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An error dialog occasionally appears when attempting to open a blob container or file share

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Since Apr 1, 2025.

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Description

Storage Explorer Version

1.38.0 (105)

Regression From

Not a regression

Architecture

arm64

Storage Explorer Build Number

20250328.8

Platform

All

OS Version

Windows 11 arm64/Windows11 x64

Bug Description

An error dialog appears when attempting to open a file share, but the issue occurs inconsistently. So far, we have only encountered this problem on Windows platforms.

Steps to Reproduce
  1. Expand one storage account -> File Shares.
  2. Select one file share -> Open it.
  3. Check whether succeeds to open the file share.
Actual Experience

An error panel appears.
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Expected Experience

Succeed to open the file share.

Additional Context
  1. We have encountered this issue several times in the past when opening both file shares & Blob Containers, but we have yet to identify a reliable method to reproduce it.
  2. Here are the App logs:

2025-04-01_025220.zip

  1. Here is the record:

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