"?" in script causes PowerShell Studio to crash

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RossFH
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"?" in script causes PowerShell Studio to crash

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Product, version and build: PowerShell Studio 2020 (64 Bit) v5.7.182
Operating system: Windows 10 Enterprise (64 Bit) v10.0.19041.0
PowerShell version(s): 5.1 & 7.0

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I'm running into an issue where if I type a question mark (alias for where-object) into a script, it instantly causes PowerShell Studio to freeze, and I have to kill it through Task Manager. Upon relaunching, it works as expected until I type a question mark again.

I've tried rebooting and uninstalling/reinstalling to no avail.
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Olga_B
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Re: "?" in script causes PowerShell Studio to crash

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I was not able to reproduce this on our testing environment.
What settings in Options do you have? Is it set to automatically expand aliases or having alias tab expansion enabled
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Re: "?" in script causes PowerShell Studio to crash

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Automatically expand aliases is not enabled. Tab expansion is enabled. I'm attaching screenshots of my Editor settings.
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Olga_B
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Re: "?" in script causes PowerShell Studio to crash

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Thanks, we will investigate the issue.
One more question: is this happened with any files: .ps1, .psf, project?
Any errors in Event Viewer?
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RossFH
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Re: "?" in script causes PowerShell Studio to crash

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There are no Sapien-related errors in the event log.

I did some additional testing, and this happens with .ps1 and .psm1 files. It does not happen with .psf and .psd1 files.
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Re: "?" in script causes PowerShell Studio to crash

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We have been able to reproduce this crash bug and have filed a bug report with the development team. It will be fixed in the next service release.

We were only able to reproduce this when running with V7 and the line with '?' on the last line of the document.
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Re: "?" in script causes PowerShell Studio to crash

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Please try build 5.8.183 and let me know if this issue is resolved for you.
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