`dsc resource list --adapter Microsoft.DSC/PowerShell` fails to list

[cdhunt]

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Summary

I expect to be able to list installed PowerShell DSC resources with the DSC cli but the command fails.

dsc resource list --adapter Microsoft.DSC/PowerShell
2025-02-11T13:52:36.084996Z  WARN Command: Resource 'pwsh' [exit code 1] manifest description: Error

Steps to reproduce

dsc resource list --adapter Microsoft.DSC/PowerShell

Expected behavior

I expect a list of PowerShell DSC resources.

Actual behavior

An empty list with headers and a warning.

Error details

"WARN Command: Resource 'pwsh' [exit code 1] manifest description: Error"

Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.5.0
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.5.0
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.22621
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Version

3.0.0-rc.1

Visuals

[Gijsreyn]

Can you turn on the trace level as such: dsc --trace-level trace resource list --adapter Microsoft.DSC/PowerShell and dump in the logging @cdhunt ?

[cdhunt]

Here you go

2025-02-11T15:44:00.576884Z  INFO dsc::util: 417: Trace-level is Trace
2025-02-11T15:44:00.577466Z DEBUG dsc: 42: Running DSC version: 3.0.0-rc.1
2025-02-11T15:44:00.578604Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 368: Listing resources with type_name_filter '*' and adapter_name_filter 'Microsoft.DSC/PowerShell'
2025-02-11T15:44:00.579547Z  INFO dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 173: Discovering resources using filter: *
2025-02-11T15:44:00.580261Z DEBUG dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 176: Using regex ^.*?$ as filter for adapter name
2025-02-11T15:44:00.584028Z DEBUG dsc_lib::util: 188: Found setting 'resourcePath' in C:\bin\DSC\dsc_default.settings.json
2025-02-11T15:44:00.585705Z DEBUG dsc_lib::util: 198: Found setting 'resourcePath' in C:\bin\DSC\dsc.settings.json
2025-02-11T15:44:00.587131Z DEBUG dsc_lib::util: 212: Setting 'resourcePath' not found in C:\ProgramData\dsc\dsc.settings.json
2025-02-11T15:44:00.588253Z DEBUG dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 122: Appending PATH to resourcePath
2025-02-11T15:44:00.589108Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 125: Original PATH:***
2025-02-11T15:44:00.591240Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 144: Exe home is already in path: C:\bin\DSC
2025-02-11T15:44:00.592115Z DEBUG dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 157: Using Resource Path: ***
2025-02-11T15:44:02.698696Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 233: Resource 'Microsoft.DSC/Assertion' found
2025-02-11T15:44:02.701456Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 212: Found resource manifest: C:\bin\DSC\echo.dsc.resource.json
2025-02-11T15:44:02.703118Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 233: Resource 'Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo' found
2025-02-11T15:44:02.704233Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 212: Found resource manifest: C:\bin\DSC\group.dsc.resource.json
2025-02-11T15:44:02.706333Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 233: Resource 'Microsoft.DSC/Group' found
2025-02-11T15:44:02.708105Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 212: Found resource manifest: C:\bin\DSC\osinfo.dsc.resource.json
2025-02-11T15:44:02.710424Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 233: Resource 'Microsoft/OSInfo' found
2025-02-11T15:44:02.712587Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 212: Found resource manifest: C:\bin\DSC\powershell.dsc.resource.json
2025-02-11T15:44:02.714438Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 230: Resource adapter 'Microsoft.DSC/PowerShell' found
2025-02-11T15:44:02.715898Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 212: Found resource manifest: C:\bin\DSC\reboot_pending.dsc.resource.json
2025-02-11T15:44:02.717486Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 233: Resource 'Microsoft.Windows/RebootPending' found
2025-02-11T15:44:02.718904Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 212: Found resource manifest: C:\bin\DSC\registry.dsc.resource.json
2025-02-11T15:44:02.720878Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 233: Resource 'Microsoft.Windows/Registry' found
2025-02-11T15:44:02.722582Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 212: Found resource manifest: C:\bin\DSC\RunCommandOnSet.dsc.resource.json
2025-02-11T15:44:02.724374Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 233: Resource 'Microsoft.DSC.Transitional/RunCommandOnSet' found
2025-02-11T15:44:02.726105Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 212: Found resource manifest: C:\bin\DSC\windowspowershell.dsc.resource.json
2025-02-11T15:44:02.729815Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 230: Resource adapter 'Microsoft.Windows/WindowsPowerShell' found
2025-02-11T15:44:02.731649Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 212: Found resource manifest: C:\bin\DSC\wmi.dsc.resource.json
2025-02-11T15:44:02.733535Z TRACE dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 230: Resource adapter 'Microsoft.Windows/WMI' found
2025-02-11T15:44:02.734620Z DEBUG dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 244: Found 7 matching non-adapter-based resources
2025-02-11T15:44:02.735849Z DEBUG dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 260: Using regex ^Microsoft\.DSC/PowerShell$ as filter for adapter name
2025-02-11T15:44:02.736498Z DEBUG dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 268: Using regex ^.*?$ as filter for resource name
2025-02-11T15:44:02.738025Z  INFO dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 295: Enumerating resources for adapter 'Microsoft.DSC/PowerShell'
2025-02-11T15:44:02.739703Z DEBUG dsc_lib::dscresources::command_resource: 672: Invoking command 'pwsh' with args Some(["-NoLogo", "-NonInteractive", "-NoProfile", "-Command", "./psDscAdapter/powershell.resource.ps1 List"])
2025-02-11T15:44:03.969798Z TRACE dsc_lib::dscresources::command_resource: 875: PID 46064: ./psDscAdapter/powershell.resource.ps1: AuthorizationManager check failed.
2025-02-11T15:44:04.210625Z DEBUG dsc_lib::dscresources::command_resource: 633: Process 'pwsh' id 46064 exited with code 1
2025-02-11T15:44:04.212949Z  WARN dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 320: Command: Resource 'pwsh' [exit code 1] manifest description: Error
2025-02-11T15:44:04.216319Z DEBUG dsc_lib::discovery::command_discovery: 667: Read 14 items into lookup table from "C:\\Users\\chunt\\AppData\\Local\\dsc\\AdaptedResourcesLookupTable.json"

[cdhunt]

With that output I found #539 and that fixed the issue.