Write-Progress doesn't work and breaks try/catch

[Eugene Kazakov]

Visual Studio 2019 16.3.8

POSH Tools 5.0.4

PS C:\Users\kazakoveo> $PSVersionTable

Name Value

---

PSVersion 5.1.18362.145
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.18362.145
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1

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Write-Progress still doesn’t work, script is attached

Output for this script is

PS C:\Users\kazakoveo\source\tests\TestPOSH> C:\Users\kazakoveo\source\tests\TestPOSH\TestPOSH\TestPOSH.ps1
[ERROR] Write-Progress : Status(StatusCode=Unknown, Detail="Exception was thrown by han
[ERROR] dler.")
[ERROR] + ~~~~~~~~
[ERROR] C:\Users\kazakoveo\source\tests\TestPOSH\TestPOSH\TestPOSH.ps1:1 знак:1
[ERROR] + Write-Progress -Activity "a" -Status "b"
[ERROR] + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Grpc.Core.RpcException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Comm
[ERROR] ands.WriteProgressCommand
[ERROR] + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Progress], RpcException
[ERROR]
Catch!

The program 'TestPOSH.ps1: PowerShell Script' has exited with code 0 (0x0).

[Adam Driscoll]

I think I just reproduced this. It’s a timing issue as to why I wasn’t seeing it before. Can you please run this after you see the error?

\$Error[0].Exception.StackTrace

[Adam Driscoll]

Can you please upgrade to 5.0.5 and see if that resolves your issue?