[BUG]: PublishCodeCoverageResults complains "Can't find loc string for key: InstallDotNetCoreForPublishing"

[Porges]

Task name

PublishCodeCoverageResults

Task version

2.229.0

Environment type (Please select at least one enviroment where you face this issue)

• Self-Hosted
• Microsoft Hosted
• VMSS Pool
• Container

Azure DevOps Server type

dev.azure.com (formerly visualstudio.com)

Azure DevOps Server Version (if applicable)

No response

Operation system

Ubuntu 20.04 ARM64

Task log

2023-11-06T05:55:18.9342371Z ##[section]Starting: PublishCodeCoverageResults
2023-11-06T05:55:18.9348362Z ==============================================================================
2023-11-06T05:55:18.9348716Z Task         : Publish code coverage results v2
2023-11-06T05:55:18.9348961Z Description  : Publish any of the code coverage results from a build
2023-11-06T05:55:18.9349332Z Version      : 2.229.0
2023-11-06T05:55:18.9349449Z Author       : Microsoft Corporation
2023-11-06T05:55:18.9349654Z Help         : https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/test/publish-code-coverage-results
2023-11-06T05:55:18.9350243Z ==============================================================================
2023-11-06T05:55:19.8281402Z Found 1 result(s) matching pattern: /mnt/vss/_work/1/a/lcov.info
2023-11-06T05:55:19.8285296Z /mnt/vss/_work/1/a/lcov.info
2023-11-06T05:55:19.8340445Z ##[warning]Can't find loc string for key: InstallDotNetCoreForPublishing
2023-11-06T05:55:19.8349455Z ##[warning]InstallDotNetCoreForPublishing
2023-11-06T05:55:19.8354881Z ##[section]Finishing: PublishCodeCoverageResults

Relevant log output

2023-11-06T05:55:19.8340445Z ##[warning]Can't find loc string for key: InstallDotNetCoreForPublishing
2023-11-06T05:55:19.8349455Z ##[warning]InstallDotNetCoreForPublishing

Aditional info

We're seeing this only on the Linux (Ubuntu 20.04) ARM64 variant of our build. Windows/AMD64 and Linux/AMD64 are unaffected.

[xernaj]

Ran into the same issue on a linux vmss pool. I missed the bit in the doco that says you need to "use .net core". Did you happen to include that task before running publish code coverage results? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/publish-code-coverage-results-v2?view=azure-pipelines#prerequisites

[Porges]

Tasks should really be self-contained and not rely on the user installing things on the machine. Again, this isn't happening on our Windows or AMD64 Linux builds, only ARM64.

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[Clemens-E]

This is not resolved.
I agree that the tasks should be self-contained, but at the very least the documentation should be more clear and the message should be translated. As of right now, it lists no demands or prerequisites.

Work around: PublishCodeCoverageResults@1 seems to do its job just fine without dot net

[rw-SebastianSzemer]

PublishCodeCoverageResults@1 does not merge the results.
I did add
- task: UseDotNet@2
just before
- task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@2
and i'm still getting the warning

Edit:
the issue was only on self hosted machine

[gurrajatwal]

I added the following task to resolve this error in my pipeline.

- task: UseDotNet@2
    displayName: 'Use .Net 8.0'
    inputs:
      packageType: 'sdk'
      version: '8.0.x'