ParentContainsErrorRecordException, The process cannot access the file 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe' because it is being used by another process.

[IhateTrains]

Description: setup-dotnet action fails with ParentContainsErrorRecordException: https://github.com/ParadoxGameConverters/ImperatorToCK3/actions/runs/4262267753/jobs/7417899979

Task version: v3

Platform:

• [ ] Ubuntu
• [ ] macOS
• [x] Windows

Runner type:

• [x] Hosted
• [ ] Self-hosted

Repro steps:
Use setup-dotnet to set up up NET 6 and do something with it. In the next steps, use setup-dotnet again to set up .NET 7. Example: https://github.com/ParadoxGameConverters/ImperatorToCK3/actions/runs/4262267753/jobs/7417899979

Expected behavior: The action should set up .NET 7.

Actual behavior: I'm getting the following exception:

dotnet-install: Failed to extract package. Exception: Exception calling "ExtractToFile" with "3" argument(s): "The process cannot access the file 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe' because it is being used by another process."
ParentContainsErrorRecordException: D:\a\_actions\actions\setup-dotnet\v3\externals\install-dotnet.ps1:816
Line |
 816 |  …             [System.IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions]::ExtractToFile( …
     |                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Exception calling "ExtractToFile" with "3" argument(s): "The process cannot access the file 'C:\Program
     | Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe' because it is being used by another process."

[panticmilos]

hi @IhateTrains, thank you for the report, we will take a look at it :)

[bhargavgaglani07]

We are facing same issue with Self-hosted runner. Kindly note that it works with v2, and also was working with v3 few days back.

dotnet-install: Extracting the archive.
dotnet-install: Failed to extract package. Exception: Exception calling "ExtractToFile" with "3" argument(s): "The process cannot access the file 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe' because it is being used by another process."
Exception calling "ExtractToFile" with "3" argument(s): "The process cannot access the file 'C:\Program 
Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe' because it is being used by another process."
....
+ ...             [System.IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions]::ExtractToFile( ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : IOException

[nikolai-laevskii]

The fix is already on its way and will be included in closest release.

If you don't have time to wait you may temporarily adjust your workflow to install several versions of dotnet at once instead of calling action several times: https://github.com/actions/setup-dotnet#usage.

Thank you for reporting the issue and providing a very comprehensive and detailed description!