⚙️ [Maintenance]: Hard-lock Pester test dependency to 5.8.0 by GUID

[Marius Storhaug (MariusStorhaug)]

Hard-locks the Pester test dependency to an exact version pinned by module GUID, replacing the RequiredVersion = '5.7.1' pin that broke test discovery when the runner installed Pester 5.8.0.

#Requires -Modules@{ ModuleName='Pester'; RequiredVersion='5.8.0'; GUID='a699dea5-2c73-4616-a270-1f7abb777e71' }

Why 5.8.0 + GUID

• Exact version = reproducible and supply-chain-safe (no silent drift to a newer or compromised release).
• GUID pins module identity (anti-name-squat). Both the version and the GUID are enforced by PowerShell at discovery time (verified locally).
• No version comment — unlike a GitHub Actions @<sha>, RequiredVersion already states the version in plain text, and #Requires rejects a GUID without a version key.

Files updated: 17 test file(s).

Fixes#636.

Note

This pin fully holds once Invoke-Pester installs the pinned version instead of the latest (today it installs newest, so a future Pester release would re-break exact pins). Tracked in PSModule/Invoke-Pester#68. Part of the dependency-management epic PSModule/Process-PSModule#356.

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the repository’s Pester dependency requirement in test scripts to restore reliable Pester discovery in CI, addressing the version conflict described in #636 by pinning to Pester 5.8.0 and additionally locking module identity via the Pester module GUID.

Changes:

• Replace #Requires pins from Pester 5.7.1 to 5.8.0 across all affected test files.
• Add the Pester module GUID to the #Requires -Modules specification to enforce module identity at discovery time.

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Copilot reviewed 17 out of 17 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

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File	Description
tests/Actions.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/Apps.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/Artifacts.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/Emojis.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/Enterprise.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/Environments.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/GitHub.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/GitHubFormatter.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/Organizations.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/Permissions.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/Releases.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/Repositories.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/Secrets.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/Teams.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/TEMPLATE.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/Users.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID
tests/Variables.Tests.ps1	Pin Pester #Requires to 5.8.0 and lock by GUID

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GITHUB_ACTIONS	Pass ✅
GITLEAKS	Pass ✅
GIT_MERGE_CONFLICT_MARKERS	Pass ✅
MARKDOWN	Pass ✅
NATURAL_LANGUAGE	Pass ✅
PRE_COMMIT	Pass ✅
SPELL_CODESPELL	Pass ✅
TRIVY	Pass ✅
YAML	Pass ✅

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