v0.18.4

Highlights

Bicep team:

• Support for .bicepparam parameters files (bicep-style parameters file). This includes support for:
  • support for expressions using any functions in the sys namespace (i.e. uniqueString())
  • supported natively by Az CLI and Azure PowerShell (i.e. az deployment group create -f ./main.bicep -p params.bicepparam ...)
  • CLI command to generate bicepparam file from given Bicep file (#10595)
  • Buildparams command vscode extension (#10738)
  • LoadEnvironmentVariable to enable using env variables in .bicepparam files (#10726)
  • Support bicepparam files for VS Code deploy bicep file action (#10593)
  • Bicepparam decompiler (#10785)
  • Bicep param decompile vscode action (#10921)
• Provide help text when consuming modules from ACR (#10747)
• Bicep build command linter provides a structured output (#10672)

Bug fixes and features

Bicep team:

• Mark overload matches as PotentialMatches if any argument is of type 'any' (#10659)
• Provide completions for unknown keys on dictionaries (#10927)
• Fix CLI restore --force (9580) (#10817 and #10829)
• Remove metadata from symbol resolution logic (#10626)
• Derive operation return type from operands (#10545)
• [Bicep Public Registry] Allow specifying metadata in bicep in addition to metadata.json (#10860)
• Add intellisense support for param and output values (#10680)
• MAINT: Run tests in parallel to speed up CI by 0.5x (#10716)
• Mark overload matches as PotentialMatches if any argument is of type 'any' (#10659)
• Provide completions for unknown keys on dictionaries (#10927)
• Fix CLI restore --force (9580) (#10817)

@dciborow

• Fixes to BRM README Generation (#10471)

v0.17.1

Highlights

Bicep team:

• Experimental support for user defined functions (#10465). (Requires the experimental feature flag "userDefinedFunctions" to enable).
• Added new CIDR network calculation functions (#10125). (We are working on official docs. For now, here's a link to function signatures and a sample: https://gist.github.com/majastrz/bdd776addfa72c0719334996c0aa78f5)
• Add support for Custom Kubernetes Resources (#10598)
• Add MaxAgeInDays config to use-recent-api-versions rule (#10344)
• Bump az types version (#10603)
• remove "experimental" from bicep.containerRegistryCompletions.useAllAccessible setting (#10457)

@dciborow

• Add new Bicep File Function: loadYamlContent (#10415)

@PalmEmanuel

• New parameter --force on Publish command (#9745)

Breaking changes

• Name resolution & scoping behavior for variables declared in lambdas & for loops is now consistent with variables declared at the global scope. This means that previously, the following would have been permitted, whereas now it is blocked:

  var foo = [for resourceGroup in []: {
    bar: resourceGroup('test')
  }]

  See #10657 for more detail.

Features and bug fixes

Bicep team:

• Attempt to fix e2e test failing. (#10389)
• Improve compiler detection of invalid runtime value usages. (#10250)
• Semantic highlighting for comma was missing within a string (#10472)

@jabbera

• Resource Type parameters should generate BCP120 (#10401)

@mishrapratikshya

• Fix for decompiler to support templatespec (#10329)

v0.16.2

Bug fixes and features

Bicep team:

• Use the correct bitwise operator for combining flags in JSON model loader (#10325)

v0.16.1

Highlights

• Remove the block on Bicep parameters files (#10191)
  • You can now enable support for .bicepparam files using the experimentalFeaturesEnabled.paramsFiles setting in bicepconfig.json
• Allow all type syntax in output declarations (#10052)
• Removal experimental flag for public module completions (#10261)

Features and bug fixes

Bicep team:

• Bicep CLI binaries for Mac are now signed.
• use-resource-symbol-reference - fix for unhandled exception (#10246)
• Support scope & parent properly on child resources (#10254)
• Warn instead of error for resource name discriminator mismatch (#10256)
• Expressions in Bicep parameters files (#10248)
• Refinement types (#9870)
• Refine return types for built-in functions (#10102)
• Prioritize resource/module completions for 'resource.dependsOn' array item completions (#10043)
• Enable array item completions for single line arrays. (#10193)
• Fine-tune priorities for module completions (#10262)
• Bump az types (#10310)

@levimatheri

• Emit error diagnostic on negative array index (#10187)

@manishkulkarni

• Increment nested deployment API version to 2022-09-01 (#10128)

@jabbera

• Inline Resource Type Parameters (#10053)

@realsrikar

• Fix 9958 (#10096)

v0.15.31

Highlights

• Add implementation for use-resource-symbol-reference linter rule (#9742)
• Nullable types (#9454) - must have experimentalFeaturesEnabled.userDefinedTypes set to true
• Remove experimental flag for Paste as Bicep (#9905)
• Add view type definition support for MCR modules (#9709)
• Support module registry reference completions (#9913)
• Bumping Types version (#9986)

Bug fixes and features

Bicep team:

• Add a fix for a known cause of issue 1931 (#9711)
• Add issue redirect link (#9731)
• Fix issue 9467 (#9858)
• Fix for issue 9855 (#9859)
• Remove coalesce from list of functions (#9914)
• Fix for issue 7952 (#9910)
• VSCode: Show less obtrusive and more granular loading indicator (#9920)
• Emit a warning rather than an error for inappropriately nullable function arguments (#9721)
• Warn (don't error) on nullables throughout (#9730)
• Replace loop-local variable references on the scope of descendent resources (#9651)
• Update join signature (#9954)
• Prevent stack overflow in use-stable-resource-identifiers linter (#10001)
• Fixed restore from ACR with anonymous pull enabled when az or PS are not logged in (#9922)
• Fix language server starup issue in visual studio (#9739)

@dciborow

• Update devcontainer.json to latest schema (#9849)

@levimatheri

• Add linter rule to simplify json('null') to null (#9744)

v0.14.85

Features and bug fixes

@dciborow

• Update devcontainer.json to latest schema (#9849)

Bicep team:

• Fix issue 9467 (#9858)
• Fix for issue 9855 (#9859)
• Don't convert on paste if converted bicep is empty (#9789)
• Keep 'Paste as Bicep' always enabled (#9799)
• Replace not insert on Paste as Bicep (9631) (#9800)
• Make "yes" the first (default?) survey button (#9835)
• Update survey dialog text (#9837)

v0.14.46

Highlights

• Prompt for annual survey in (#9664)
• Add "View type definition" support for MCR modules to view readme for that module (#9709)

Features and bug fixes

Bicep team:

• Add a fix for a known cause of issue 1931 (#9711)
• Add issue redirect link (#9731)
• Handle tuples in allowed([...])-derived param type (#9717)
• Emit a warning rather than an error for inappropriately nullable function arguments (#9721)
• Type inference for tuple index access (#9724)
• Warn (don't error) on nullables throughout (#9730)
• Update literal return type deriver to take account of object additionalProperties (#9735)
• Replace loop-local variable references on the scope of descendent resources (#9651)
• Fix language server starup issue in visual studio (#9739)

v0.14.6

Highlights

Bicep team:

• Add linter rule use-parent-property to recommend usage of parent property (#9305)
• Add decompilation support for lambda functions (#9592)
• Paste as Bicep (enable in Bicep VS Code extension settings)
  • Full templates and resources (#9174)
  • Paste JSON value as Bicep (#9519)
• Add "View type definition" support for modules in the public registry (#9647)
  • Documentation can be associated with the registry using the --documentationUrl parameter
  • Works for all modules in the public registry
• Updating Azure.Bicep.Types.Az version for Bicep Release 0.14.0 (#9697)
• Block expressions that generate nested references (#9646)

Features and Bug fixes

Bicep team:

• Expose the toObject function in Bicep (#8982)
• Simplify codegen for myRes['id'] (#9299)
• Fix for Insert Resource in a blank file (#9447)
• Published Bicep modules now include artifactType in the OCI manifest (#9520)
• Various fixes for deploy-time constant validation (#9531)
• Custom types enhancements
  • Add tuple types (#9153)
  • Allow union declarations to be include a newline before any pipe (#9441)
  • Additional properties syntax (#9511)
  • Add a null forgiving operator (#9585)

@admodras

• Update App Service icon to match proper resource type for visualizer (#9390)

@levimatheri

• Add '=' as output type follower (#9525)
• Handle types in first and last functions (#9533)

@dciborow

• fix: nested functions not detected in strings (#9587)

@miqm

• LoadJsonContent supports file with comments (#9222)

@vbossica

• Change casing of secureString to comply with deploymentTemplate schema (#9225)

v0.13.1

Highlights

Bicep team:

• Bicep deploy - support deployment to azure cloud (#9097)

@miqm

• Emitting getSecret inside a ternary expression (#8658)

Bug fixes and features

Bicep team:

• Fix for partially-typed resource type completions (#9158)
• InsertResource: Use json() function to format non-integer number (#9162)
• Support fully-qualified ambient type symbols in output declaration type clauses (#8961)
• Fix flatten signature (#9117)
• Block nested runtime functions (#8965)

@matsest

• fix(vscode): add icons for container apps (#9101)

v0.12.40

Features and bug fixes

This is a hotfix for some unintended breaking changes that went out with the v0.12.1 release. Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused!

Bicep team:

• Make sure that single-item allowed decorators on arrays are treated the same as decorators with multiple items (#8893)
• Correct union assignability check when both sides of the assignment are unions (#8899)
• Use imported type rather than narrowed type for union branches within resource declaration (#8902)
• Incorporate type names into Bicep symbol table (#8876)
• Update TypeHelper.IsLiteralType to avoid catching LanguageConstants.Object (#8952)
• Fix an issue where building file with deeply nested external modules throws (#8903)
• Allow 'asazure.windows.net' for no-hardcoded-env-urls (#8871)