Get-Child Item not working if -Path is a variable?

[ColbyC]

I am making a Pode Route which refers to this file. Version of PODE is 2.10.1

{
    $query = $WebEvent.Query
    $queryPath = $query['Directory']
    $queryPath ??= ''
    #Basic Directory Traversal Sanitize 
    $queryPath = $queryPath -replace ('..'. '')
    $queryPath = $queryPath -replace ('\\'. '')
    $queryPath = $queryPath -replace ('$'. '')
    $queryPath = $queryPath -replace ('?'. '')
    $queryPath = $queryPath -replace (':'. '')
    $queryPath = $queryPath -replace ('%'. '')
    $queryPath | Out-Default
    #Build Full Path
    $path = (Join-Path -Path (Get-PodeConfig).FileStoreDirectory -ChildPath $queryPath)
    $path | Out-Default
    $res = Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Directory | Select-Object Name, FullName, CreationTime
    Write-PodeJsonResponse -Value $res
}   

However, the $res does not return a value I have verified the config is being loaded correctly and verified the $query variable is correct before entering the Get-ChildItem cmdlet.

When I statically enter path as seen below it returns expected results.

{
    $query = $WebEvent.Query
    $queryPath = $query['Directory']
    $queryPath ??= ''
    #Basic Directory Traversal Sanitize 
    $queryPath = $queryPath -replace ('..'. '')
    $queryPath = $queryPath -replace ('\\'. '')
    $queryPath = $queryPath -replace ('$'. '')
    $queryPath = $queryPath -replace ('?'. '')
    $queryPath = $queryPath -replace (':'. '')
    $queryPath = $queryPath -replace ('%'. '')
    $queryPath | Out-Default
    #Build Full Path
    $path = (Join-Path -Path (Get-PodeConfig).FileStoreDirectory -ChildPath $queryPath)
    $path | Out-Default
    $res = Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Windows' -Directory | Select-Object Name, FullName, CreationTime
    Write-PodeJsonResponse -Value $res
}   

PSVersion:

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.22621.3880
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.22621.3880
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

[ColbyC]

Resolved Issue by upgrading PowerShell to 7