[BUG]: DownloadSecureFile - Object reference not set to an instance of an object

[leonelvargas]

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Task name

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Task version

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Issue Description

Good afternoon,

Today we got the surprise that no YAML pipeline can download “tasks”. I show you that the same tasks were downloading this Saturday and now they are not.

Saturday:

Today:

I found a similar ticket: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/issues/20356

Environment type (Please select at least one enviroment where you face this issue)

• [ ] Self-Hosted
• [X] Microsoft Hosted
• [ ] VMSS Pool
• [ ] Container

Azure DevOps Server type

dev.azure.com (formerly visualstudio.com)

Azure DevOps Server Version (if applicable)

No response

Operation system

Ubuntu 22.04

Relevant log output

Agent name: 'Hosted Agent'
Agent machine name: 'fv-az406-635'
Current agent version: '3.243.1'
Operating System
Ubuntu
22.04.4
LTS
Runner Image
Image: ubuntu-22.04
Version: 20240818.1.0
Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/ubuntu22/20240818.1/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2204-Readme.md
Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/ubuntu22%2F20240818.1
Runner Image Provisioner
2.0.382.1
Current image version: '20240818.1.0'
Agent running as: 'vsts'
##[debug]Triggering repository: xxxx. repository type: Bitbucket
Prepare build directory.
##[debug]Creating build directory: '/home/vsts/work/1'
##[debug]Delete existing artifacts directory: '/home/vsts/work/1/a'
##[debug]Creating artifacts directory: '/home/vsts/work/1/a'
##[debug]Delete existing test results directory: '/home/vsts/work/1/TestResults'
##[debug]Creating test results directory: '/home/vsts/work/1/TestResults'
##[debug]Creating binaries directory: '/home/vsts/work/1/b'
##[debug]Creating source directory: '/home/vsts/work/1/s'
Set build variables.
Download all required tasks.
Downloading task: DownloadSecureFile (1.244.1)
##[debug]Task 'DownloadSecureFile' has been downloaded into '/home/vsts/work/_tasks/DownloadSecureFile_2a6ca863-f2ce-4f4d-8bcb-15e64608ec4b/1.244.1'.
##[error]Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
##[debug]System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Agent.Worker.TaskManager.CheckIfTaskNodeRunnerIsDeprecated(IExecutionContext executionContext, TaskStepDefinitionReference task) in /mnt/vss/_work/1/s/src/Agent.Worker/TaskManager.cs:line 382
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Agent.Worker.TaskManager.DownloadAsync(IExecutionContext executionContext, IEnumerable`1 steps) in /mnt/vss/_work/1/s/src/Agent.Worker/TaskManager.cs:line 100
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Agent.Worker.JobExtension.InitializeJob(IExecutionContext jobContext, AgentJobRequestMessage message) in /mnt/vss/_work/1/s/src/Agent.Worker/JobExtension.cs:line 140

Full task logs with system.debug enabled

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Repro steps

parameters:
- name: taskName
  default: ''
- name: secureFile
  default: ''

steps:
  - task: DownloadSecureFile@1
    name: ${{ parameters.taskName }}
    displayName: 'Downloading ${{ parameters.taskName }}'
    inputs:
      secureFile: '${{ parameters.secureFile }}'

[willianantunes]

It seems this PR solves it.