v0.37.4

Highlights

• [Experimental] Bicep MCP server (#17519, #17572, #17607, #17712). See Using Bicep MCP Server in VS Code (Preview!) for usage information.
• [Experimental] Simplified C# authoring experience for Local Deploy extensions (#17557, #17616) - thanks @samirbanjanovic !
  • See Creating a Local Extension with .NET for a minimal quickstart guide.
• GA release for the externalInput() function (#17470)
• [Requires the localDeploy Experimental feature] Simplify publishing process by supporting type discovery via gRPC (#17665)
• Add "format" capability to bicep jsonrpc (#17567)
• [Requires the moduleExtensionConfigs Experimental feature] Extension config assignment syntax updates and module aware extension config assignment (#17389)

Breaking Changes

bicep generate-params now preserves the specified output file extension

The command no longer overrides the output file extension when --outfile is specified.

Previously, the command would change the output file’s extension even if one was explicitly provided. For example:

bicep generate-params main.bicep --outfile main
bicep generate-params main.bicep --outfile main.txt

would all produce main.parameters.json, which was an unintentional behavior.

Starting with this release, the command preserves the file name exactly as specified:

bicep generate-params main.bicep --outfile main
bicep generate-params main.bicep --outfile main.txt
bicep generate-params main.bicep --outfile main.params.json

now produces main, main.txt, and main.params.json respectively.

Bugs and Features

• Use language version 2.0 for extensibility (#17714)
• Update short-circuiting linter to use nested deployment expander (#17334)
• Emit an error diagnostic when a secure output is dereferenced indirectly (#17453)
• Improve reduce type inference (#17574)
• Add stacks extensibility linting rule. Restrict syntax on config assignments. (#17654)
• Add control bar for visual designer (#17518)
• Remove deprecated CLI arguments (#17564)

Community Contributions

• Update params-file-grammar.md (#17510) - thanks @rgant !
• Add linter rule to warn on usage of outdated AzPowerShell version in deployment scripts (#17556) - thanks @guimatheus92 !
• Added references to the Azure Verified Module website and bicep-registry-module repository (#17664) - thanks @johnlokerse !