Sometimes / Somehow package cache is corrupt / missing files
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Description
Description
I have actually seen this myself but apparently never reported because I had no idea how it happened.
But it seems like now others hit this issue as well: https://github.com/fsharp/FAKE/issues/2261
I would assume this can happen when exceptions are involved somewhere, maybe we ignore them at the wrong place. Or we don't extract to a temporary place and only move it when everything worked. (At least those are the things we should check before closing this issue)
Repro steps
Unknown
Expected behavior
Corrupt cache should not happen
Actual behavior
Corrupt cache is seen from time to time
Known workarounds
Clear cache or affected directory when this happens...
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing Paket's package-cache download and extraction flow, focusing on how exceptions and partial operations are handled. Investigate whether packages are extracted directly into the cache or staged temporarily; done means identifying the corruption path and preventing incomplete or missing files from remaining in the cache.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- fsharp
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100