[BUG] Unable to connect to PNP with CloudShell

[pmatthews05]

Reporting an Issue or Missing Feature

When trying to Connect-PnPonline through cloudshell PowerShell I'm getting errors, I have attempted this on 2 different cloudshell environments in different tenants. I have also destroyed the CloudShell Storage account and fileshare and created a brand new one to ensure there was no issue there.

I have attempted to use both -Interactive and -DeviceLogin. These previously worked for me, possible over a month ago.

Expected behavior

From using Connect-PNPOnline I should connect to the tenant.

Actual behavior

Please describe what you see instead. Please provide samples of output or screenshots.

Below is two attempts made.

1. Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://<tenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/<site> -ClientId "<clientId> -DeviceLogin -Tenant "<tenant>.onmicrosoft.com
2. Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://<tenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/<site> -ClientId "<clientId> -Interactive

The error message for Device Login:

WARNING: Could not execute process. Command line: bash -c "cat /tmp/tmpWq9d4D.tmp | xsel -i --clipboard ".
Output: 

Error: bash: line 1: xsel: command not found
cat: write error: Broken pipe

The error message for Interactive:

Connect-PnPOnline: An error occurred trying to start process 'xdg-open' with working directory '/home/paul'. No such file or directory

Steps to reproduce behavior

Please include complete script or code samples in-line or linked from gists

• Open a brand new cloudshell environment with Storage account.
• Install-Module -Name PnP.PowerShell
• Connect-PnPOnline ...

What is the version of the Cmdlet module you are running?

Version 3.1.0 -PSEdition Core.

Which operating system/environment are you running PnP PowerShell on?

• Windows
• Linux
• MacOS
• Azure Cloud Shell
• Azure Functions
• Other : please specify

[gautamdsheth]

hey @pmatthews05 , have added a fix for this. It will be available in tomorrow's nightly builds , 3.1.73 or later ones. Can you please try it out tomorrow and let us know ? Looks like there were some changes in .NET 8 which is causing this.

[pmatthews05]

@gautamdsheth Wow that was fast, working that out and implementing. I will try it out tomorrow, and report back here.

[pmatthews05]

@gautamdsheth unfortunately it didn't work.

Although there is a different exception for the -Interactive

[gautamdsheth]

@pmatthews05 - improved the error messages for this scenario, hopefully it works now. Could it try with tomorrow's or later nightly builds and let me know ? Also, looks like this is Linux, maybe you can share some details such as OS used for this if you know.

[pmatthews05]

@gautamdsheth it's just Cloud shell in Azure. Brand new storage account and fileshare.
I think Azure cloud shell is Linux under the hood. Not sure what command to type to find out the information of it though.

It will be Monday when I can test.

I assume you are not having this issue in your Azure Cloud Shell then?

[pmatthews05]

@gautamdsheth still getting an issue.

[gautamdsheth]

@pmatthews05 - thanks for the screenshot. Looks like MS has updated the base images and removed the packages that we used to open browser. Not sure, if we would be able to fix this.

I am currently between jobs, so dont have access to Azure at the moment.

[pmatthews05]

@gautamdsheth are we able to tag other people into this to look at, as it's a major functionally loss?

Could people that work on this and at Microsoft help out? @VesaJuvonen @erwinvanhunen (apologies if you two dont work at Microsoft, but you must have contacts if not)

I am surprised that more people haven't raised this issue too.