Windows Package Manager 1.12.350

[florelis]

This is the second release candidate build of Windows Package Manager v1.12. If you find any bugs or problems, please help us out by filing an issue.

New in v1.12

• MCP server available; run winget mcp for assistance on configuring your client.
• App Installer now uses WinUI 3. The package dependency on WinUI 2 has been replaced by a dependency on the Windows App Runtime 1.8.
• Manifest schema and validation updated to v1.12. This version update adds Font as an InstallerType and NestedInstallerType.
• Font Install, Uninstall, and a winget-fonts source have been added and are non-experimental.

Bug Fixes

• Manifest validation no longer fails using UTF-8 BOM encoding when the schema header is on the first line
• Upgrading a portable package with dev mode disabled will no longer remove the package from the PATH variable.
• Fixed source open failure when there were multiple sources but less than two non-explicit sources.
• Fixed a failure that would happen while closing App Installer.

Font Support

Font Install and Uninstall via manifest and package source for user and machine scopes has been added.
A sample Font manifest can be found at:
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/fonts/m/Microsoft/FluentFonts/1.0.0.0

At this time install and removal of fonts is only supported for fonts installed via WinGet Package.

Fonts must either be the Installer or a .zip archive of NestedInstaller fonts.

A new explicit source for fonts has been added "winget-font".
winget search font -s winget-font

This source is not yet accepting public submissions at this time.

Experimental Features

• Experimental support still exists for the 'font' command.

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Experimental support for Fonts

The following snippet enables experimental support for fonts via winget settings. The winget font list command will list installed font families and the number of installed font faces.

{
  "$schema" "https://aka.ms/winget-settings.schema.json",
  "experimentalFeatures": {
    "fonts": true
  }
}

The font 'list' command has been updated with a new '--details' feature for an alternate view of the installed fonts.

What's Changed

• Update the other TDBuild task by @florelis in Update the other TDBuild task #5534
• Use windows-latest agents in localization pipeline by @florelis in Use windows-latest agents in localization pipeline #5538
• Bump version to v1.12 by @florelis in Bump version to v1.12 #5532
• Allow set foreground from PS by @JohnMcPMS in Allow set foreground from PS #5541
• Move to proper signal for dev/not-dev by @JohnMcPMS in Move to proper signal for dev/not-dev #5552
• Use SDK 26100 in CommonCore project by @florelis in Use SDK 26100 in CommonCore project #5570
• Repair Repair-WinGetPackageManager by @florelis in Repair Repair-WinGetPackageManager #5568
• Use cpprestsdk v2.10.18 by @florelis in Use cpprestsdk v2.10.18 #5567
• Undefined-behaviour fix: safely call std::isspace in CompletionData by @mohiuddin-khan-shiam in Undefined-behaviour fix: safely call std::isspace in CompletionData #5564
• Add missing compilation flags for vcpkg ports by @florelis in Add missing compilation flags for vcpkg ports #5587
• Add more missing flags for vcpkg by @florelis in Add more missing flags for vcpkg #5592
• Swallow provisioned package errors by @JohnMcPMS in Swallow provisioned package errors #5595
• Update detours vcpkg to use prior version by @JohnMcPMS in Update detours vcpkg to use prior version #5601
• Remove TestRelease by @JohnMcPMS in Remove TestRelease #5613
• Handle Byte Order Mark during validation by @Trenly in Handle Byte Order Mark during validation #5585
• Initial MCP Server implementation by @JohnMcPMS in Initial MCP Server implementation #5610
• Update release notes for BOM Handling by @Trenly in Update release notes for BOM Handling #5622
• Don't build MCP for fuzzing by @JohnMcPMS in Don't build MCP for fuzzing #5625
• Resolve nuget package graph for .NET projects together by @JohnMcPMS in Resolve nuget package graph for .NET projects together #5627
• Update to latest MCP nuget by @JohnMcPMS in Update to latest MCP nuget #5633
• Update release notes to mention WinUI dependency change by @florelis in Update release notes to mention WinUI dependency change #5656
• Improve COM server quiescing by @JohnMcPMS in Improve COM server quiescing #5652
• Improve issue forms & add corresponding label triggers by @mdanish-kh in Improve issue forms & add corresponding label triggers #5661
• Fix conflict with issue forms by @Trenly in Fix conflict with issue forms #5663
• Improve COM static store usage by @JohnMcPMS in Improve COM static store usage #5680
• Update schema to 1.12 with Font InstallerType by @dkbennett in Update schema to 1.12 with Font InstallerType #5687
• Download MS Store package for target OS by @JohnMcPMS in Download MS Store package for target OS #5689
• Fixes for older OSes by @JohnMcPMS in Fixes for older OSes #5691
• Add RestSource and tests for Manifest v1.12 by @dkbennett in Add RestSource and tests for Manifest v1.12 #5695
• Improve slow searches involving installed items by @JohnMcPMS in Improve slow searches involving installed items #5701
• Shorter default installer log filename by @JohnMcPMS in Shorter default installer log filename #5705
• Add the ARP correlation entry to the context for portable installs by @JohnMcPMS in Add the ARP correlation entry to the context for portable installs #5707
• Fix two unrelated version issues by @JohnMcPMS in Fix two unrelated version issues #5719
• Heal tracking database if it can't open by @JohnMcPMS in Heal tracking database if it can't open #5724
• MS Store cert pinning updates by @JohnMcPMS in MS Store cert pinning updates #5732
• Update MCP GP name by @JohnMcPMS in Update MCP GP name #5736
• Add workflow for automatic issue deduplication by @cinnamon-msft in Add workflow for automatic issue deduplication #5738
• moving workflow to parent by @denelon in moving workflow to parent #5740
• Cache information responses from REST sources by @JohnMcPMS in Cache information responses from REST sources #5726
• Shared build props by @JohnMcPMS in Shared build props #5749
• Improve shared props layout by @JohnMcPMS in Improve shared props layout #5751
• Fix portable path removal on upgrade by @dkbennett in Fix portable path removal on upgrade #5756
• Minor update to release notes for v1.12 by @florelis in Minor update to release notes for v1.12 #5761
• Font Install, Uninstall, additional Font List by @dkbennett in Font Install, Uninstall, additional Font List #5566
• Fix install source and final progress by @JohnMcPMS in Fix install source and final progress #5764
• Use winrt for time conversion by @JohnMcPMS in Use winrt for time conversion #5763
• Change label_as_duplicate to false in workflow by @Trenly in Change label_as_duplicate to false in workflow #5773
• Remove openssl from sfsclient cgmanifest by @florelis in Remove openssl from sfsclient cgmanifest #5775
• Add admin check to uninstall of machine font by @dkbennett in Add admin check to uninstall of machine font #5779
• Add Font source group policy support by @dkbennett in Add Font source group policy support #5646
• Improve window thread termination by @JohnMcPMS in Improve window thread termination #5781
• Fix portable installer issues when installing to non ascii path by @yao-msft in Fix portable installer issues when installing to non ascii path #5788
• Remove experimental from Font Install, Uninstall, and source by @dkbennett in Remove experimental from Font Install, Uninstall, and source #5791
• Update NOTICE by @JohnMcPMS in Update NOTICE #5801
• Update localized strings by @florelis in Update localized strings #5805
• Move to latest 7.4 PS SDK (1.12) by @JohnMcPMS in Move to latest 7.4 PS SDK (1.12) #5812

New Contributors

• @mohiuddin-khan-shiam made their first contribution in Undefined-behaviour fix: safely call std::isspace in CompletionData #5564

Full Changelog: v1.11.400...v1.12.350

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This discussion was created from the release Windows Package Manager 1.12.350.

[cjmuter1]

I bet you all here this a lot...
Will we ever get to a version that is backwards compatible for Windows 2016? I'm in IT for medical data so upgrading is still quite a while out.

Thanks for reading my post.

[denelon]

@cjmuter1,

Unfortunately, we will not be able to have a supported version of WinGet that would work on Windows Server 2016. I have heard of anecdotal examples of people getting it to work on Windows Server 2019, but it's not supported there either. Even on Windows Server 2022, it's experimental at best. We do offer full support for WinGet on Windows Server 2025 or newer.

[cjmuter1]

Thank you for the response.

I figured as much, just thinking if anything changed. WE have about (20) 2016 servers left. I am also able to setup on 2019, 2022 & 2025 successfully.