System.IndexOutOfRangeException When Using PowerShell on Windows Server 2012R2

[geneh]

When using AppInsights in PowerShell as described at https://vnextengineer.azurewebsites.net/powershell-application-insights/, everything works fine on Windows 10 but not on Windows Server 2012R2:

PS C:\Users\ghazan\Documents> [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\Users\ghazan\Documents\2.1.0-4.5\Microsoft.Application
Insights.dll")


GAC    Version        Location
---    -------        --------
False  v4.0.30319     C:\Users\ghazan\Documents\2.1.0-4.5\Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.dll


PS C:\Users\ghazan\Documents> $telClient = New-Object "Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.TelemetryClient"
PS C:\Users\ghazan\Documents> $telClient.InstrumentationKey = "secret"
PS C:\Users\ghazan\Documents> $telClient.trackEvent("test")
Index was outside the bounds of the array.
At line:1 char:1
+ $telClient.trackEvent("test")
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (:) [], IndexOutOfRangeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IndexOutOfRangeException

Full stack using https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2006/12/07/resolve-error/:

Message        : Index was outside the bounds of the array.
Data           : {System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.InterpretedFrameInfo}
InnerException :
TargetSite     : Int32 CompareOverloadCandidates(OverloadCandidate, OverloadCandidate, System.Object[])
StackTrace     :    at System.Management.Automation.Adapter.CompareOverloadCandidates(OverloadCandidate candidate1,
                 OverloadCandidate candidate2, Object[] arguments)
                    at System.Management.Automation.Adapter.FindBestCandidate(IEnumerable`1 candidates, Object[]
                 arguments)
                    at System.Management.Automation.Adapter.FindBestCandidate(IEnumerable`1 candidates, Object[]
                 arguments, PSMethodInvocationConstraints invocationConstraints)
                    at System.Management.Automation.Adapter.FindBestMethod(MethodInformation[] methods,
                 PSMethodInvocationConstraints invocationConstraints, Object[] arguments, String& errorId, String&
                 errorMsg, Boolean& expandParamsOnBest)
                    at System.Management.Automation.Language.PSInvokeMemberBinder.InvokeDotNetMethod(DynamicMetaObject
                 target, DynamicMetaObject[] args, BindingRestrictions restrictions, MethodInformation[] mi, Type
                 errorExceptionType)
                    at
                 System.Management.Automation.Language.PSInvokeMemberBinder.FallbackInvokeMember(DynamicMetaObject
                 target, DynamicMetaObject[] args, DynamicMetaObject errorSuggestion)
                    at System.Management.Automation.PSObject.PSDynamicMetaObject.BindInvokeMember(InvokeMemberBinder
                 binder, DynamicMetaObject[] args)
                    at System.Dynamic.DynamicMetaObjectBinder.Bind(Object[] args, ReadOnlyCollection`1 parameters,
                 LabelTarget returnLabel)
                    at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallSiteBinder.BindCore[T](CallSite`1 site, Object[] args)
                    at System.Dynamic.UpdateDelegates.UpdateAndExecute2[T0,T1,TRet](CallSite site, T0 arg0, T1 arg1)
                    at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.DynamicInstruction`3.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
                    at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame
                 frame)
HelpLink       :
Source         : System.Management.Automation
HResult        : -2146233080

I’ve tried both https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights/1.2.3 and https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights/2.1.0 with versions 4.0 and 4.5.

Windows Server 2012R2 (not working):

$PSVersionTable
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      4.0
WSManStackVersion              3.0
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.34209
BuildVersion                   6.3.9600.17400
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.2

Windows 10 (working):

$PSVersionTable
Name                           Value                                                                                                                                                           
----                           -----                                                                                                                  
PSVersion                    5.0.10586.494                                                                                                                                         
PSCompatibleVersions      {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0... }                                                           
BuildVersion                  10.0.10586.494                                                                                                                                                  
CLRVersion                    4.0.30319.42000                                                                                                                                                 
WSManStackVersion             3.0                                                                                                                                                             
PSRemotingProtocolVersion     2.3                                                                                                                                                             
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Could you please advise how this issue can be resolved?

[SergeyKanzhelev]

Oh, judging by the name CompareOverloadCandidates I'd guess that you just need to do TrackEvent rather than 'trackEvent' (note upper case).

[geneh]

Unfortunately I am getting the same error:

$telClient.TrackEvent("test")

Message        : Index was outside the bounds of the array.
Data           : {System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.InterpretedFrameInfo}
InnerException :
TargetSite     : Int32 CompareOverloadCandidates(OverloadCandidate, OverloadCandidate, System.Object[])
StackTrace     :    at System.Management.Automation.Adapter.CompareOverloadCandidates(OverloadCandidate candidate1,
                 OverloadCandidate candidate2, Object[] arguments)
                    at System.Management.Automation.Adapter.FindBestCandidate(IEnumerable`1 candidates, Object[]
                 arguments)
                    at System.Management.Automation.Adapter.FindBestCandidate(IEnumerable`1 candidates, Object[]
                 arguments, PSMethodInvocationConstraints invocationConstraints)
                    at System.Management.Automation.Adapter.FindBestMethod(MethodInformation[] methods,
                 PSMethodInvocationConstraints invocationConstraints, Object[] arguments, String& errorId, String&
                 errorMsg, Boolean& expandParamsOnBest)
                    at System.Management.Automation.Language.PSInvokeMemberBinder.InvokeDotNetMethod(DynamicMetaObject
                 target, DynamicMetaObject[] args, BindingRestrictions restrictions, MethodInformation[] mi, Type
                 errorExceptionType)
                    at
                 System.Management.Automation.Language.PSInvokeMemberBinder.FallbackInvokeMember(DynamicMetaObject
                 target, DynamicMetaObject[] args, DynamicMetaObject errorSuggestion)
                    at System.Management.Automation.PSObject.PSDynamicMetaObject.BindInvokeMember(InvokeMemberBinder
                 binder, DynamicMetaObject[] args)
                    at System.Dynamic.DynamicMetaObjectBinder.Bind(Object[] args, ReadOnlyCollection`1 parameters,
                 LabelTarget returnLabel)
                    at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallSiteBinder.BindCore[T](CallSite`1 site, Object[] args)
                    at System.Dynamic.UpdateDelegates.UpdateAndExecute2[T0,T1,TRet](CallSite site, T0 arg0, T1 arg1)
                    at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.DynamicInstruction`3.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
                    at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame
                 frame)
HelpLink       :
Source         : System.Management.Automation
HResult        : -2146233080

[SergeyKanzhelev]

The only mention of this issue I found so far is in this PR: microsoft/azure-pipelines-extensions@e563501

Can you please try TrackEvent("test", $nil, $nil) or whatever null is in powershell.

I suspect it found this override and failed. Maybe a hint to use a different override will help.

I'm speculating here

[geneh]

I've upgraded .NET to 4.6, ran the script as an administrator, added nulls to the method's signature and modified the script as following:

$AppInsightsInstrumentationKey = "<secret>"
$ES = "$PSScriptRoot\2.1.0-4.5\Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource.dll"
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile($ES)
$AI = "$PSScriptRoot\2.1.0-4.5\Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.dll"
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile($AI)
[Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Extensibility.TelemetryConfiguration]::Active.InstrumentationKey = $AppInsightsInstrumentationKey
$TelClient = New-Object "Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.TelemetryClient"
$TelClient.InstrumentationKey = $AppInsightsInstrumentationKey
$TelClient
$TelClient.TrackEvent("hello", $null, $null)

There are no errors now and the output looks right:

GAC    Version        Location                                                                                                               
---    -------        --------                                                                                                               
False  v4.0.30319     C:\Users\ghazan\Documents\2.1.0-4.5\Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource.dll                                      
False  v4.0.30319     C:\Users\ghazan\Documents\2.1.0-4.5\Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.dll                                                  

Context            : Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.DataContracts.TelemetryContext
InstrumentationKey : <secret>

The problem now is that the event does not show up in App Insights.
If I run the same code from a Windows 10 machine, the event does show up.
Any ideas what may be going wrong here?

[SergeyKanzhelev]

Try to run: $TelClient.Flush() Maybe powershell wouldn't wait for event to be send and kill some threads we are running

[SergeyKanzhelev]

BTW, did just passing of argument helped or another framework and EventSoruce fixed the issue?

[geneh]

This is getting interesting. If I run $TelClient.Flush() and interrogate the last exception, it reveals that more dll's need to be loaded. I'll try that next.

Message        : Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Threading.Tasks, Version=1.0.12.0, Culture=neutral, 
                 PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
FileName       : Microsoft.Threading.Tasks, Version=1.0.12.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
FusionLog      : WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
                 To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
                 Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
                 To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

Data           : {}
InnerException : 
TargetSite     : Void DequeueAndSend()
StackTrace     :    at Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Channel.InMemoryTransmitter.DequeueAndSend()
                    at Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Channel.InMemoryChannel.Flush()
                    at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Object )
HelpLink       : 
Source         : Microsoft.ApplicationInsights
HResult        : -2147024894

Loading the EventSource and passing additional arguments helped with the previous problem.

[SergeyKanzhelev]

Are you sure you are using 4.5 version of Application Insights dll?

[geneh]

I think so, although anything is possible. I am not a .NET developer.

[SergeyKanzhelev]

My question is where did you take this assembly from:

$AI = "$PSScriptRoot\2.1.0-4.5\Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.dll"
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile($AI)

[geneh]

I took it from lib\net45 in https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights/2.1.0

[geneh]

Finally, it looks like it started working for me. I've started using dll from lib\net46.

[geneh]

Thanks for help, Sergey!