Error: dotnet restore Fails with NullReferenceException in .NET SDK 9.0.100 During Docker Build

[InvixGG]

Describe the bug

When attempting to build a Docker image for a .NET application using the .NET SDK 9.0.100 Docker image, the dotnet restore command fails with a System.NullReferenceException. The error originates from the Message task within MSBuild, indicating an internal issue with the SDK's build process.

Steps To Reproduce

Github Actions:

name: Build and Push Docker Images to GHCR

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  build-and-push:
    runs-on: self-hosted
    permissions:
      contents: read
      packages: write

    steps:
      # Step 1: Checkout the repository
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      # Step 2: Setup Docker Buildx
      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3

      # Step 3: Login to GitHub Container Registry
      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
        uses: docker/login-action@v3
        with:
          registry: ghcr.io
          username: ${{ github.actor }}
          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      # Step 4: Build and Push Multi-Platform Docker Images
      - name: Build and Push Multi-Platform Docker Images
        run: |
          docker buildx build --platform linux/arm64 `
            -f "src/App/Dockerfile" `
            -t ghcr.io/vexel-studios/app-app:${{ github.run_number }} `
            -t ghcr.io/vexel-studios/app-app:latest `
            --push .

App.csproj:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

    <PropertyGroup>
        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
        <LangVersion>latestmajor</LangVersion>
        <DockerDefaultTargetOS>Linux</DockerDefaultTargetOS>
        <VersionPrefix>1.0.0</VersionPrefix>
        <VersionSuffix>beta.12</VersionSuffix>
        <FileVersion>$(VersionPrefix)</FileVersion>
        <AssemblyVersion>$(VersionPrefix)</AssemblyVersion>
        <Configurations>Development;Production</Configurations>
        <Platforms>AnyCPU</Platforms>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Development' ">
        <DefineConstants>DEVELOPMENT</DefineConstants>
        <DebugSymbols Condition=" '$(DebugSymbols)' == '' ">true</DebugSymbols>
        <Optimize Condition=" '$(Optimize)' == '' ">false</Optimize>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Production' ">
        <DefineConstants>PRODUCTION</DefineConstants>
        <Optimize Condition=" '$(Optimize)' == '' ">true</Optimize>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
        <PackageReference Include="DSharpPlus" Version="5.0.0-nightly-02410" />
        <PackageReference Include="DSharpPlus.Commands" Version="5.0.0-nightly-02410" />
        <PackageReference Include="Hangfire" Version="1.8.15" />
        <PackageReference Include="Hangfire.AspNetCore" Version="1.8.15" />
        <PackageReference Include="Hangfire.PostgreSql" Version="1.20.10" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="9.0.0" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="9.0.0">
          <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
          <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
        </PackageReference>
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="9.0.0">
          <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
          <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
        </PackageReference>
        <PackageReference Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="9.0.0-rc.2" />
        <PackageReference Include="Sentry" Version="4.13.0" />
        <PackageReference Include="Sentry.AspNetCore" Version="4.13.0" />
        <PackageReference Include="Sentry.Extensions.Logging" Version="4.13.0" />
        <PackageReference Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp" Version="3.1.5" />
        <PackageReference Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp.Drawing" Version="2.1.4" />
        <PackageReference Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="6.0.1" />
    </ItemGroup>
    
    <ItemGroup>
      <Compile Update="src\DataBase\Models\WarningConfiguration.cs">
        <DependentUpon>Warning.cs</DependentUpon>
      </Compile>
      <Compile Update="src\DataBase\Models\MessageConfiguration.cs">
        <DependentUpon>Message.cs</DependentUpon>
      </Compile>
      <Compile Update="src\DataBase\Models\InquiryConfiguration.cs">
        <DependentUpon>Inquiry.cs</DependentUpon>
      </Compile>
      <Compile Update="src\DataBase\Models\InquiryUserConfiguration.cs">
        <DependentUpon>InquiryUser.cs</DependentUpon>
      </Compile>
      <Compile Update="src\DataBase\Models\MemberConfiguration.cs">
        <DependentUpon>Member.cs</DependentUpon>
      </Compile>
      <Compile Update="src\DataBase\Models\ProgressConfiguration.cs">
        <DependentUpon>Progress.cs</DependentUpon>
      </Compile>
      <Compile Update="src\DataBase\Models\ProgressMessageConfiguration.cs">
        <DependentUpon>ProgressMessage.cs</DependentUpon>
      </Compile>
    </ItemGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
        <Content Include="src\Resources\Images\DiscordJoinBanner.png">
            <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
        </Content>
        <None Remove="badwords.txt" />
        <Content Include="badwords.txt">
            <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
        </Content>
        <None Remove="src\Resources\Fonts\MADE-TOMMY-Medium.otf" />
        <Content Include="src\Resources\Fonts\MADE-TOMMY-medium.otf">
            <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
        </Content>
        <None Remove="src\Resources\Fonts\MADE-TOMMY-regular.otf" />
        <Content Include="src\Resources\Fonts\MADE-TOMMY-regular.otf">
            <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
        </Content>
    </ItemGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
      <None Remove="src\Resources\Images\DiscordJoinBanner.png" />
    </ItemGroup>

</Project>

Dockerfile:

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:9.0-bookworm-slim-arm64v8 AS base
USER $APP_UID
WORKDIR /app

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:9.0-bookworm-slim-arm64v8 AS build
ARG BUILD_CONFIGURATION=Production
ENV ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production
WORKDIR /src
COPY ["src/App/App.csproj", "src/App/"]
RUN dotnet restore "src/App/App.csproj"
COPY . .
WORKDIR "/src/src/App"
RUN dotnet build "App.csproj" -c $BUILD_CONFIGURATION -o /app/build

FROM build AS publish
ENV ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production
RUN dotnet publish "App.csproj" -c $BUILD_CONFIGURATION -o /app/publish /p:UseAppHost=false

FROM base AS final
WORKDIR /app
COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "App.dll"]

Exceptions (if any)

/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/9.0.100/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.DefaultItems.Shared.targets(93,5): error MSB4018: The "CheckIfPackageReferenceShouldBeFrameworkReference" task failed unexpectedly. [/src/src/App/App.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/9.0.100/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.DefaultItems.Shared.targets(93,5): error MSB4018: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. [/src/src/App/App.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/9.0.100/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.DefaultItems.Shared.targets(93,5): error MSB4018:    at InvokeStub_CheckIfPackageReferenceShouldBeFrameworkReference.set_FrameworkReferences(Object, Object, IntPtr*) [/src/src/App/App.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/9.0.100/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.DefaultItems.Shared.targets(93,5): error MSB4018:    at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeDirectByRefWithFewArgs(Object obj, Span`1 copyOfArgs, BindingFlags invokeAttr) [/src/src/App/App.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/9.0.100/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.DefaultItems.Shared.targets(95,7): error MSB4026: The "FrameworkReferences=@(FrameworkReference)" parameter for the "CheckIfPackageReferenceShouldBeFrameworkReference" task is invalid. [/src/src/App/App.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/9.0.100/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.DefaultItems.Shared.targets(93,5): error MSB4063: The "CheckIfPackageReferenceShouldBeFrameworkReference" task could not be initialized with its input parameters.  [/src/src/App/App.csproj]

.NET Version

9.0.100

Anything else?

IDE:
JetBrains Rider 2024.3 RC 1

Dotnet info:

.NET SDK:
 Version:           9.0.100
 Commit:            59db016f11
 Workload version:  9.0.100-manifests.3068a692
 MSBuild version:   17.12.7+5b8665660

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Windows
 OS Version:  10.0.22631
 OS Platform: Windows
 RID:         win-x64
 Base Path:   C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\9.0.100\

.NET workloads installed:
There are no installed workloads to display.
Configured to use loose manifests when installing new manifests.

Host:
  Version:      9.0.0
  Architecture: x64
  Commit:       9d5a6a9aa4

.NET SDKs installed:
  7.0.203 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  8.0.110 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  8.0.403 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  9.0.100 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 7.0.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 7.0.20 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 8.0.10 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 9.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.32 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 7.0.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 7.0.20 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.10 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 9.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 7.0.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 7.0.20 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.10 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 9.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

Other architectures found:
  x86   [C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet]
    registered at [HKLM\SOFTWARE\dotnet\Setup\InstalledVersions\x86\InstallLocation]

Environment variables:
  Not set

global.json file:
  D:\Documents\Invix Digital\Companies\Vexel Studios\Discord Bot\Project\global.json

Original issue

dotnet/aspnetcore#58907