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Inject extension-class drivers in Win11 Creator - #5058

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Type of Change

  • New feature
  • Bug fix
  • Documentation update
  • Refactor
  • UI/UX improvement

Description

#5016 filtered Class=Extension packages out of Win11 Creator driver injection on the premise that extension drivers cannot be serviced offline. That premise is wrong: extension INFs are serviceable, so the filter silently dropped real functionality (audio effect add-ons and similar) from the built media. That was a bad call to make, since the real fix was discarding the packages instead of trying to work around the single /Add-Driver call.

Now that #5048 adds each driver package with its own dism /Add-Driver call, a bad package only fails itself: the partial mount is discarded and the remaining packages are retried against the original image. Pre-filtering is no longer needed, so this PR removes the extension-class filter and lets packages with invalid data fail individually with a warning in the live log.

Stale duplicate exclusion (same INF name and architecture from the same provider, lower DriverVer loses) is unchanged and stays. WinPE boot-storage staging is untouched.

The zero-driver skip branch that only the extension filter could trigger is removed, and the two nested-package tests that depended on it were retargeted to trigger through stale duplicates instead. The Win11 Creator guide no longer claims extension packages are excluded.

Branch is up to date with main (includes #5002).

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Validation

  • Full Pester suite: 826 tests passed, 0 failed, 1 skipped (the skipped test covers an expected UAC prompt).
  • .\Compile.ps1 completes and the generated script contains no extension-class filtering.
  • Before: extension packages were logged as Excluding extension-class driver package and never reached install.wim. After: they are added like any other package, covered by the "injects Class=Extension driver packages like any other export" test, and a genuinely unserviceable package only costs one discard and retry cycle.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved Windows 11 ISO driver injection so current-system drivers are processed even when previously excluded packages are present.
    • Extension-class driver packages are now retained and injected, while stale duplicate packages continue to be excluded.
    • Improved handling of nested driver content, package cleanup, retries, and injection validation.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified driver package exclusion behavior in the Win11 Creator guide.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for extension-class packages, duplicate drivers, nested content, and varied package metadata formatting.

Walkthrough

The Win11 Creator driver injection flow now injects Extension-class packages, removes stale duplicate packages, processes retained staged folders, and retries failed additions. Tests cover case variations, nested duplicates, and recursive injection results. Documentation reflects the updated exclusion rule.

Changes

Win11 driver injection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Driver filtering and image injection
docs/src/content/docs/guides/win11creator.mdx, functions/private/Invoke-WinUtilISOScript.ps1
The script no longer excludes Extension-class packages. It removes stale duplicates, mounts and processes the image, retries failed packages, and commits only after successful injection. The guide documents the new exclusion rule.
Driver injection test coverage
pester/win11creator.Tests.ps1
Tests cover Extension-class package injection, case and quote variations, nested stale duplicates, retained descendants, and recursive injection results.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant InvokeWinUtilISOScript
  participant StagedDriverFolders
  participant DISMInstallWIM
  InvokeWinUtilISOScript->>StagedDriverFolders: Remove stale duplicate packages and obsolete INFs
  InvokeWinUtilISOScript->>DISMInstallWIM: Mount install.wim
  InvokeWinUtilISOScript->>DISMInstallWIM: Add-Driver for remaining staged folders
  DISMInstallWIM-->>InvokeWinUtilISOScript: Report package results
  InvokeWinUtilISOScript->>DISMInstallWIM: Retry without failed packages
  InvokeWinUtilISOScript->>DISMInstallWIM: Commit image and validate metadata
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 05d17

Extension drivers will now be included, but nested stale packages can abort ISO creation during cleanup. Multiple invalid packages can also substantially extend creation time; the cleanup failure should be fixed before merge.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
functions/private/Invoke-WinUtilISOScript.ps1 (1)

369-373: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial

Note the mount cost of the retry loop.

Each failing package costs one additional /Mount-Image plus a re-add of every package that already succeeded. For k failing packages the run performs k + 1 mounts. On a system that exports many packages, several bad packages can add a large amount of wall-clock time to a step the guide already describes as 10–30 minutes.

Consider bounding the retry count, or reporting progress per retry so the live log shows why the step is slow.

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In `@functions/private/Invoke-WinUtilISOScript.ps1` around lines 369 - 373, The
retry loop around $remainingDriverFolders repeatedly mounts install.wim and
re-adds successful packages, potentially causing excessive runtime. Bound the
number of mount retries or add clear progress logging for each retry, using
$remainingDriverFolders and Invoke-WinUtilISODism as the implementation anchors.
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Inline comments:
In `@functions/private/Invoke-WinUtilISOScript.ps1`:
- Around line 348-352: Update the recursive removal loop around Remove-Item for
$excludedFolder to skip paths that no longer exist before attempting deletion,
while preserving forced recursive removal and the existing failure handling for
other errors. Keep nested excluded-package cleanup successful when a parent
removal has already deleted the child.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@functions/private/Invoke-WinUtilISOScript.ps1`:
- Around line 369-373: The retry loop around $remainingDriverFolders repeatedly
mounts install.wim and re-adds successful packages, potentially causing
excessive runtime. Bound the number of mount retries or add clear progress
logging for each retry, using $remainingDriverFolders and Invoke-WinUtilISODism
as the implementation anchors.

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