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Expand Up @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ The example above also has an [annotated and production ready version here](docs

## Installation

Pester runs on Windows, Linux, MacOS and anywhere else thanks to PowerShell. It is compatible with Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7.2 and newer.
Pester runs on Windows, Linux, MacOS and anywhere else thanks to PowerShell. It is compatible with Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7.4 and newer.

Pester 3 comes pre-installed with Windows 10, but we recommend updating, by running this PowerShell command _as administrator_:

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Expand Up @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ real-world testing before the final release. Pester 6 builds on the v5 runtime (
configuration object, the rich result object) and focuses on a brand new assertion syntax, faster
code coverage, and an experimental parallel runner.

Pester 6 runs on **Windows PowerShell 5.1** and **PowerShell 7.2+**.
Pester 6 runs on **Windows PowerShell 5.1** and **PowerShell 7.4+**.

- [What's new?](#whats-new)
- [New `Should-*` assertions](#new-should--assertions)
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Support for **PowerShell 3, 4, 6, and early/unsupported 7** has been removed — all of these are out
of support from Microsoft. Dropping them let us delete a large amount of compatibility code, move the
C# to **.NET 8** (with net462 for Windows PowerShell 5.1), and modernize the runtime. Pester 6
targets **Windows PowerShell 5.1** and **PowerShell 7.2+**.
targets **Windows PowerShell 5.1** and **PowerShell 7.4+**.

### Richer failure messages and output

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## Breaking changes

- **PowerShell 3, 4, 6, and unsupported 7 are no longer supported.** Minimum is Windows PowerShell
5.1 / PowerShell 7.2+.
5.1 / PowerShell 7.4+.
- **Discovery and run now happen per file** instead of discovering every file up front and then
running everything. It is invisible for self-contained files, but discovery-time side effects (for
example a module imported at the top of one file) no longer carry into another file's discovery.
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