Can't run dotnet format with latest Windows image

[FTramnitzke-tiplu]

I've created a Github action to run dotnet format --verify-no-changes as part of our CI to check for formatting errors. Since to latest update of the Windows server from

OS Version: 10.0.20348 Build 1668
Image Version: 20230508.3

to

OS Version: 10.0.20348 Build 1726
Image Version: 20230517.1

the job fails with following error

Run dotnet format --verify-no-changes
  dotnet format --verify-no-changes
  shell: C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.EXE -command ". '{0}'"
Warnings were encountered while loading the workspace. Set the verbosity option to the 'diagnostic' level to log warnings.
Unhandled exception: System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException: Unable to load one or more of the requested types.
Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.CodeAnalysis, Version=4.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'. The system cannot find the file specified.
Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.CodeAnalysis, Version=4.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'. The system cannot find the file specified.
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeModule.GetTypes(RuntimeModule module)
   at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetTypes()
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Tools.Analyzers.AnalyzerFinderHelpers.<>c.<LoadAnalyzersAndFixers>b__0_0(Assembly assembly)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectManySingleSelectorIterator`2.MoveNext()
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereSelectEnumerableIterator`2.MoveNext()
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.OfTypeIterator[TResult](IEnumerable source)+MoveNext()
   at System.Collections.Generic.LargeArrayBuilder`1.AddRange(IEnumerable`1 items)
   at System.Collections.Generic.EnumerableHelpers.ToArray[T](IEnumerable`1 source)
   at System.Collections.Immutable.ImmutableArray.CreateRange[T](IEnumerable`1 items)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Tools.Analyzers.AnalyzerFinderHelpers.LoadAnalyzersAndFixers(IEnumerable`1 assemblies)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Tools.Analyzers.AnalyzerReferenceInformationProvider.GetAnalyzersAndFixers(Project project)
   at System.Collections.Immutable.ImmutableDictionary.<>c__DisplayClass9_0`3.<ToImmutableDictionary>b__0(TSource element)
   at System.Linq.Utilities.<>c__DisplayClass2_0`3.<CombineSelectors>b__0(TSource x)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectIListIterator`2.MoveNext()
   at System.Collections.Immutable.ImmutableDictionary`2.AddRange(IEnumerable`1 items, MutationInput origin, KeyCollisionBehavior collisionBehavior)
   at System.Collections.Immutable.ImmutableDictionary`2.AddRange(IEnumerable`1 pairs, Boolean avoidToHashMap)
   at System.Collections.Immutable.ImmutableDictionary`2.AddRange(IEnumerable`1 pairs)
   at System.Collections.Immutable.ImmutableDictionary.ToImmutableDictionary[TSource,TKey,TValue](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 keySelector, Func`2 elementSelector, IEqualityComparer`1 keyComparer, IEqualityComparer`1 valueComparer)
   at System.Collections.Immutable.ImmutableDictionary.ToImmutableDictionary[TSource,TKey,TValue](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 keySelector, Func`2 elementSelector)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Tools.Analyzers.AnalyzerReferenceInformationProvider.GetAnalyzersAndFixers(Solution solution, FormatOptions formatOptions, ILogger logger)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Tools.Analyzers.AnalyzerFormatter.FormatAsync(Solution solution, ImmutableArray`1 formattableDocuments, FormatOptions formatOptions, ILogger logger, List`1 formattedFiles, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Tools.CodeFormatter.RunCodeFormattersAsync(Solution solution, ImmutableArray`1 formattableDocuments, FormatOptions formatOptions, ILogger logger, List`1 formattedFiles, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Tools.CodeFormatter.FormatWorkspaceAsync(FormatOptions formatOptions, ILogger logger, CancellationToken cancellationToken, String binaryLogPath)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Tools.FormatCommandCommon.FormatAsync(FormatOptions formatOptions, ILogger`1 logger, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Tools.Commands.RootFormatCommand.FormatCommandDefaultHandler.InvokeAsync(InvocationContext context)
   at System.CommandLine.Invocation.InvocationPipeline.<>c__DisplayClass4_0.<<BuildInvocationChain>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass16_0.<<UseParseErrorReporting>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass11_0.<<UseHelp>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass21_0.<<UseVersionOption>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass18_0.<<UseTypoCorrections>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c.<<UseSuggestDirective>b__17_0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass15_0.<<UseParseDirective>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c.<<RegisterWithDotnetSuggest>b__4_0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass7_0.<<UseExceptionHandler>b__0>d.MoveNext()
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.CodeAnalysis, Version=4.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'Microsoft.CodeAnalysis, Version=4.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'
 ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.CodeAnalysis, Version=4.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'Microsoft.CodeAnalysis, Version=4.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.<InternalLoad>g____PInvoke|47_0(NativeAssemblyNameParts* pAssemblyNameParts, ObjectHandleOnStack requestingAssembly, StackCrawlMarkHandle stackMark, Int32 throwOnFileNotFound, ObjectHandleOnStack assemblyLoadContext, ObjectHandleOnStack retAssembly)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName assemblyName, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, AssemblyLoadContext assemblyLoadContext, RuntimeAssembly requestingAssembly, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound)
   at System.Runtime.Loader.AssemblyLoadContext.LoadFromAssemblyName(AssemblyName assemblyName)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.DefaultAnalyzerAssemblyLoader.DirectoryLoadContext.Load(AssemblyName assemblyName)
   at System.Runtime.Loader.AssemblyLoadContext.ResolveUsingLoad(AssemblyName assemblyName)
   at System.Runtime.Loader.AssemblyLoadContext.Resolve(IntPtr gchManagedAssemblyLoadContext, AssemblyName assemblyName)
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.CodeAnalysis, Version=4.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'Microsoft.CodeAnalysis, Version=4.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'
 ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.CodeAnalysis, Version=4.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'Microsoft.CodeAnalysis, Version=4.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.<InternalLoad>g____PInvoke|47_0(NativeAssemblyNameParts* pAssemblyNameParts, ObjectHandleOnStack requestingAssembly, StackCrawlMarkHandle stackMark, Int32 throwOnFileNotFound, ObjectHandleOnStack assemblyLoadContext, ObjectHandleOnStack retAssembly)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName assemblyName, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, AssemblyLoadContext assemblyLoadContext, RuntimeAssembly requestingAssembly, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound)
   at System.Runtime.Loader.AssemblyLoadContext.LoadFromAssemblyName(AssemblyName assemblyName)
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.DefaultAnalyzerAssemblyLoader.DirectoryLoadContext.Load(AssemblyName assemblyName)
   at System.Runtime.Loader.AssemblyLoadContext.ResolveUsingLoad(AssemblyName assemblyName)
   at System.Runtime.Loader.AssemblyLoadContext.Resolve(IntPtr gchManagedAssemblyLoadContext, AssemblyName assemblyName)
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

So far, the only thing I could find out is that Microsoft.Component.CodeAnalysis.SDK 17.6.33605.316 was updated from 17.5.33306.270.

Manually installing the NuGet package Microsoft.CodeAnalysis 4.6.0 for my solution did not help.

Can this problem actually come from the latest update or is there anything else wrong?

For reference, here is the code for my action:

# Name of this action
name: Format check on pull request

# Event triggers on push or pull_request
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
      - development
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - master
      - development

jobs:
  # ID of the job
  dotnet-format:

    # Name of the job as ist will be displayed in GitHub
    name: Check Code Formatting
    
    # Machine which this action will be run on.
    runs-on: windows-latest
    
    # Steps this jobs must take to complete
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      
      - name: Add dotnet-format problem matcher
        uses: xt0rted/dotnet-format-problem-matcher@v1

      - name: Restore dotnet tools
        uses: xt0rted/dotnet-tool-restore@v1      
          
      - name: Run dotnet format
        run: dotnet format --verify-no-changes

[vpolikarpov-akvelon]

Hey @FTramnitzke-tiplu. I assume this may be caused by outdated Visual Studio VC Build Component. I created a pull request to fix it: #7694

Let's wait for this update to be merged and deployed and see whether it helps.

[vpolikarpov-akvelon]

Well, it's quite possible that 7.0.304 will be included in the next release.

[FTramnitzke-tiplu]

Alright, looks like I need to wait until this happens. Thanks for keeping me posted.

[vpolikarpov-akvelon]

Hey @FTramnitzke-tiplu. New Windows Server 2022 image has been deployed recently (#7761). It includes .NET Core SDK 7.0.304. Could you try running your workflow again please?

[pm7y]

Works for me @vpolikarpov-akvelon

[FTramnitzke-tiplu]

That did the trick. Works like a charm. Thanks for keeping me posted, @vpolikarpov-akvelon!

[pm7y]

As a side question, why are there so many different versions of 3.x and 6.x on the image but only one 7.x.

.NET Core SDK: 3.1.120, 3.1.202, 3.1.302, 3.1.426, 6.0.116, 6.0.203, 6.0.311, 6.0.408, 7.0.302

For this particular issue, it would have been so much easier for everyone affected to resolve it by temporarily targeting 7.0.203 (via global.json) until 7.0.304 was added to the image. But since the image only contains 7.0.302 then we have to add a UseDotNot task to target 7.0.203 which adds 2mins+ to the build pipeline time.

[samus-aran]

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