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"Unable to write file" error using swift build build system and build tools plugins with Windows #8774

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When running swift test PluginsTests.testTransitivePluginOnlyDependency the CI gets the following error:

[2025-06-05T18:20:00.685Z] stderr: error: unable to write file 'C:\Users\ContainerAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\Miscellaneous_Plugins.eZo18W\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency\.build\x86_64-unknown-windows-msvc\Intermediates.noindex\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\Debug-windows\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\Objects-normal\x86_64\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.LinkFileList': No such file or directory (2)

[2025-06-05T18:20:00.685Z] error: unable to write file 'C:\Users\ContainerAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\Miscellaneous_Plugins.eZo18W\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency\.build\x86_64-unknown-windows-msvc\Intermediates.noindex\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\Debug-windows\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.modulemap': No such file or directory (2)

[2025-06-05T18:20:00.685Z] error: unable to write file 'C:\Users\ContainerAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\Miscellaneous_Plugins.eZo18W\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency\.build\x86_64-unknown-windows-msvc\Intermediates.noindex\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\Debug-windows\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\Objects-normal\x86_64\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency-OutputFileMap.json': No such file or directory (2)

[2025-06-05T18:20:00.685Z] error: unable to write file 'C:\Users\ContainerAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\Miscellaneous_Plugins.eZo18W\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency\.build\x86_64-unknown-windows-msvc\Intermediates.noindex\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\Debug-windows\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\Objects-normal\x86_64\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.SwiftFileList': No such file or directory (2)

[2025-06-05T18:20:00.685Z] error: unable to write file 'C:\Users\ContainerAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\Miscellaneous_Plugins.eZo18W\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency\.build\x86_64-unknown-windows-msvc\Intermediates.noindex\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\Debug-windows\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\Objects-normal\x86_64\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency_const_extract_protocols.json': No such file or directory (2)

[2025-06-05T18:20:00.685Z] error: WriteAuxiliaryFile C:\\Users\\ContainerAdministrator\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Miscellaneous_Plugins.eZo18W\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency\\.build\\x86_64-unknown-windows-msvc\\Intermediates.noindex\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\\Debug-windows\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\\Objects-normal\\x86_64\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.LinkFileList failed with a nonzero exit code

[2025-06-05T18:20:00.685Z] error: WriteAuxiliaryFile C:\\Users\\ContainerAdministrator\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Miscellaneous_Plugins.eZo18W\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency\\.build\\x86_64-unknown-windows-msvc\\Intermediates.noindex\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\\Debug-windows\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.modulemap failed with a nonzero exit code

[2025-06-05T18:20:00.685Z] error: WriteAuxiliaryFile C:\\Users\\ContainerAdministrator\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Miscellaneous_Plugins.eZo18W\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency\\.build\\x86_64-unknown-windows-msvc\\Intermediates.noindex\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\\Debug-windows\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\\Objects-normal\\x86_64\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency-OutputFileMap.json failed with a nonzero exit code

[2025-06-05T18:20:00.685Z] error: WriteAuxiliaryFile C:\\Users\\ContainerAdministrator\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Miscellaneous_Plugins.eZo18W\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency\\.build\\x86_64-unknown-windows-msvc\\Intermediates.noindex\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\\Debug-windows\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\\Objects-normal\\x86_64\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.SwiftFileList failed with a nonzero exit code

[2025-06-05T18:20:00.685Z] error: WriteAuxiliaryFile C:\\Users\\ContainerAdministrator\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Miscellaneous_Plugins.eZo18W\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency\\.build\\x86_64-unknown-windows-msvc\\Intermediates.noindex\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\\Debug-windows\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency.build\\Objects-normal\\x86_64\\TransitivePluginOnlyDependency_const_extract_protocols.json failed with a nonzero exit code

[2025-06-05T18:20:00.685Z] error: Build failed

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