[Problem/Bug]: Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core missing from NuGet package build

[Daeer-Projects]

What happened?

Application Crashes due to missing dll's

Our application crashes when run.

Our application is a dotnet 8 WPF application. We have a console application that runs the UI when it is loaded.

Problem

Using the NuGet version of 1.0.2739.15 causes our application to crash when loading with the following exception.

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core, Version=1.0.2739.15, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=2a8ab48044d2601e'. The system cannot find the file specified. File name: 'Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core, Version=1.0.2739.15, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=2a8ab48044d2601e'

I checked the build folders for both the Bootstrapper and UserInterface projects. The UI project contains the dll's, but the Bootstrapper project doesn't.

Probable Cause

Looking at the packages on NuGet, I have noticed that the dll's for the net core app version are no longer contained in the lib folder.

Last working NuGet package

Current stable NuGetpackage

This is the current stable package showing the netcoreapp folder is missing.

Work-a-round

For now, I'll use the old NuGet package.

Importance

Blocking. My app's basic functions are not working due to this issue.

Runtime Channel

Stable release (WebView2 Runtime)

Runtime Version

1.0.2739.15

SDK Version

1.0.2739.15

Framework

WPF

Operating System

Windows 10, Windows 11

OS Version

19045.4780

Repro steps

Setup

1. Create a solution that contains two projects.
2. First project is a console application. Target Framework: net8.0-windows, Output Type: WinExe.
3. Second project is the UI. Target Framework: net8.0-windows, Output Type: Library, UseWPF: true.
4. Add the package Microsoft.Web.WebView2 to the UI project.
5. Call the application.Run() from the console application project (to run the UI).

Result

The result is the application crashes due to the missing dll's.

Expected results

The application runs and renders the UI without any exceptions.

Repros in Edge Browser

No, issue does not reproduce in the corresponding Edge version

Regression

Regression in newer SDK

Last working version (if regression)

1.0.2592.51

[github-actions]

Hi, @Daeer-Projects!

It seems that your issue contains the word "crash". If you have not already, could you attach a crash dump as a comment?

WV2 crash dumps are located in a subfolder of the app's user data folder (UDF): <UDF>\EBWebView\Crashpad\reports\. By default, the user data folder is created in the app's folder with a name like <App Exe Name>.exe.WebView2. Refer to Crash Diagnostics for more information.

Thank you for your cooperation!

[Daeer-Projects]

When I say "Crash", I mean it did not run. I have no dump files to give.

[oggy22]

Hi @Daeer-Projects , thanks for reporting the issue. It seems very likely related to #4743 which has been fixed and I have provided the internally built SDKs with the fix. Would you mind checking whether you can repro the problem with 1.0.2805 and/or 1.0.2805-prerelease?

[Daeer-Projects]

Hello @oggy22

That worked for me. The application runs as expected.
When is that SDK going to be released for general use?

Thanks.

[oggy22]

Target date is September 24th Monday September 23rd. Thanks for confirming the fix works for you. I am closing this bug.