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Adding Timeouts to Pester Tests Using PowerShell Runspaces - Code Examples

This gist contains all the code examples from the blog post "Adding Timeouts to Pester Tests Using PowerShell Runspaces".

Problem Example: Hanging Test

Describe "Hanging Test Example" {
    It "Should complete but never does" {
        # Simulating a hanging operation

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## We can use the OS disk of the VM to see the VM's creation date since it's always created at the same time

# Connect to Azure account (if not already connected)
Connect-AzAccount

# Get all VMs in the subscription
$vms = Get-AzVM

# Array to store results
$results = @()

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# Corrected Azure Site Recovery PowerShell Script with Azure CLI Commands

# Set variables (modify these as needed)
$ResourceGroup = "MyASRTestRG"
$Location = "eastus"
$RecoveryLocation = "westus"
$VaultName = "MyASRTestVault"
$PrimaryVNet = "PrimaryTestVNet"
$RecoveryVNet = "RecoveryTestVNet"
$StorageAccount = "myasrteststorage"

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"Smith, John" -replace "(\w+),\s*(\w+)", '$2 $1'
## John Smith

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function Write-CustomLog {
    param([string]$Message)
    
    $callerInfo = (Get-PSCallStack)[1]
    $scriptName = Split-Path -Leaf $callerInfo.ScriptName
    $lineNumber = $callerInfo.ScriptLineNumber
    $functionName = $callerInfo.FunctionName
    
    $logEntry = "{0:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} - {1}:{2} - {3} - {4}" -f `
        (Get-Date), $scriptName, $lineNumber, $functionName, $Message

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$logEntries = @(
    "2024-06-09",
    "Error: Disk full",
    404,
    "2024-06-08",
    "Error: Network unreachable",
    500
)

foreach ($entry in $logEntries) {

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function Remove-ItemSafely {
    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess, ConfirmImpact = 'High')]
    param([string]$path)

    if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($path, "Remove")) {
        Remove-Item -Path $path
    }
}

PS> Remove-ItemSafely -Path '\oh\god\wrong\file.txt' -WhatIf

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function Get-ListOfFiles {
    [OutputType('System.IO.FileInfo')]
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [string]$Path
    )
    Get-ChildItem -File -Path $Path
}

Get-ListOfFiles -Path "C:\Temp" | ForEach-Object {

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function Get-DatabaseData {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
        [string]$DatabaseType
    )

    dynamicparam {
        $paramDictionary = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary
        $attributes = New-Object System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute]

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function Set-LogLevel {
    param (
        [ValidateSet("Debug", "Info", "Warning", "Error")]
        [string]$Level
    )

    Write-Output "Log level set to $Level"
}

# Example usage: