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WriteError overwrites InvocationInfo

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We have custom cmdlets that call other cmdlets and scripts. Sometimes these other cmdlets return errors in the Error stream(PowerShell.Streams.Error). Since the PowerShell class does not write the errors to the host/console, we write the ErrorRecords located in the stream out to WriteError. When doing so, the console shows our cmdlet name as the source instead of the original that is already in the InvocationInfo property in the ErrorRecord.

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vexx32commented, Oct 8, 2019

I believe this is by design? WriteError() and ThrowTerminatingError() are intended to show their parent command as the source of the error.

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johnwccommented, Oct 9, 2019

You will have to give me some time to put together a sample project.

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