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Steps to reproduce

start-job -ScriptBlock {Get-ChildItem} #Will result in an error that the language mode is incompatible with the system-wide language mode $executionContext.SessionState.LanguageMode = "FullLanguage" #Would not be possible if Constrained language mode was enforced, but succeeds start-job -ScriptBlock {Get-ChildItem} #Succeeds

Expected behavior

1      Job1            BackgroundJob   Running       True            localhost            Get-ChildItem

Actual behavior

Start-Job: Cannot start job. The language mode for this session is incompatible with the system-wide language mode.

Error details

Start-Job: Cannot start job. The language mode for this session is incompatible with the system-wide language mode.

Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.5.0
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.5.0
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

Constrained language audit mode seems to block commands. I would expect audit mode to log but not enforce anything. Using start-job as an example, the command fails with "The language mode for this session is incompatible with the system-wide language mode."