From 74c856ed2ae9c9dc0b84e1f6bfb9973077b56bf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:29:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From a9d141cada4e0f10e1434e2052f97a33a2b7c8ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:35:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Preserve DSC Node resource declarations

Co-authored-by: bergmeister <9250262+bergmeister@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 Rules/AvoidAlias.cs                   |  3 ++-
 Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingAlias.tests.ps1 | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Rules/AvoidAlias.cs b/Rules/AvoidAlias.cs
index d59920db4..087e6bfc8 100644
--- a/Rules/AvoidAlias.cs
+++ b/Rules/AvoidAlias.cs
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ private bool IsDscResourceDeclaration(CommandAst cmdAst)
                     {
                         if (GetDscResourceBody(enclosingCommand) != scriptBlock
                             || !String.IsNullOrEmpty(Helper.Instance.GetCmdletNameFromAlias(enclosingCommand.GetCommandName()))
-                            || Helper.Instance.GetCommandInfo(enclosingCommand.GetCommandName()) != null)
+                            || (!String.Equals(enclosingCommand.GetCommandName(), "Node", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                                && Helper.Instance.GetCommandInfo(enclosingCommand.GetCommandName()) != null))
                         {
                             return false;
                         }
diff --git a/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingAlias.tests.ps1 b/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingAlias.tests.ps1
index bae7310a7..2f2614a40 100644
--- a/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingAlias.tests.ps1
+++ b/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingAlias.tests.ps1
@@ -97,6 +97,22 @@ Configuration PackageTest {
     }
 
     Context "DSC resource ASTs" {
+        It "does not expand nested resource names in a same-line Node declaration when node is discoverable" -skip:(!(Get-Command node -CommandType Application -ErrorAction Ignore)) {
+            $target = @'
+{
+    Node localhost { Package PackageExample {} }
+}
+'@
+            $ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseInput($target, [ref]$null, [ref]$null)
+            $body = $ast.EndBlock.Statements[0].PipelineElements[0].Expression.Copy()
+            $configuration = [System.Management.Automation.Language.ConfigurationDefinitionAst]::new(
+                $ast.Extent, $body, 'Resource',
+                [System.Management.Automation.Language.StringConstantExpressionAst]::new($ast.Extent, 'Test', 'BareWord'))
+            $rule = [Microsoft.Windows.PowerShell.ScriptAnalyzer.BuiltinRules.AvoidAlias]::new()
+
+            @($rule.AnalyzeScript($configuration, $null)).Count | Should -Be 0
+        }
+
         It "ignores resource declarations but not executable commands" {
             $target = @'
 {