[BUG]: Access to the path '*.csproj.nuget.g.props' is denied.

[LoriBru]

What happened?

Hello, I am currently running an Agent on my local VM, the version is 4.268.0.
I am struggling to get the unit test pipeline working for my .NET solution.
The pipeline currenly looks like this (but I tried already many attempts):

trigger: none

pool:
  name: Vs2026

variables:
  solution: '**/*.slnx'
  buildPlatform: 'x64'
  buildConfiguration: 'Release'

steps:
- task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
  displayName: Build solution
  inputs:
    command: 'build'
    projects: '$(solution)'
    arguments: '--configuration $(BuildConfiguration) /p:Platform=$(BuildPlatform)'
- task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
  displayName: 'Run unit tests'
  inputs:
    command: 'test'
    projects: '**/tests/*/*.csproj'

I get the following error when I try to run it:

"C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe" test C:\agents\VS2026\_work\3\s\tests\Testing.Core.Authentication\Testing.Core.Authentication.csproj --logger trx --results-directory C:\agents\VS2026\_work\_temp
Specifying a project for 'dotnet test' should be via '--project'.
##[error]Error: The process 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe' failed with exit code 1
"C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe" test C:\agents\VS2026\_work\3\s\tests\Testing.Core.Data\Testing.Core.Data.csproj --logger trx --results-directory C:\agents\VS2026\_work\_temp
Specifying a project for 'dotnet test' should be via '--project'.
...

And so on for all my unit tests projects.

If I remote login into my VM, I execute dotnet test and I get the following error:

PS C:\agents\VS2026\_work\3\s\tests\Testing.Core.Authentication> dotnet run --project=Testing.Core.Authentication.csproj
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\10.0.103\NuGet.targets(196,5): error Access to the path 'C:\agents\VS2026\_work\3\s\src\Core.Contracts\obj\Core.Contracts.csproj.nuget.g.props' is denied.
The build failed. Fix the build errors and run again.

But then if I run my cmd as Administrator it works just fine.
Can you help me with this issue? Thanks.

Versions

Azure DevOps agent version 4.268.0, Windows Server 2025 Standard version 10.0.26100 Build 26100.

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• VMSS Pool
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Azure DevOps Server Version (if applicable)

Azure DevOps Server 2022.2

Operation system

Windows Server 2025

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Relevant log output

[Deekshitha2812]

@LoriBru, this appears to be an issue with the task. Please open a bug at https://github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks. and include the task version, both failed and successful logs (not just the error message), and make sure diagnostics logs are enabled.

[LoriBru]

Thank you @Deekshitha2812 , Issue created there : microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks#21908