Application run - The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. System.ArgumentException at System.RuntimeType.TryChangeType

Question

VS 2022 crashes in the middle of project compilation with the event exception below. We have MSBuild.Corext.17.3.4 and VS 2022 17.3.5
Please advise.

Application: devenv.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.ArgumentException
at System.RuntimeType.TryChangeType(System.Object, System.Reflection.Binder, System.Globalization.CultureInfo, Boolean)
at System.Reflection.RtFieldInfo.UnsafeSetValue(System.Object, System.Object, System.Reflection.BindingFlags, System.Reflection.Binder, System.Globalization.CultureInfo)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.FormatterServices.SerializationSetValue(System.Reflection.MemberInfo, System.Object, System.Object)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.CompleteObject(System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectHolder, Boolean)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.DoNewlyRegisteredObjectFixups(System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectHolder)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.RegisterObject(System.Object, Int64, System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo, Int64, System.Reflection.MemberInfo, Int32[])
at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.RegisterObject(System.Object, System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ParseRecord, System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ParseRecord, Boolean)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.ParseObjectEnd(System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ParseRecord)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.__BinaryParser.Run()
at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.Deserialize(System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.HeaderHandler, System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.__BinaryParser, Boolean, Boolean, System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.IMethodCallMessage)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(System.IO.Stream, System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.HeaderHandler, Boolean, Boolean, System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.IMethodCallMessage)
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.BinaryTranslator+BinaryReadTranslator.TranslateDotNet[System.__Canon, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]
at Microsoft.Build.Shared.LogMessagePacketBase.ReadFromStream(Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITranslator)
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.LogMessagePacket.FactoryForDeserialization(Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITranslator)
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.NodePacketFactory+PacketFactoryRecord.DeserializeAndRoutePacket(Int32, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITranslator)
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.NodePacketFactory.DeserializeAndRoutePacket(Int32, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.NodePacketType, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITranslator)
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.NodeProviderOutOfProcBase+NodeContext.ReadAndRoutePacket(Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.NodePacketType, Byte[], Int32)
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.NodeProviderOutOfProcBase+NodeContext.BodyReadComplete(System.IAsyncResult)
at System.IO.Pipes.PipeStream.AsyncPSCallback(UInt32, UInt32, System.Threading.NativeOverlapped*)
at System.Threading._IOCompletionCallback.PerformIOCompletionCallback(UInt32, UInt32, System.Threading.NativeOverlapped*)

Answer 1

We have identified the root cause of issue was FXCopyTask failing being referenced to v16 and crashing in VS 2022. After upgrading Visual Studio Static AnalysisTools.Corext package to v17 issue has been fixed:

<package id="VisualStudio.StaticAnalysisTools.Corext"         version="17.0.0" />  

Similar question has been raised and discussed in SO - https://stackoverflow.microsoft.com/questions/308964