.NET Core SDK/runtime Installer - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process

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Enter Task Name: .NET Core SDK/runtime installer

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Server: Azure Pipelines, Account Name: DLLGroup, Project Name: DLLGroup, Build Def: API-DUPS-Web-Api-Branches-and-topics

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Issue Description

We get sporadic build failure related to this task with the following error: `Exception calling “ExtractToDirectory” with “2” argument(s): “The process cannot access the file ‘D:\a_temp\a898b499-2079-446a-952e-26b06054db5c’ because it is being used by another process.” At line:1 char:111

• … catch { } ; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('D:\a …

•             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (😃 [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : IOException

##[error]C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe failed with return code: 1 `

Similar to issue reported within Issue 7692 albeit the issue reported in link is for On-Premise Agent.

Task logs

`Starting: Use .NET Core sdk 2.1.500

Task : .NET Core SDK/runtime installer Description : Acquire a specific version of the .NET Core SDK from the internet or local cache and add it to the PATH Version : 0.2.7 Author : Microsoft Corporation Help : https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/tool/dotnet-core-tool-installer

Tool to install: .NET Core sdk version 2.1.500. C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoLogo -Sta -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command “& ‘D:\a_tasks\DotNetCoreInstaller_b0ce7256-7898-45d3-9cb5-176b752bfea6\0.2.7\externals\get-os-platform.ps1’” Primary:win-x64 Detected platform (Primary): win-x64 Checking if a cached copy exists for this version… The cache does not contain the requested version of .NET Core. Downloading and installing it now. Getting URL to download .NET Core sdk version: 2.1.500. (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr (node:4472) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr Downloading: https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/2a508a9d-91e8-4126-904c-f7a515f8a33b/24ff5fe2610ce1ce76370ed053b14094/dotnet-sdk-2.1.500-win-x64.zip Extracting downloaded package D:\a_temp\a898b499-2079-446a-952e-26b06054db5c. Extracting archive C:\windows\system32\chcp.com 65001 Active code page: 65001 C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoLogo -Sta -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command “$ErrorActionPreference = ‘Stop’ ; try { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem } catch { } ; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory(‘D:\a_temp\a898b499-2079-446a-952e-26b06054db5c’, ‘D:\a_temp\5c123c0e-45d4-462a-9a52-e686608cefae’)” Exception calling “ExtractToDirectory” with “2” argument(s): “The process cannot access the file ‘D:\a_temp\a898b499-2079-446a-952e-26b06054db5c’ because it is being used by another process.” At line:1 char:111

• … catch { } ; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('D:\a …

•             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (😃 [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : IOException

##[error]C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe failed with return code: 1 Finishing: Use .NET Core sdk 2.1.500

[vineetmimrot]

There is a drastic difference in the design of ver 0 and ver 2 of the task. Let’s wait for a week and reply to us if you face this issue again.

[anuragc617]

Hi @frankkilcommins we are closing this, feel free to re-open if the issue is not resolved.