Shkarko Bicep CLI 0.45.6

Highlights
- [Experimental] OCI registry support for Bicep extension publishing (#18956, #20032)
Publishing to non-ACR registries is now supported with the ociEnabled experimental feature enabled. Full documentation available here.
Example usage - publishing a module to GitHub Container Registry:
bicep publish ./main.bicep --target br:ghcr.io/myorg/modules/storage:v1
Example usage - consuming a module from GitHub Container Registry:
module storage 'br:ghcr.io/myorg/modules/storage:v1' = {
params: {
// ...
}
}
- @retryOn decorator is now GA! (#19988)
Use the @retryOn decorator to retry a resource deployment if the deployment hits a specific error code. You can also specify how many times this retry should happen.
Example usage:
@retryOn(['ServerError'], 1)
resource sqlServer 'Microsoft.Sql/servers@2021-11-01' = {
name: 'sql-server-name'
location: 'polandcentral'
}
- [Bicep console] Add line navigation features, and undo+redo handling (#19992, #19996)
Demo Video
- Inherited parameters are now optional in extended parameters files (#19698)
Example usage:
- shared.bicepparam
using none

// These 3 parameters are permitted, even though they're unused in main.bicep
param location = 'switzerlandnorth'
param customerId = '12345'
param namePrefix = 'contoso'
- main.bicepparam
using './main.bicep'
extends './shared.bicepparam'

param rgName = '${base.namePrefix}-infra'
- main.bicep
param rgName string
- Publish the language server as a NuGet dotnet tool (#19976)
It's now possible to run the Bicep Language Server with the following command:
dnx -y Azure.Bicep.LangServer
- Add secure-params-in-parameters-file linter rule (#20021)
The following usage pattern will be flagged:
// main.bicep
@secure()
param secureParam string
param insecureParam string
// main.bicepparam
using 'main.bicep'
param secureParam = 'MYSECRET'
param insecureParam = secureParam // <-- now flagged (Warning)
- Add no-hardcoded-outputs linter rule (defaults to "off") (#19994)
The following usage pattern will be flagged:
output apiVersion string = '2024-01-01'
And given an automatic fix:
@export()
var apiVersion = '2024-01-01'
- Bicep RPC Client: Implement pooled client factory (#19886)
Instead of creating a new Bicep client for each call to Initialize, this factory manages a pool of clients with multiplexed connections, making it more efficient for use across multiple threads.
Example usage:
using var factory = new PooledBicepClientFactory();

using var bicep = await factory.Initialize(new() {
BicepVersion = "0.45.6"
});
Features and Bug Fixes
- Show version-specific docs links on resource hovers (#20016)
- Display nested operations in local deploy CLI (#19974)
- Display nested errors in local deploy (#19983)
- Make REPL load-function output locale-invariant for numeric values (#19752)
- Handle invalid json parameters files in the deployment pane (#19838)
- Improve inline type property decorator completion logic and add tests (#19174)
- Fix build-params crash for inherited object params in extended bicepparam files (#19895)
- Fix discriminated union IntelliSense for root-level params in .bicepparam files (#19987)
- Validate instance function call placement (#19980)
- Fix description not showing for template spec module (#20026)
- Fix force restore command to show picklist if active file is not a bicep file or no file is open (#20029)
- Emit warning comment when parameter names are renamed during decompilation (#19977)
- any? property and parameter incorrectly marked as required (#19990)
- Add '=' completion after module path string (Ctrl+Space) (#20022)
- Add warning when decompiling a bicep generated ARM template (#20028)
- Fix nested resource reference completions (#20017)
- Fix invalid rename location errors (#20015)
- Fix resource methods on aliased collection elements (#20019)
- Fix Bicep playground WASM file handling (#20023)
- Fix escape sequence semantic highlighting (#19975)
- Block non-pure functions in exported declarations (#20025)
- Replace BCP Error with Warning for Nullable Types (#20024)
- Allow readable resource properties in user-defined functions (#19979)
- Various improvements to the Visualizer rendering logic (#19757, #19792, #19884, #19937, #19939)
- Add Azure visualizer resource icons (#20014)
Community Contributions
- Fix local deploy compilation for large module templates (#19754) - thanks @GABRIELNGBTUC !
- fix: bicep console multi-line user-defined type input handling (#19699) - thanks @johnlokerse !
- Added option to exit Bicep console with CTRL+C (#19995) - thanks @johnlokerse !
- Allow roleDefinitions in resource ID lint rule (#19888) - thanks @nkgotcode !
- Support for filesystem-based mocks of registry aliases (#19452) - thanks @SimonWahlin !
- fix: include deploy pane dropdown defaults (#19793) - thanks @nanookclaw !