ods.ps1: native stderr redirects terminate the script under $ErrorActionPreference='Stop' on Windows PowerShell 5.1

[patil2001]

What happens

installers/windows/ods.ps1 sets $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop" globally (line ~38) and in several spots redirects native stderr:

• line ~71: $null = docker info 2>$null (Test-DockerRunning)
• line ~1978: & docker compose @flags ps ... 2>$null
• line ~670: $curlOutput = & $curl.Source ... 2>&1

On PS 5.1, redirecting native stderr turns each stderr line into an ErrorRecord, which becomes terminating under Stop. Repro on 5.1.26100:

$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'
$null = cmd /c "echo boom 1>&2" 2>$null   # throws RemoteException :: boom

The author clearly knows this gotcha — lines ~2633-2637 and ~3370-3373 temporarily set SilentlyContinue around native calls — but these spots were missed.

Impact

• Docker Desktop not running → .\ods.ps1 status/start dies with a raw docker info : ... error instead of the intended friendly message + exit 1.
• repair voice: a timing-out curl writes curl: (28)... via 2>&1 and throws before the deliberate -eq 28 tolerance check (~line 672), aborting repair.

PS 7 is unaffected, but scheduled tasks / double-click use powershell.exe 5.1.

Suggested fix

Wrap those call sites in local preference scopes (same as the existing pattern), e.g. push $ErrorActionPreference='SilentlyContinue' around the native invocation and restore afterwards, or route stderr through a temp file.