powershell command hangs with the base image from .NET Framework 4.8

[sajis997]

I have a Azure Windows VM (Windows Server 2022 DataCenter) with Docker CE installed with the following configuration:

Client:
Version: 27.1.1
API version: 1.46
Go version: go1.21.12
Git commit: 6312585
Built: Tue Jul 23 19:57:57 2024
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Context: desktop-windows

Server: Docker Desktop 4.33.1 (161083)
Engine:
Version: 27.1.1
API version: 1.46 (minimum version 1.24)
Go version: go1.21.12
Git commit: cc13f95
Built: Tue Jul 23 19:56:46 2024
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Experimental: false

I am trying to create a build pipeline for solution / project based on .NET Framework 4.8 and the build.dockerfile contains the following among others:

`FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/sdk:4.8 AS build

ARG PACKAGE_VERSION

WORKDIR /V5FrameworkDiagnosticsBuild

COPY . ./

SHELL ["powershell", "-NoProfile", "-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass", "-Command"]

RUN Write-Output 'Starting PowerShell version check...'; $PSVersionTable.PSVersion; Write-Output 'PowerShell version check completed.'

RUN Write-Output 'Listing directory contents...'; Get-ChildItem -Path .; Write-Output 'Directory listing completed.'

....................................`

While initiating the build.dockerfile from Github Actions workflow as follows:

  - name: Build inside a Docker Container
    run: docker build --build-arg PACKAGE_VERSION=${{ env.PACKAGE_VERSION }} --no-cache -t frameworkdiagcr01 -f .\build.dockerfile .
    shell: pwsh

It hangs at the poweshell command inside the dockerfile and eventually gives the following error message:

Step 7/11 : RUN Write-Output 'Starting PowerShell version check...'; $PSVersionTable.PSVersion; Write-Output 'PowerShell version check completed.'
---> Running in 33c09354f255
container 33c09354f2559185b7672ec891fba7349a423476db82a93083c1d28ddb20ffb4 encountered an error during hcs::System::Start: context deadline exceeded
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

Any hint on why it happens the way it is and how to resolve the issue?

[lbussell]

Hi @sajis997, I was unable to reproduce this on my Windows Desktop using an identical version of Docker Desktop. Your Dockerfile build stops before using any .NET or VS tools, so I don't think the issue is with the .NET container image. Can you try to reproduce this using just the base Windows container image? For your image, it's mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/runtime:4.8.1-20240709-windowsservercore-ltsc2022:

dotnet-framework-docker/src/sdk/4.8.1/windowsservercore-ltsc2022/Dockerfile

Lines 3 to 4 in 2fadd5a

	ARG REPO=mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/runtime
	FROM $REPO:4.8.1-20240709-windowsservercore-ltsc2022

[sajis997]

Sorry, it did not help. It still hangs at the very first RUN echo command .The contents of the Dockerfile is as follows:

`ARG REPO=mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/runtime
FROM $REPO:4.8.1-20240709-windowsservercore-ltsc2022

ARG PACKAGE_VERSION

WORKDIR /V5FrameworkDiagnosticsBuild

COPY . ./

SHELL ["powershell", "-NoProfile", "-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass", "-Command"]

RUN echo 'Starting PowerShell version check...' &&
$PSVersionTable.PSVersion &&
echo 'PowerShell version check completed.'

RUN echo 'Listing directory contents...' &&
Get-ChildItem -Path . && \
echo 'Directory listing completed.'

RUN echo "Restoring NuGet packages from NuGet.config file..." &&
nuget restore V5FrameworkDiagnostics/V5FrameworkDiagnostics.sln -ConfigFile V5FrameworkDiagnostics/NuGet.Config &&
echo "NuGet packages restored successfully."

RUN echo "Building the solution in release mode for x86 platform..." &&
msbuild V5FrameworkDiagnostics/V5FrameworkDiagnostics.sln /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform="x86" /p:OutputPath=./outX86 /m /nr:false /v:m &&
echo "Solution built successfully."

RUN echo "Building V5DiagnosticsServiceInterface for Any CPU platform..." &&
msbuild V5FrameworkDiagnostics/V5DiagnosticsServiceInterface/V5DiagnosticsServiceInterface.csproj /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform="Any CPU" /p:OutputPath=./outAnyCpu /m /nr:false /v:m &&
echo "V5DiagnosticsServiceInterface built for Any CPU platform."`