Using ncrunch 5.22.0.5 in Visual Studio 2026 (18.8.2) on Win 11.
System.Exception: An exception was thrown in the remote environment: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> nCrunch.Common.UserException: Errors occurred while trying to load the project file:
The "ResolvePackageAssets" task failed unexpectedly.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at NuGet.ProjectModel.LockFile.<>c__DisplayClass39_0.<GetTarget>b__0(LockFileTarget t)
at System.Linq.Enumerable.FirstOrDefault[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate)
at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.LockFileExtensions.GetTargetAndReturnNullIfNotFound(LockFile lockFile, String frameworkAlias, String runtimeIdentifier)
at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.LockFileExtensions.GetTargetAndThrowIfNotFound(LockFile lockFile, String frameworkAlias, String runtimeIdentifier)
at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets.CacheWriter..ctor(ResolvePackageAssets task)
at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets.CacheReader.CreateReaderFromDisk(ResolvePackageAssets task, Byte[] settingsHash)
at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets.CacheReader..ctor(ResolvePackageAssets task)
at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets.ReadItemGroups()
at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets.ExecuteCore()
at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.TaskBase.Execute()
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Execute()
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.<ExecuteInstantiatedTask>d__26.MoveNext()
at nCrunch.Compiler.ComponentAnalysisContext.queryValuesFromMSBuild()
at nCrunch.Compiler.ComponentAnalysisContext.AnalyseComponentBuild()
at nCrunch.Compiler.RemoteBuildRunner.AnalyseComponentBuild(ComponentLoadParameters parameters)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.UnsafeInvokeInternal(Object obj, Object[] parameters, Object[] arguments)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at nCrunch.TaskRunner.Ipc.IpcMessageProcessor.processCallMethodMessage(CallMethodMessage callMethodMessage)
at nCrunch.TaskRunner.Ipc.IpcMessageProcessor.ProcessMessageReturningResult(Byte[] data)
at nCrunch.TaskRunner.Ipc.RemoteProxyCommunicator.readMessage(Byte[] returnedData)
at nCrunch.TaskRunner.Ipc.RemoteProxyCommunicator.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] args)
at nCrunch.Compiler.RemoteBuildRunnerProxy.AnalyseComponentBuild(ComponentLoadParameters parameters)
at nCrunch.Core.BuildManagement.BuildProcessLauncher.<>c__DisplayClass4_0.<AnalyseComponentBuildInExternalProcess>b__0(IRemoteBuildRunner remoteBuildRunner)
at nCrunch.Core.BuildManagement.BuildProcessLauncher.executeTaskUsingExternalProcess(Action`1 task, EffectiveProcessorArchitecture processorArchitecture, GridClientId client, BuildSystemParameters buildSystemParameters, IList`1 customEnvironmentVariables, Nullable`1 taskId, GridClientDescription clientDescription, DotNetCoreSdkVersion dotNetCoreSdkVersion)
at nCrunch.Core.BuildManagement.BuildProcessLauncher.AnalyseComponentBuildInExternalProcess(ComponentLoadParameters parameters, IList`1 customEnvironmentVariables)
at nCrunch.Client.ComponentLoader.SnapshotComponentLoader.analyseComponentBuild(EffectiveProcessorArchitecture buildProcessorArchitecture, String targetFrameworkForMSBuild)
at nCrunch.Client.ComponentLoader.SnapshotComponentLoader.CreateComponentFromXml(FilePath projectFilePath, ParsedBuildXml projectXml, FilePath solutionFilePath, String[] additionalFilesToIncludeAtSolutionLevel, Boolean isLoadedFromFile, IDEVersion ideVersion, BuildEngineId buildEngineId, ComponentUniqueName componentName, TaskSettings componentTaskSettings, Exception parseException, String targetFrameworkForMsbuild, String visibleTargetFramework)
