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Bug Report: PowerShell 7.5 “Command Not Found” Feature Is Broken Without Stable Dependencies

Summary

The “Command Not Found” feature introduced in PowerShell 7.5.2 is misleading and non-functional in most cases. It was promoted as stable, but silently depends on the still-experimental PSFeedbackProvider, which causes it to fail or produce vague suggestions.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Launch PowerShell 7.5.2
2. Type a known CLI tool name that is not installed (e.g., ffmpeg, yt-dlp, ripgrep)
3. Observe the error message and lack of actionable suggestions
4. Run Enable-ExperimentalFeature PSFeedbackProvider
5. Restart PowerShell and repeat step 2

Expected Behavior

PowerShell should suggest installing the missing CLI tool via winget or another package manager, as implied by the feature’s documentation.

Actual Behavior

• Most commands produce only the standard “not recognized” error.
• jq produces a vague suggestion (“J:”) with no actionable install prompt.
• No install suggestions are provided for ffmpeg, yt-dlp, ripgrep, or others.
• The example using powertoys is especially misleading—it suggests installing a GUI tool that doesn’t expose a CLI interface.

Environment Data

$PSVersionTable

### Expected behavior

```console
PS C:\Users\johnl> jq
jq: The term 'jq' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

[General Feedback]
  The most similar commands are:
    ➤ J:

Actual behavior

PowerShell 7.5.2
PS C:\Users\johnl> ffmpeg
ffmpeg: The term 'ffmpeg' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
PS C:\Users\johnl> yt-dip
yt-dip: The term 'yt-dip' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
PS C:\Users\johnl> ripgrep
ripgrep: The term 'ripgrep' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
PS C:\Users\johnl> powertoys
powertoys: The term 'powertoys' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

Error details

Environment data

$PSVersionTable
PS C:\Users\johnl> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.5.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.5.2
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Visuals

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