Error: Invoke-WebRequest : The remote name could not be resolved: 'localworker.blob.core.windows.net'

[tomdron]

This action appears to be consistently throwing the below error:

Downloading test tools...
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/local-worker-win-x64 -OutFile D:\a\_actions\microsoft\vstest-action\v1.0.0\dist\win-x64.zip
Invoke-WebRequest : The remote name could not be resolved: 'localworker.blob.core.windows.net'
At line:1 char:1
+ Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/local-worker-win-x64 -OutFile D ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebExc 
   eption
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand

It appears the URL used to download the test tools no longer resolves.

[kverpoorten]

We are experiencing the same issue

[AETylerCarrol]

We also have the same issue

[ogjkoch]

Also began to experience this issue today

[BrooklynGabe]

The error is affecting my organization as well.

This action appears to be consistently throwing the below error:

Downloading test tools...
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/local-worker-win-x64 -OutFile D:\a\_actions\microsoft\vstest-action\v1.0.0\dist\win-x64.zip
Invoke-WebRequest : The remote name could not be resolved: 'localworker.blob.core.windows.net'
At line:1 char:1
+ Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/local-worker-win-x64 -OutFile D ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebExc 
   eption
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand

It appears the URL used to download the test tools no longer resolves.

[abhurake]

Facing the same issue, this has affected all the org level workflows.

[dpjp]

Do we have any workaround for this issue ? This is completely blocking our tests

[BrooklynGabe]

The call to download from https://aka.ms/local-worker-win-x64 can be found at https://github.com/microsoft/vstest-action/blame/acb4bbc0c6d7f9fac1b1bf8b468934d9b5b584e6/dist/index.js#L4858 in the repo.

Trying to visit the same from a web browser

Using Chrome
https://aka.ms/local-worker-win-x64

Header	Value
Request URL:	https://aka.ms/local-worker-win-x64
Request Method:	GET
Status Code:	301 Moved Permanently
Referrer Policy:	strict-origin-when-cross-origin

https://localworker.blob.core.windows.net/win-x64/win-x64.zip
(failed) net:ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED

[rusty-bender]

As a workaround, you could try to use my fork here: https://github.com/rusty-bender/vstest-action. It works for my purposes. YMMV.

[stephenegriffin]

The call to download from https://aka.ms/local-worker-win-x64 can be found at https://github.com/microsoft/vstest-action/blame/acb4bbc0c6d7f9fac1b1bf8b468934d9b5b584e6/dist/index.js#L4858 in the repo.

Actual TS source: https://github.com/microsoft/vstest-action/blame/acb4bbc0c6d7f9fac1b1bf8b468934d9b5b584e6/src/index.ts#L23
As this code was last touched two years ago, I suspect this is a server/config issue, not a recent code change.

@rusty-bender's fork appears to be prior to this checkin that added the call, which is why it's not failing when this resource went down.

[josepho0918]

As a workaround, you could try to use my fork here: https://github.com/rusty-bender/vstest-action. It works for my purposes. YMMV.

I adopted @rusty-bender's workaround and updated all the packages: https://github.com/josepho0918/vstest-action

Please note this.