How do I prevent PowerShell from adding exception data to $error

Question

I am invoking a lot of REST calls in a function. I know that some of them will fail, but that is expected.

My question is:

How do I prevent powershell from adding entries to the global $error variable?

foreach:

$oldErrorActionPreference = $ErrorActionPreference
$ErrorActionPreference = "Ignore"
try {
    $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Uri -ea Ignore
} catch {
    Write-Verbose "$_"
} finally {
    $ErrorActionPreference = $oldErrorActionPreference
}

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$error variable after invoking:

Answer 1

Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet always fails with terminating error , which can't be Ignored — it will always end up inside $Error list.

You can clear it: $Error.Clear()