Microsoft.DSC metadata version doesn't return prerelease versions #1065
Description
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Summary
Whenever running a configuration document, the version number in the Microsoft.DSC metadata field is only x.x.x. According to the documentation, it should follow proper semantic versioning: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/PowerShell-Docs-DSC/blob/main/dsc/docs-conceptual/dsc-3.0/reference/schemas/metadata/Microsoft.DSC/properties.md#version
Steps to reproduce
Run a simple configuration document e.g.
$schema: https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3/bundled/config/document.json
resources:
- name: Case Demo
type: Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo
properties:
output:
appleLower: "[indexOf(createArray('Apple','Banana'), 'apple')]"Expected behavior
When running a prerelease version (for example v3.2.0-preview.4), I would expect:
metadata:
Microsoft.DSC:
version: 3.2.0-preview.4
operation: get
executionType: actual
startDatetime: 2025-08-20T12:05:14.882982200+02:00
endDatetime: 2025-08-20T12:05:19.865685200+02:00
duration: PT4.982703S
securityContext: restricted
results:
- metadata:
Microsoft.DSC:
duration: PT0.2270801S
name: Case Demo
type: Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo
result:
actualState:
output:
appleLower: -1Actual behavior
metadata:
Microsoft.DSC:
version: 3.2.0
operation: get
executionType: actual
startDatetime: 2025-08-20T12:05:14.882982200+02:00
endDatetime: 2025-08-20T12:05:19.865685200+02:00
duration: PT4.982703S
securityContext: restricted
results:
- metadata:
Microsoft.DSC:
duration: PT0.2270801S
name: Case Demo
type: Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo
result:
actualState:
output:
appleLower: -1Error details
Environment data
Name Value
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PSVersion 7.5.2
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.5.2
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.26100
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0Version
dsc 3.2.0-preview.4
Visuals
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