Get-CosmosDbDatabase -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue results in script hangs

[dannythunder]

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ISE

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Windows 10 Enterprise:
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2.1.1.498

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I'm creating a script to automate the process of creating a new environment and seed all data.
If something goes wrong, I want to be able to re-run the script. Therefore I need to check if my database is already created:

Get-CosmosDbDatabase -Context $cosmosDbContext -Id 'Maskin' -ErrorVariable ev -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

If the database doesnt exist, I get a 404. I dont want this to break my script. Therefore I want to silently continue and move on:

if($ev -ne $null) -> create the database.

If i use -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue, the scripts seems to hang.

Workaround is to use try/catch.

[PlagueHO]

Thanks for raising this @dannythunder - I'll get this sorted. Might be to do with how the exceptions are being handled. I'll check this is flowing through.

[PlagueHO]

Sorry about the delay. I have replicated and fixed the error. I'll release the new version tonight.

[PlagueHO]

This fix has gone out to the PSGallery in 2.1.2: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/CosmosDB/2.1.2.514