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I've got a .net core 8 app being deployed to a windows box and I'm getting the following errors no matter what I do after the pipeline completes successfully:
MSB4186: Invalid static method invocation syntax: "[MSBuild]::IsTargetFrameworkCompatible('$(TargetFramework)', 'netcoreapp2.0')". Method '[MSBuild]::IsTargetFrameworkCompatible' not found. Static method invocation should be of the form: $([FullTypeName]::Method()), e.g. $([System.IO.Path]::Combine(a, b)). Check that all parameters are defined, are of the correct type, and are specified in the right order.
Fought this for around 10 hour yesterday, ensuring the latest MSBuild was being used, latest sdk, latest version of nuget (also tried downgrading to a previous version of nuget as a test). I'd very much appreciate some ideas here.
The full results of the log:
Command: "C:\home\site\deployments\tools\deploy.cmd"
Handling ASP.NET Core Web Application deployment with MSBuild16.
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.4.0+e901037fe for .NET Framework
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Build started 4/11/2024 4:40:29 AM.
Project "C:\home\site\repository*.*..csproj" on node 1 (Restore target(s)).
C:\home.nuget\microsoft.extensions.configuration.binder\8.0.1\buildTransitive\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder.targets(20,17): error MSB4186: Invalid static method invocation syntax: "[MSBuild]::IsTargetFrameworkCompatible('$(TargetFramework)', 'netcoreapp2.0')". Method '[MSBuild]::IsTargetFrameworkCompatible' not found. Static method invocation should be of the form: $([FullTypeName]::Method()), e.g. $([System.IO.Path]::Combine(a, b)). Check that all parameters are defined, are of the correct type, and are specified in the right order. [C:\home\site\repository*.*..csproj]
Done Building Project "C:\home\site\repository*.*..csproj" (Restore target(s)) -- FAILED.
Build FAILED.
"C:\home\site\repository*.*..csproj" (Restore target) (1) ->
(NETStandardCompatError_Microsoft_Extensions_Configuration_Binder target) ->
C:\home.nuget\microsoft.extensions.configuration.binder\8.0.1\buildTransitive\netstandard2.0\Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder.targets(20,17): error MSB4186: Invalid static method invocation syntax: "[MSBuild]::IsTargetFrameworkCompatible('$(TargetFramework)', 'netcoreapp2.0')". Method '[MSBuild]::IsTargetFrameworkCompatible' not found. Static method invocation should be of the form: $([FullTypeName]::Method()), e.g. $([System.IO.Path]::Combine(a, b)). Check that all parameters are defined, are of the correct type, and are specified in the right order. [C:\home\site\repository*.*..csproj]
0 Warning(s)
1 Error(s)
Time Elapsed 00:00:05.95
Failed exitCode=1, command="C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild-16.4\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe" /restore "C:\home\site\repository*.*..csproj" /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:configuration=Release /p:publishurl="C:\local\Temp\8dc59e180c31b6a"
An error has occurred during web site deployment.
\r\nC:\Program Files (x86)\SiteExtensions\Kudu\102.10305.001\bin\Scripts\starter.cmd "C:\home\site\deployments\tools\deploy.cmd"
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What do you mean by windows box? Does your application run on normal windows?
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I'm getting the same error since Apr 12 running the Azure App Service built in deployment for a Windows App Service .NET 8 LTS api.
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I am also facing the same issue. My App Service is set to auto deploy based on Repo change. The App Service is windows. It was working just fine then updated my VS and now it is not working.
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After checking our deployment logs, it appears that something has changed in App Service:
Successful:
Command: "C:\home\site\deployments\tools\deploy.cmd"
Handling ASP.NET Core Web Application deployment with MSBuild16.
MSBuild version 17.8.3+195e7f5a3 for .NET Framework
Build started 4/10/2024 5:02:44 AM
Unsuccessful:
Command: "C:\home\site\deployments\tools\deploy.cmd"
Handling ASP.NET Core Web Application deployment with MSBuild16.
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.4.0+e901037fe for .NET Framework
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
I queried the fact that the MS Build version has changed, despite nothing changing in our environment with Azure Support and their answer was this:
"As BitBucket CI/CD deployment uses App Service Build Service which runs the build automatically, I think the specific MSBuild version is not to be configured manually"
I was then advised to:
"However, as a temporary workaround to make the deployment work, please consider temporarily choosing other deployment options such as local git deploy, zip deploy etc. so that you can ensure that the latest package can be pushed and running on your app service.
Please let me know if other deployment methods work for you – as long as we do not use MSBuild as the build service for now, I think the issue could be mitigated at current time."
Pretty unhelpful...
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I am having the same issue. I was able to publish to Azure using VS2022 to publish directly to my deployment slot. However, this bypassed our normal CI/CD solution in Azure DevOps. So, this is a temporary process to get urgent updates to the user, but we will need our normal deployment fixed.