potential "Error acquiring license from Store" error for users running PowerShell from the Windows Store. Also improves startup performance by avoiding an unnecessary Store license acquisition attempt.

Regression

REQUIRED: Check exactly one box.

  • Yes
  • No

This is not a regression.

Testing

Verified via the original PR. The change adds a restricted capability declaration to the Appx manifest. Only testable interactively through a Store-distributed build.

Risk

REQUIRED: Check exactly one box.

  • High
  • Medium
  • Low

Single manifest declaration change. The appLicensing capability is a restricted capability that PowerShell 7 is authorized to use, and it only affects Store license behavior.