microsoft/vsmarketplace M216

February 2023 - Release Notes

Repository: microsoft/vsmarketplace

Tag: M216

Published: 2023-02-07T12:27:26Z

Prerelease: no

Release notes:

Deployed on 6 February 2023

Changes:

• It's easier to add new users to the publishing profile

• Publisher name validation

Security is of paramount importance for VS Marketplace consumers. The consumers expect the extensions in the VS Marketplace to be secure, reliable, and trusted. Currently the Marketplace does not validate if the publisher mentioned in the package.json matches with the uploader's.

• Accidental extension delete prevention

Marketplace do not have a sufficient safeguard for extension deletion from the web gallery/CLI. The lack data recovery mechanism paired with hard delete, we often receive support email from unhappy extension authors when they unintentionally remove an extension from the Marketplace. We have added the additional confirmation UI when you're deleting an extension. If your extension is old and has few hundred download you will still need to contact to delete an extension.

• https://github.com/microsoft/vsmarketplace/issues/415 Newly published version has outdated Readme on the gallery page
• Revoke publisher domain verification if display name changed
• Do not allow duplicate Display Name for publisher profile