vstest: Strange message if test fails with preview 5.0.100-preview.2.20176.6

If a test fails I get strange output at the end of tests for a test project

C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\5.0.100-preview.2.20176.6\Microsoft.TestPlatform.targets(32,5): error MSB4132: The "Microsoft.TestPlatform.Build.Tasks.VSTestTask" task returned false but did not log an error. [C:\git\coverlet\test\coverlet.core.tests\coverlet.core.tests.csproj]

It doesn’t happen if I pin sdk to 3.1.201

λ dotnet --info
.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   5.0.100-preview.2.20176.6
 Commit:    d752c3e07b

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Windows
 OS Version:  10.0.18363
 OS Platform: Windows
 RID:         win10-x64
 Base Path:   C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\5.0.100-preview.2.20176.6\

Host (useful for support):
  Version: 5.0.0-preview.2.20160.6
  Commit:  d12f79a4d1

.NET Core SDKs installed:
  2.2.207 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  3.0.103 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  3.1.200-preview-015002 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  3.1.201 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  3.1.300-preview-015048 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.2.20176.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.16 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.16 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.0.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.2.20167.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.16 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.0.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.2.20160.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.0.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.0-preview.2.20160.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

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@nohwnd It happens for me on stable dotnet (3.1.400).

Dreamescaper on Aug 11, 2020

Same happens with 3.1.401, but not with 3.1.202

adrianiftode on Aug 25, 2020

@mwpowellhtx this should be fixed in 5.0-rc2, but will continue to happen on 3.1, there is servicing fix https://github.com/dotnet/toolset/pull/4941 up for consideration, so hopefully the committee deciding about that will approve and merge.

nohwnd on Oct 22, 2020

Same for me, MSB4181 trying to run some tooling, an MSBuild Task to BumpAssemblyVersions. I get the same thing trying to run against a WindowsDesktop WinExe WinForms netcoreapp3.1 build.

mwpowellhtx on Oct 22, 2020

Happens to me on SDK 3.1.402, too. It happens consistently when a test fails, but also intermittently when all tests pass: https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/13431

loop-evgeny on Sep 16, 2020

I can confirm that this problem went away (for me) with 5,0 RC1

johndaintree on Sep 10, 2020

This will continue to happen until they fix it in MSBuild, but we are setting the property, so once they fix it the message will go away.

nohwnd on Sep 3, 2020

@nohwnd, thanks. I’ll try all that. 😃

johndaintree on Sep 2, 2020