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Failed to call GetHistoryItems #3948

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Exception report

Exception calling "GetHistoryItems" with "0" argument(s): "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
At C:\Users\Sergey.Simonchik\sandbox\init.ps1:3 char:3
+   $HistoryItems=[Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::GetHistoryI ...
+   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullReferenceException

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Environment data

PS Version: 7.4.1
PS HostName: ConsoleHost (Windows Terminal)
PSReadLine Version: 2.3.4
PSReadLine EditMode: Windows
OS: 10.0.22621.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
BufferWidth: 163
BufferHeight: 45

Steps to reproduce

I would like to run a small init script before a PowerShell session starts to access PSReadLine command history there. Unfortunately, [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::GetHistoryItems() fails with the error.

pwsh.exe -NoExit -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\init.ps1
#init.ps1
if (Get-Module -Name PSReadLine) {
  $HistoryItems=[Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::GetHistoryItems()
  if ($HistoryItems -eq $null) {
    [Console]::WriteLine("got null")
  }
  else {
    [Console]::WriteLine("got not-null")
  }
}

Expected behavior

History items can be accessed successfully, no exception happens and not null is printed to the console.

Actual behavior

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PS C:\Users\Sergey.Simonchik> cd .\sandbox\
PS C:\Users\Sergey.Simonchik\sandbox> pwsh.exe -NoExit -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\init.ps1
PowerShell 7.4.1
MethodInvocationException: C:\Users\Sergey.Simonchik\sandbox\init.ps1:3
Line |
   3 |    $HistoryItems=[Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::GetHistoryI …
     |    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Exception calling "GetHistoryItems" with "0" argument(s): "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
got null
PS C:\Users\Sergey.Simonchik\sandbox>

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