C# projects sometimes hang at .NetNative step during release builds

Problem Description

We're seeing a lot of PR / CI builds where the new project CLI tests fail for a old architecture C# X64 and/or ARM64 release build. The hang appears to happen during the .NET native step:

BuildNativePackage:
         Creating ilc response file "obj\x64\Release\ilc.testcli.rsp" with the following content: /in:"D:\a\_work\1\testcli\windows\testcli\obj\x64\Release\ilc\in" /out:"D:\a\_work\1\testcli\windows\testcli\bin\x64\Release\ilc" /intermediatespath:"D:\a\_work\1\testcli\windows\testcli\obj\x64\Release\ilc\intermediate" /v:normal /keepintermediates:true /buildtype:ret /exename:"testcli.exe" /rcpath:"C:\Program Files %28x86%29\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22621.0\x64\rc.exe" /targetplatformsdklibpath:"C:\Program Files %28x86%29\Windows Kits\10\lib\10.0.22621.0\um" /WindowsSdkApiXml:"C:\Program Files %28x86%29\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22621.0\x64\PInvoke\SupportedAPIs.xml" /targetplatformsdkmetadatapath:"D:\a\_work\1\testcli\windows\testcli\obj\x64\Release\ilc\in\WinMetadata" /RdXmlPath:"D:\a\_work\_temp\.nuget\packages\microsoft.net.native.compiler\2.2.7-rel-27913-00\tools\LibraryXML" /CscPath:"D:\a\_work\_temp\.nuget\packages\microsoft.net.native.compiler\2.2.7-rel-27913-00\tools\csc\csc.exe" /suppressPDBWarnings:true /AllowNoManagedCode /frameworkDependency:"Name = Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8, MinVersion = 8.2207.14002.0, Publisher = 'CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US'" /frameworkDependency:"Name = Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.2.2, MinVersion = 2.2.27912.0, Publisher = 'CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US'" /frameworkDependency:"Name = Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.2.2, MinVersion = 2.2.27328.0, Publisher = 'CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US'"  /UseSharedAssemblies /InSharedAssemblyPath:"D:\a\_work\_temp\.nuget\packages\runtime.win10-x64.microsoft.net.native.sharedlibrary\2.2.7-rel-27913-00\build\..\tools\SharedLibrary" /TargetPlatform:x64
         D:\a\_work\_temp\.nuget\packages\runtime.win10-x64.microsoft.net.native.compiler\2.2.7-rel-27913-00\build\..\tools\\x64\ilc\ilc.exe @"obj\x64\Release\ilc.testcli.rsp" "/logger:CsvLogger;4736;5868" 
         Launching 'D:\a\_work\_temp\.nuget\packages\runtime.win10-x64.microsoft.net.native.compiler\2.2.7-rel-27913-00\tools\x64\ilc\ilc.exe --gatekeeper @"D:\a\_work\1\testcli\windows\testcli\obj\x64\Release\ilc\intermediate\gkargs.rsp"'
##[error]The Operation will be canceled. The next steps may not contain expected logs.

Debug builds don't have this problem for X86 and X64 because they don't use .Net Native. ARM64 on the other hand, requires .NetNative for all builds and is the most likely to hit this.

Steps To Reproduce

Build a new project with the old/uwp-cs-app template
Build with run-windows --release

Expected Results

No response

CLI version

15.0.0-alpha.2

Environment

info Fetching system and libraries information... System: OS: Windows 11 10.0.26100 CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz Memory: 5.20 GB / 15.84 GB Binaries: Node: version: 18.18.0 path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE Yarn: version: 1.22.22 path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\yarn.CMD npm: version: 9.8.1 path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD Watchman: Not Found SDKs: Android SDK: Not Found Windows SDK: AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense: Enabled AllowAllTrustedApps: Enabled Versions:

10.0.19041.0
10.0.22000.0
10.0.22621.0 IDEs: Android Studio: Not Found Visual Studio:
- 17.11.35327.3 (Visual Studio Enterprise 2022) Languages: Java: Not Found Ruby: Not Found npmPackages: "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found react: Not Found react-native: Not Found react-native-windows: Not Found npmGlobalPackages: "react-native": Not Found Android: hermesEnabled: Not found newArchEnabled: Not found iOS: hermesEnabled: Not found newArchEnabled: Not found

Community Modules

No response

Target Platform Version

10.0.19041

Target Device(s)

Desktop

Visual Studio Version

Visual Studio 2022

Build Configuration

Release

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository

No response

microsoft / react-native-windows