Reqnroll CI build fail randomly

[gasparnagy]

Reqnroll Version

n/a

Which test runner are you using?

MSTest

Test Runner Version Number

n/a

.NET Implementation

.NET 8.0

Test Execution Method

Visual Studio Test Explorer

Content of reqnroll.json configuration file

No response

Issue Description

The "system-tests-windows" job fails randomly since 2nd September 2024 with:

Reqnroll.TestProjectGenerator.ProjectCreationNotPossibleException: Execution of dotnet new failed. ---> System.Exception: The template "Class Library" was created successfully.

Processing post-creation actions...
Restoring C:\Users\runneradmin\AppData\Local\Temp\RR\Re38129a7\S1bd692a1\DefaultTestProject\DefaultTestProject.csproj:
Fatal error. System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
Repeat 2 times:
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   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Configuration.IEnumSetupInstances.Next(Int32, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Configuration.ISetupInstance[], Int32 ByRef)
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   at Microsoft.DotNet.Workloads.Workload.List.VisualStudioWorkloads.GetVisualStudioInstances()
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Workloads.Workload.List.VisualStudioWorkloads.GetInstalledWorkloads(Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WorkloadManifestReader.IWorkloadResolver, Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WorkloadManifestReader.SdkFeatureBand, Microsoft.DotNet.Workloads.Workload.List.InstalledWorkloadsCollection)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Workloads.Workload.List.WorkloadInfoHelper.AddInstalledVsWorkloads(System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WorkloadManifestReader.WorkloadId>)
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Workloads.Workload.List.WorkloadInfoHelper.get_InstalledAndExtendedWorkloads()
   at Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.New.WorkloadsInfoProvider.GetInstalledWorkloadsAsync(System.Threading.CancellationToken)
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge.Constraints.WorkloadConstraintFactory+WorkloadConstraint+<ExtractWorkloadInfoAsync>d__9.MoveNext()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncMethodBuilderCore.Start[[Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge.Constraints.WorkloadConstraintFactory+WorkloadConstraint+<ExtractWorkloadInfoAsync>d__9, Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge, Version=7.0.410.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60]](<ExtractWorkloadInfoAsync>d__9 ByRef)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncTaskMethodBuilder`1[[System.ValueTuple`2[[System.__Canon, System.Private.CoreLib, Version=7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e],[System.__Canon, System.Private.CoreLib, Version=7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e]], System.Private.CoreLib, Version=7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e]].Start[[Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge.Constraints.WorkloadConstraintFactory+WorkloadConstraint+<ExtractWorkloadInfoAsync>d__9, Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge, Version=7.0.410.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60]](<ExtractWorkloadInfoAsync>d__9 ByRef)
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge.Constraints.WorkloadConstraintFactory+WorkloadConstraint.ExtractWorkloadInfoAsync(System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Abstractions.Components.IWorkloadsInfoProvider>, Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger, System.Threading.CancellationToken)
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge.Constraints.WorkloadConstraintFactory+WorkloadConstraint+<CreateAsync>d__6.MoveNext()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncMethodBuilderCore.Start[[Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge.Constraints.WorkloadConstraintFactory+WorkloadConstraint+<CreateAsync>d__6, Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge, Version=7.0.410.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60]](<CreateAsync>d__6 ByRef)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncTaskMethodBuilder`1[[System.__Canon, System.Private.CoreLib, Version=7.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e]].Start[[Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge.Constraints.WorkloadConstraintFactory+WorkloadConstraint+<CreateAsync>d__6, Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge, Version=7.0.410.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60]](<CreateAsync>d__6 ByRef)
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge.Constraints.WorkloadConstraintFactory+WorkloadConstraint.CreateAsync(Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Abstractions.IEngineEnvironmentSettings, Microsoft

Steps to Reproduce

run CI build

Link to Repro Project

No response

[gasparnagy]

See for example: https://github.com/reqnroll/Reqnroll/actions/runs/10556606022/job/29653266376

It only comes on our Windows job, not on the Linux. For the Windows agents we use windows-latest.

It might be related to the .NET SDK installed on the agent: For the failing builds the agent contains .NET SDK 8.0.400, .NET Runtime 8.0.8, but I have checked earlier builds and it was .NET SDK 8.0.303, .NET Runtime 8.0.7. It seems that .NET SDK 8.0.400 is used by the agents since 27th August.

Might be related to https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/41588