Get-LatestServicingStack -OperatingSystem Windows8 throws an error

[AndrewStrickland]

Expected Behavior

Get-LatestServicingStack -OperatingSystem Windows8 Should return the latest Servicing Stack update

Current Behavior

Throws an error

Failure Information (for bugs)

Please help provide information about the failure if this is a bug by issuing the command using the -Verbose command.

Get-LatestServicingStack -OperatingSystem Windows8 -Verbose                                                 VERBOSE: Get-LatestServicingStackUpdate: get feed for Windows8.
VERBOSE: GET
https://support.microsoft.com/app/content/api/content/feeds/sap/en-us/b905caa1-d413-c90c-bed3-20aead901092/atom with
0-byte payload
VERBOSE: received -1-byte response of content type application/atom+xml; charset=utf-8
VERBOSE: Get-UpdateFeed: retrieved feed.
VERBOSE: Get-UpdateServicingStack: matched item [Servicing Stack Updates (SSU): Frequently Ask Questions]
VERBOSE: Get-UpdateServicingStack: matched item [Servicing stack update for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1, and Server 2012 R2:
November 12, 2019]
VERBOSE: Get-UpdateServicingStack: matched item [Servicing stack update for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1, and Server 2012 R2:
October 8, 2019]
VERBOSE: Get-UpdateServicingStack: matched item [Servicing stack update for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1, and Server 2012 R2:
September 10, 2019]
VERBOSE: Get-UpdateServicingStack: matched item [Servicing stack update for Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1 and
Windows Server 2012 R2]
VERBOSE: Get-UpdateServicingStack: matched item [Servicing stack update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2:
July 12, 2016]
VERBOSE: Get-UpdateServicingStack: selected item [Servicing Stack Updates (SSU): Frequently Ask Questions]
VERBOSE: Get-LatestServicingStackUpdate: update count is: .
VERBOSE: Get-LatestServicingStackUpdate: searching catalog for: [].
VERBOSE: Invoke-UpdateCatalogSearch: search Catalog for [KB4535697)]
VERBOSE: GET https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4535697 with 0-byte payload
VERBOSE: received 35833-byte response of content type text/html; charset=utf-8
VERBOSE: Get-UpdateCatalogDownloadInfo: returned 0 items from the catalog.
Add-Property : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'InputObject'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument
that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.
At C:\temp\LatestUpdate\Public\Get-LatestServicingStackUpdate.ps1:139 char:63
+ ...    $updateListWithVersion = Add-Property @updateListWithVersionParams
+                                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Add-Property], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Add-Property

Add-Property : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'InputObject'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument
that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.
At C:\temp\LatestUpdate\Public\Get-LatestServicingStackUpdate.ps1:146 char:60
+ ...          $updateListWithArch = Add-Property @updateListWithArchParams
+                                                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Add-Property], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Add-Property

Steps to Reproduce

Please provide detailed steps for reproducing the issue.

1. Import Module
2. Run Get-LatestServicingStack -OperatingSystem Windows8

Context

Please provide any relevant information about your setup. This is important in case the issue is not reproducible except for under certain conditions.

• LatestUpdate Version: Use Get-Module -ListAvailable LatestUpdate

Get-Module LatestUpdate                                                                                     
ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ----                                ----------------
Script     3.0.171    LatestUpdate                        {Get-LatestAdobeFlashUpdate, Get-LatestCumulativeUpdate, G...

• PowerShell Version: Use Get-PSVersion

$PSVersionTable                                                                                             
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.18362.145
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.18362.145
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

• Operating System:

Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem | Select Version, Name                                                  
Version    Name
-------    ----
10.0.18363 Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise

Proposed Fix

It seems it is because a KB was released with the title "Servicing Stack Updates (SSU): Frequently Ask Questions" which matches the search string. My issue was resolved by updating the resource string to be "ServicingStack" : "^Servicing stack update for.*",

Cheers