René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Common Parameters should include a CancellationToken","articleBody":"### Summary of the new feature / enhancement\n\nThere have been a number of requests to add timeouts to various commands ( why always in seconds ? ) it would be simpler to add [CancellationToken](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.threading.cancellationtoken?view=net-7.0) support to [Common Parameters](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7.3) so that all commands automatically have the capability in a consistent manner.\r\n\r\nWhile superficially a timeout might seem obvious and simple, a CancellationToken is far more useful and allows the client control over when the cancellation is requested, eg not just because of a timeout but because some other condition occurred after the command has been started.\n\n### Proposed technical implementation details (optional)\n\nProof of concept\r\n\r\nThis demonstrates a cancellation token working with Invoke-Command\r\n\r\nImplementation - [CommandWithCancellationToken.cs](https://github.com/rhubarb-geek-nz/CancellationTokenEvent/blob/main/CancellationTokenEvent/CommandWithCancellationToken.cs)\r\n\r\nUnit tests - [CommandWithCancellationTokenTests.cs](https://github.com/rhubarb-geek-nz/CancellationTokenEvent/blob/main/UnitTests/CommandWithCancellationTokenTests.cs)\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/rhubarb-geek-nz","@type":"Person","name":"rhubarb-geek-nz"},"datePublished":"2023-05-20T16:51:07.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":10},"url":"https://github.com/19685/PowerShell/issues/19685"}