v0.3.126

Highlights

• Improvements to child resource declarations
  • Nested child resources (#1516) (@rynowak)
    • spec
  • Change resource access operator to :: (#1815) (@rynowak)
  • Parent property implementation (#1800)
    • spec
• Loop enhancements spec
  • index loop syntax (#1790)
  • batchSize(int) decorator and misc. decorator fixes (#1714)
  • resource/module loop filters (#1884)
  • Resource & property loop decompilation (#1640)
  • Add support for decompiling output loops (#1732)
• Parameter modifier syntax is now marked as deprecated in favor of decorators
  • Support for the old syntax will be removed in v0.4

Features and bug fixes

Bicep Team:

• Avoid unhandled exception for duplicate properties (#1771)
• Correct codegen for module name reference (#1733)
• Fix for issue 1817 (#1825)
• Fixes for nested resource and scope interop issues (#1827)
• Add decompiler support for templateLink.relativePath (#1850)
• Add type definitions for providers() (#1877)
• Add rewriter to simplify loop statements generated by the decompiler (#1873)
• Add test framework to evaluate a template containing expressions (#1875)
• Avoid showing completions inside strings (#1933)
• Display custom warning for resource type with /providers/ (#1943)
• Upgrade types libraries to 0.1.94 (#1940)
• Negative integer literals are compile-time constants (#1836)
• fixed misc. scope issues (#1834)
• Snippet for resource/module conditions (#1856)
• Fixed property value context with partially typed identifiers (#1907)
• Fix stack overflow when formatting large templates (#1668)
• Fix issue #1627 (#1901)
• Ensure minLength and maxLength take non-negative values (#1902)
• Add a job to build Bicep CLI for linux-musl-x64 (#1752)
• Ban duplicate decorators (#1854)

@miqm:

• Return "custom" in bicep's version when AssemblyInfromationalVersion does not have commit hash. (#1721)
• Using ApiVersionComparer to sort Resource Types (#1784)
• Improved error message on existing resource properties (#1881)

Doc updates

Bicep Team:

• Add documentation on updating baselines via GH Action (#1878)
• Update examples to use decorators (#1685)
• Mark parameter modifiers as deprecated and update spec (#1693)
• Fix typos in docs, test names and comments (#1751)

@lrottach:

• Changed 'name' parameter to avoid deployment errors while following the tutorial (#1861)

@thepaulmacca::

• fixed 'via Az CLI' link (#1678)

@pinakighatak:

• curl download file extension added (#1896)

@takekazuomi:

• fix sample code typo. without quote and extra comma. (#1666)

@wayneforrester:

• Update 06-creating-modules.md (#1747)

@barker1889:

• Update 05-loops-conditions-existing.md (#1844)

Examples

@vermegi:

• Added example app-service-regional-vnet-integration (#1744)

@jesseloudon:

• add DeployIfNotExists policy bicep example (#1763)

@jhueppauff:

• Fixed comments (#1775)

@MCKLMT:

• Add vm-copy-managed-disks example (#1700)

@StefanIvemo:

• Added example for looping outputs (#1681)

v0.3.1

Highlights

• Support for loops (#1469, #1521, #1628, #1647)
• Support for existing keyword (#1339)
• New "decorators"-style parameter modifier syntax (#1324)
• Support for multi-line strings (#1542)
• Allow output names to overlap with symbols (#1623)

Feature work and bug fixes

Bicep team:

• Include API version for generated reference() function calls on 'existing' resources (#1466)
• Block runtime properties for resource/module 'scope' (#1467)
• Fix for duplicate semantic tokens (#1503)
• Fix erroneous environment() type definition (#1528)
• Allow decompilation of and() & or() with >2 params (#1526)
• Add --outdir, --outfile params to build command (#1519)
• Block cross-scope resource deployment without modules (#1559)
• Added basic unicode support (#1370)
• module file path completions (#1236)
• Added ResourceGroup and SubscriptionId fields to nested deployment resource (#1433)
• Added generated metadata info (#1533)

@miqm:

• Fixed interpolated StringSyntax used in object's property name (#1375)
• ARM Integer type is now long instead int (#1334)
• Permitted resourceGroup -> subscription (self and named) and subscription -> resourceGroup in named subscription deployments. (#1420)
• Added single qoute as completion trigger character (#1377)
• Replacing coalesce function with double question mark ?? operator (#1489)

@StefanIvemo:

• Updated Bicep Playground Favicon (#1543)

Doc updates

@ciwchris:

• Fix typos in creating modules tutorial (#1654)

@JFolberth:

• Update Readme 'life better' section (#1481)

@piraces:

• Add new community contribution to README.md (#1419)

Examples

@fberson:

• New exmaple: Vnet with Subnet and USer Defined Route (#1459)

@JFolberth:

• added automation account with logging (#1381)

@johndowns:

• Fix default HTTPS port number in Front Door examples (#1397)
• Add example for HTTP-triggered function (#1437)
• Add sample for adding storage static website (with deployment script) (#1442)

@MarcusFelling:

• Add example to deploy app + data + identity + monitoring (#1395)

@ehrnst:

• Added example for custom policy definition with assignment (#1394)

@MCKLMT:

• Add traffic-manager-webapp example (#1414)

@sebader:

• Azure Portal Dashboard sample (#1486)

v0.2.328 (alpha)

Bicep Team:

• Addressed a versioning issue from the previous release that prevented publishing of the Bicep extension to the VS gallery (#1365)
• Stop triggering build on tags (#1345)

v0.2.317 (alpha)

Features and fixes

Bicep Team:

• setup.exe (bicep-setup-win-x64) and bicep.exe (bicep-release-win-x64) for windows are now both signed, so you will no longer trigger smartscreen on windows (#1344)
• Filter available resource types by target scope (#1321)
• Support resourceGroup function with targetScope set to tenant & managementGroup scopes (#1211)
• Added signature help (#1273)
• Enable completions inside parenthesized expressions (#1221)
• Block Runtime property references for resource and module names (#928)

@miqm:

• Detecting duplicate resource and module names (#1204)
• Added deployment().properties.templateLink.id property (#1311)

Docs

Bicep Team:

• misc updates to readme, added PR template, added small ci/cd doc (#1245)

@ctaggart:

• markdown fix for: Conditionally declare a property value (#1194)

@JFolberth:

• Updating modules to illustrate if condition (#1210)

Examples

@fberson:

• Adding Windows10 with NVidia Extension example (#1232)
• New Example: SIG with Image Definition and Role Assignment (#1251)
• Suggestion to use implicit Depends On for the DomaiJoin extension (#1258)

@JFolberth:

• Adding Example of modules with deploying web application with log analytics (#1200)
• Example of Condition deploy logging resource for Web App (#1199)

@MCKLMT:

• Add vnet-to-vnet-peering example (#1274)
• Add templatespec-create example (#1288)
• Add create-and-enable-ddos-protection-plans example (#1287)
• Add event-grid-servicebus-queue example (#1294)
• Add web-app-asev2-create example (#1295)
• Add private-endpoint-webapp example (#1296)
• Add media-services-create example (#1297)
• Add sqlmi-new-vnet example (#1298)
• Add expressroute-circuit-vnet-connection example (#1309)
• Add insights-alertrules-application-insights example (#1308)
• Add webapp-managed-mysql example (#1305)
• Add asev2-ilb-with-web-app example (#1307)

@Saglodha:

• adding batch account template (#1222)
• Adding msi and rbac template (#1260)

@StefanIvemo:

• Updated decompiling.md limitations (#1201)
• Added link to Bicep PowerShell Module in readme (#1333)

v0.2.212 (alpha)

Highlights

• Support for conditional resources (#1014) spec
  • Supported for decompilation (#1150)
• Support for the scope property for extension resources (#1162) spec
  • This allows you to configure resources like resource locks and role assignments on individual resources
  • Supported for decompilation (#1190)
• Major perf improvement when loading the extension (#1147)

Feature work and bug fixes

Bicep team:

• Add type definition for properties.templateLink.uri to deployments() return value (#986)
• Remove some limitations for decompiling nested/linked templates (#1001)
• Allow the list() function (#1065)
• Emit location automatically for non-rg module scopes (#1129)
• Allow cross-subscription deployments (#1165)
• Fix inlining behavior for modules (#1181)
• Set intellisense defaults (#1019)
• Fixed declaration type completions when extra whitespace is present (#1107)
• Fixed functions signatures in vararg functions (#1124)
• Added a function overload builder (#1126)
• upload language server artifact (#1152)
• Added function descriptions and parameter names (#1180)
• Implement retrying logic for VSCode E2E tests (#1096)
• Use relative path for user data and add logging (#1112)
• Fix an example file (#1184)

@miqm:

• Expanding Completion of objects & arrays to multiple lines (#1012)

@ljtill:

• Update bicep.rb (#993)

Doc updates

Bicep team:

• Add pointer to playground for decompilation (#1005)
• Brief document on decompile command (#998)
• Add decompiler info to README (#1172)

@JFolberth:

• Update CONTRIBUTING.md (#1068)

@jongio:

• Add blank file create command (#1008)

@vhorne:

• Update 01-simple-template.md (#1062)
• Update 01-simple-template.md (#1063)

@StefanIvemo:

• Updated 02-deploying-a-bicep-file.md (#1070)
• Updated 06-convert-arm-template.md (#1074)

@miqm:

• Update CONTRIBUTING.md with instruction to run Bicep VSCode extension when using WSL2 (#972)

@lawrencegripper:

• Add note about using devcontainer to get started (#1090)

@emilguden:

• Update 02-deploying-a-bicep-file.md (#1157)
• Update 03-using-expressions.md (#1160)
• Update 04-using-symbolic-resource-name.md (#1163)

Examples

Bicep team:

• deployment script example with no managed identity (#1006)

@fberson:

• TypeDiagnostics DesktopVirtualization (#1007)
• Bicep file that creates a basic WVD Backplane (#1003)
• added wvd-backplane example (#1009)
• diagnosticSettings WVD Workspaces (#1011)
• multi-module WVD deployment with some prereqs (#1010)
• Added readme.md (#1047)

@JFolberth:

• adding windows web app (#996)
• Added DataFactory Blob Copy Example, reordered missing types tests (#999)
• ReOrder examples on how they appear in Playground (#1040)
• Update CONTRIBUTING.md (#1068)
• Cosmosdb free (#1110)
• adding eventhub and missing type (#1111)

@miqm:

• [Example] Function App on Consumption Plan with Custom Domain and App Serivce Managed Certificate (#971)

@StefanIvemo:

• Added example modules-vwan-to-vnet-s2s-with-fw (#1018)

@wilfriedwoivre:

• Add sample for custom role definition and assignment (#1045)

@lr90:

• LR90 aadds example (#1158)

@MarcusFelling:

• Add web-app-linux example (#1148)

@mbsnl:

• Example: Azure Front Door w/ Web Application Firewall (#1076)

@MCKLMT:

• Add Data Lake Store example (#1029)
• Add Azure Search example (#1025)
• Add SQL database example (#1022)
• Add Azure DataFactory example (#1027)
• Add ACI Linux Public IP example (#1039)
• Add VM domain join example (#1038)
• Add API management with MSI example (#1037)
• Add ServiceBus and Queue example (#1032)
• Add VM scaleset with autoscaling example (#1033)
• Add Application Gateway v2 example (#1036)
• Add CDN with storage account example (#1030)
• Add WebApp and SQL database example (#1034)
• Add Cognitive Services example (#1052)
• Add WebApps Private Endpoint and Vnet-Injection example (#1053)
• Add expressroute-circuit-create example (#1059)
• Add function-premium-vnet-integration example (#1057)
• Add event-hub-and-consumer-group example (#1056)
• Add ServiceBus Namespace VNet (#1054)
• Add missing examples and sort them by name (#1066)
• Add nat-gateway-vnet example (#1091)
• Add azure-bastion example (#1122)
• Add azurefirewall-create-with-zones example (#1144)
• Add cosmosdb-private-endpoint example (#1127)
• Add hdinsight-spark-linux example (#1128)
• Add private-dns-zone example (#1130)
• Add azure-spring-cloud example (#1133)
• Add azure-sentinel example (#1132)
• Add aci-sftp-files example (#1159)
• Add api-management-create-all-resources example (#1131)

v0.2.59 (alpha)

@JFolberth:

• Update documentation (#908)

@johndowns

• Add missing examples (#919)
• Add Redis Cache example (#976)
• Fix string concatenation in Redis example (#984)

@ljtill:

• Bump homebrew from v0.2.6 to v0.2.14 (#915)

@miqm:

• Do not show completions inside comments (#974)

@StefanIvemo:

• Fixed typos (#975)

@wilfriedwoivre:

• Add sample for hub & spoke topology (#927)

@heikkiri:

• Update resource-scopes.md (#937)

@lr90:

• Multi Resource Group, Scope example (#921)
• Removing concats and polishing for 0.2.14 (#944)

Team Bicep:

• new any() doc, updates to arm2bicep doc, example cleanup (#936)
• Fix vscode launch commands (#913)
• Implement bicep decompile command (#833)
• Rename namespaces to avoid clashes with class names (#967)
• Make playground buttons look like buttons, display tooltips (#981)
• Add syntax rewriter framework and some decompiler simplification rewriters (#953)
• Add type definitions for environment() & deployment() built-ins (#983)
• Updated to .net 5 (#911)
• initial type system documentation (#914)
• Run VSIX tests on all platforms (#930)
• Create E2E tests for Bicep CLI commands (#938)
• Set PrivateAssets to all for analyzer packages (#948)
• Fix Span of ProgramSyntax (#954)
• Update spec for resource conditions (#966)

v0.2.14 (alpha)

Minor fixes/improvements:

• Pass extension info during dotnet acquisition (#907)
• Fix for dotnet acquisition in .net5 container (#910)
• Fix auto-formatting for targetScope syntax (#895)
• Update homebrew version (#879) (@ljtill)
• Update CONTRIBUTING guidelines (#901) (@JFolberth)

New/updated examples:

• Placement group examples (#890) (@lr90)
• Frontdoor examples (#902) (@johndowns)

v0.2.3 (alpha)

Major new features:

• Intellisense - full details in the VS Code Extension README
• Validation of all azure resource types
• Modules (spec, tutorial)
• Code formatting
• Bicep VS Code extension is now available in the VS Marketplace
• Ability to set targetScope for a given .bicep file (spec)

Minor improvements:

• Allow example selection in playground (#485)
• Allow string interpolation in property keys (#566)
• Add a homebrew formula. (#597) (@brendandburns)
• adjust span to cover the key of the object (#767) (@sebastus)
• Don't add empty template properties - Issue 221 (#713) (@glav)

New/updated examples:

• Updated API versions to latest stable version (#574) (@azurekid)
• added vnet-vnet-bgp example (#509) (@bhummerstone)
• adding example for vwan w/ shared services (#734) (@bhummerstone)
• adding example for web app log analytics (#874) (@JFolberth)
• Add Policy with Initiative Definition and Assignment Example (#620) (@joshuawaddell)
• Azure Firewall with public IP from IP Prefix sample (#535) (@StefanIvemo)
• add bicep azure container registry example (#644) (@dewolfs)
• AKS cluster with Virtual Machine Scale Sets Agent Pool and System-assigned managed identity (#675) (@dewolfs)
• Added cyclecloud example + snippets (#843) (@lr90)
• Add Azure Function example (#488) (@mikemassa84)

v0.1.226-alpha

changelog notes coming soon!

v0.1.223-alpha

changelog notes coming soon!