[CI Failure] Flaky: TestingBuilderTests.CrashTests fails intermittently with unhandled InvalidOperationException
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Description
## Build Information
Build: https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/actions/runs/28948977829
Build error leg or test failing: Tests / Run VS Code extension unit tests (Windows) / `Aspire.Hosting.Testing.Tests.TestingBuilderTests.CrashTests(genericEntryPoint: True, crashArg: "after-build")`
Pull request: #18688
## Error Message
```
System.InvalidOperationException : Crashing: after-build.
at Program.$(String[] args) in /_/tests/TestingAppHost1/TestingAppHost1.AppHost/Program.cs:line 56
at Aspire.Hosting.Testing.DistributedApplicationFactory.ResolveApplicationAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) in /_/src/Aspire.Hosting.Testing/DistributedApplicationFactory.cs:line 60
at Aspire.Hosting.Testing.DistributedApplicationTestingBuilder.SuspendingDistributedApplicationFactory.BuildAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) in /_/src/Aspire.Hosting.Testing/DistributedApplicationTestingBuilder.cs:line 214
```
## Description
Flaky: TestingBuilderTests.CrashTests fails intermittently with unhandled InvalidOperationException
**Type**: flaky-test
## Occurrences
| Date | Build | Job | PR |
|------|-------|-----|----|
| 2026-07-08 | [28948977829](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/actions/runs/28948977829) | Tests / Run VS Code extension unit tests (Windows) | #18688 |
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with Aspire.Hosting.Testing.Tests.TestingBuilderTests.CrashTests for the genericEntryPoint: True, crashArg: "after-build" case, then inspect the stack-trace locations in tests/TestingAppHost1/TestingAppHost1.AppHost/Program.cs and src/Aspire.Hosting.Testing/DistributedApplicationFactory.cs. Re-run the Windows VS Code extension unit-test job or the named test to reproduce the intermittent failure. Done means the case no longer fails intermittently and the test still verifies the expected crash behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, github-actions
- Domain
- ci-cd, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100