ALOps App Compiler refers to wrong artifacts folder

[dNsl9r]

Describe the bug Noticed this morning, that our build pipelines fail on step "ALOps App Compiler". Instead of referring to the correct artifacts folder like: 'C:\bcartifacts.cache\sandbox\19.0.29894.31374\de\Applications.DE\Any.Source.zip' some cryptic subfolders are used. 'C:\bcartifacts.cache\sandbox\19.0.29894.31374\tbsskl5m.ghw\Applications.DE\Any.Source.zip'

the used yaml please provide the yaml that you used. It helps you put the yaml like this:

....
    - task: ALOpsAppCompiler@2
      displayName: 'Compile App'
      inputs:
        artifacttype: 'Sandbox'
        artifactcountry: 'de'
        ruleset: '.\.vscode\settings.RuleSet.json'        
        appversiontemplate: '$(D365BC19-ReleaseNo).*'
        appfilenametemplate: '%APP_PUBLISHER%_%APP_NAME%_%APP_VERSION%_%BC_TYPE%_%BC_VERSION%_%BC_COUNTRY%.app'
        alcodeanalyzer: 'CodeCop,AppSourceCop'
        showmycode: 'Disable'  
        publishartifact: True
        publishxlif: True             
....

the output Also the complete output is necessary for us to see what is going on. Also use backtics:

2021-10-18T12:35:27.7248994Z ##[section]Starting: Compile App
2021-10-18T12:35:27.7453347Z ==============================================================================
2021-10-18T12:35:27.7453684Z Task         : ALOps App Compiler
2021-10-18T12:35:27.7453961Z Description  : Compile AL Extension(s) for Business Central
2021-10-18T12:35:27.7454196Z Version      : 2.0.2647
2021-10-18T12:35:27.7454678Z Author       : Hodor
2021-10-18T12:35:27.7454944Z Help         : Compile Business Central extension(s) from AL code.
2021-10-18T12:35:27.7455458Z ==============================================================================
2021-10-18T12:35:29.6234014Z *** Configure AMSI for session: disable (in memory)
2021-10-18T12:35:29.6499173Z 0
2021-10-18T12:35:29.8697164Z ******************************************************************************
2021-10-18T12:35:29.8713214Z *** ALOps v2 - Preview                                                     ***
2021-10-18T12:35:29.8727857Z ******************************************************************************
2021-10-18T12:35:29.8742278Z *** Importing required ALOps-Functions
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5171262Z *** Task Inputs:
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5242282Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5385238Z name                   value                                                                           
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5390026Z ----                   -----                                                                           
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5393552Z artifactversion                                                                                        
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5396582Z artifacttype           Sandbox                                                                         
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5399321Z artifactcountry        de                                                                              
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5402460Z versionselect          Latest                                                                          
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5405589Z alternativevsixurl                                                                                     
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5409444Z alsourcepath           C:\Agent\_work\92\s                                                             
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5412332Z ruleset                .\.vscode\settings.RuleSet.json                                                 
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5415991Z appversiontemplate     19.0.0.*                                                                        
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5418680Z updatebuildnumber      True                                                                            
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5420967Z appfilenametemplate    %APP_PUBLISHER%_%APP_NAME%_%APP_VERSION%_%BC_TYPE%_%BC_VERSION%_%BC_COUNTRY%.app
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5423432Z alcodeanalyzer         CodeCop,AppSourceCop                                                            
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5426453Z showmycode             Disable                                                                         
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5429485Z applicationinsightskey                                                                                 
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5433109Z alcachepath            C:\Agent\_work\92\s                                                             
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5435923Z publishartifact        True                                                                            
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5438122Z publishxlif            True                                                                            
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5441179Z failonwarnings         False                                                                           
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5445109Z storageaccount                                                                                         
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5447453Z sastoken                                                                                               
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5450642Z printappmanifest       True                                                                            
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5453922Z outputalclogs          True                                                                            
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5454865Z additionalprobingpaths                                                                                 
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5455295Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5492909Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5506240Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5728580Z *** For documentation, please visit   : https://www.alops.be/documentation
2021-10-18T12:35:30.5734794Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:30.9231542Z *** ALOps License:
2021-10-18T12:35:30.9263351Z   * Licensed To: ###############
2021-10-18T12:35:30.9270461Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:31.1160025Z *** Importing required Task-Functions
2021-10-18T12:35:33.7070541Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:33.7680851Z *** Artifact Type   : [Sandbox]
2021-10-18T12:35:33.7693224Z *** Artifact Version: []
2021-10-18T12:35:33.7708409Z *** Artifact Country: [de]
2021-10-18T12:35:33.7715884Z *** AL Source Path  : [C:\Agent\_work\92\s]
2021-10-18T12:35:33.7764632Z *** AL Cache Path   : [C:\Agent\_work\92\s]
2021-10-18T12:35:33.7766824Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:33.8039339Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:33.8138517Z *** Default Working Folder: C:\Agent\_work\92\s
2021-10-18T12:35:33.8152672Z *** Artifact Folder       : C:\Agent\_work\92\a
2021-10-18T12:35:33.8165798Z *** Agent Tool Folder     : C:\Agent\_work\_tool
2021-10-18T12:35:33.8179829Z *** Agent Temp Folder     : C:\Agent\_work\_temp
2021-10-18T12:35:33.8185966Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:33.8243090Z *** Resolving Path: [C:\Agent\_work\92\s]
2021-10-18T12:35:33.8319179Z *** AL Source Folder      : C:\Agent\_work\92\s
2021-10-18T12:35:33.8335609Z *** Resolving Path: [C:\Agent\_work\92\s]
2021-10-18T12:35:33.8366731Z *** AL Cache Folder       : C:\Agent\_work\92\s
2021-10-18T12:35:33.8372152Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:33.8399819Z *** Check BcContainerHelper
2021-10-18T12:35:34.0104909Z *** Load BcContainerHelper
2021-10-18T12:35:34.2326833Z BcContainerHelper version 2.0.6
2021-10-18T12:35:35.1163567Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:35.1174892Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:35.1254418Z ##[command]"Get-BCArtifactUrl" 
2021-10-18T12:35:35.1255358Z Name                           Value                                                                                   
2021-10-18T12:35:35.1256135Z ----                           -----                                                                                   
2021-10-18T12:35:35.1256731Z select                         Latest                                                                                  
2021-10-18T12:35:35.1257350Z type                           Sandbox                                                                                 
2021-10-18T12:35:35.1257992Z country                        de                                                                                      
2021-10-18T12:35:35.1258355Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:35.1275674Z 
2021-10-18T12:35:35.1276418Z  -select: Latest -type: Sandbox -country: de
2021-10-18T12:35:42.1136633Z Downloading platform artifact /sandbox/19.0.29894.31374/platform
2021-10-18T12:35:42.1301512Z Downloading C:\Users\###\AppData\Local\Temp\20233735-93f4-48bb-b561-61ca7c6fbc33.zip
2021-10-18T12:35:53.9758723Z Unpacking platform artifact to tmp folder using Expand-Archive
2021-10-18T12:36:08.6713401Z ##[error]Cannot find path 'C:\bcartifacts.cache\sandbox\19.0.29894.31374\krlb4eyi.ogp\Applications\APIV1\Source' because it does not exist.
2021-10-18T12:36:08.7172711Z ##[section]Finishing: Compile CVN App

Expected behavior Using subpath de instead of krlb4eyi.ogp.

Additional context Tested also with "Artifact Version" filter like 18 - same problem. Last Friday everything worked without any problems. No Updates installed on the machine..

I'm kinda confused because ALOps Version was last friday 2.0.2647 - and today it's the same. So I guess nothing changed at your side as well?

[dNsl9r]

After cleaning up the whole build machine, deleting all temp folders, artifacts etc it is running as expected again. Don't ask me why 😕

[dNsl9r]

Had the same issue again. Solution the same as the last time, deleting everything - running pipeline again: Works as expected

[waldo1001]

What we do: As a last step of each pipeline, we run the ALopsMaintaintenance step - this makes sure the step is always run after an agent has been used .. . May be try that?

[dNsl9r]

We thought about this, but as we want to save time we do this only once a month. Maybe I can add a cleaning job that runs once a week..

[waldo1001]

The problem with that is that you don't really know which build server it will execute, and you want to execute cleaning jobs on all build servers.

There is a way to circumvent this (it was explained somewhere in the forum), but the disadvantage then is that you'll have to maintain the buildserver-names in a pipeline.

My approach just makes sure that every buildserver that is used, is also cleaned 🤷‍♀️

[dNsl9r]

We are currently using just one buildserver, so that's no problem for us 👍

[waldo1001]

Then the only thing I can think of is to up the frequency. For example: once a day during the night? I mean - why not? ;-)