[BUG] .NET Tools that have capital letters in id crashes the corresponding package manager

[Taron-art]

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UniGetUI Version

3.3.5

Windows version, edition, and architecture

Windows 11 Pro 25H2

Describe your issue

When there is a tool installed that has an ID with capital letters, .Net Tool package manager:

1. Silently crash while searching for updates;
2. Installation options for the package cannot be changed.

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Install older version DiffEngineTray .NET tool using UniGetUI;
2. Restart UniGetUI;
3. Navigate to Installed Packages and search for DiffEngineTray;
4. Open Package Details;
5. Remove "Ignore future updates for this package";
6. Save changes and close the dialog;
7. Open the dialog again

Expected:
"Ignore future updates for this package" is not set;

Actual:
"Ignore future updates for this package" is set; Log contains exception messages.

UniGetUI Log

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                          Welcome to UniGetUI Version 3.3.5
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[12.10.2025 13:19:04] Build 103
[12.10.2025 13:19:04] Data directory C:\Users\<redacted>\AppData\Local\UniGetUI
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[12.10.2025 13:19:04] Lang files were updated successfully from GitHub
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[12.10.2025 13:19:05] vcpkg is not enabled
[12.10.2025 13:19:05] PowerShell7 is not enabled
[12.10.2025 13:19:05] PowerShell is enabled and was found on C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
[12.10.2025 13:19:05] Cargo is enabled and was found on C:\Users\<redacted>\.cargo\bin\cargo.exe
[12.10.2025 13:19:05] Chocolatey is enabled and was found on C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\choco.exe
[12.10.2025 13:19:05] Winget is enabled and was found on C:\Users\<redacted>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe
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                      █ Name: Cargo (aka Cargo)
                      █ Executable name: "cargo.exe"
                      █ Executable path: "C:\Users\<redacted>\.cargo\bin\cargo.exe"
                      █ Call arguments: ""
                      █ Version: cargo 1.86.0 (adf9b6ad1 2025-02-28)
                      █          
                      █ Cargo is enabled and ready to go.
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                      █ Name: WinGet (aka Winget)
                      █ Executable name: "winget.exe"
                      █ Executable path: "C:\Users\<redacted>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe"
                      █ Call arguments: ""
                      █ Version: System WinGet (CLI) Version: v1.11.510
                      █          Using Native WinGet helper (COM Api)
                      █          
                      █ WinGet is enabled and ready to go.
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[12.10.2025 13:19:05] .NET Tool is enabled and was found on C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
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                      █ Name: .NET Tool (aka .NET Tool)
                      █ Executable name: "dotnet tool"
                      █ Executable path: "C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe"
                      █ Call arguments: "tool "
                      █ Version: 9.0.305
                      █          
                      █ .NET Tool is enabled and ready to go.
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                      █ Name: PowerShell 5.x (aka PowerShell)
                      █ Executable name: "powershell.exe"
                      █ Executable path: "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
                      █ Call arguments: " -NoProfile -Command"
                      █ Version: Name                           Value                                                                                   
                      █          ----                           -----                                                                                   
                      █          PSVersion                      5.1.26100.6725                                                                          
                      █          PSEdition                      Desktop                                                                                 
                      █          PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}                                                                 
                      █          BuildVersion                   10.0.26100.6725                                                                         
                      █          CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000                                                                         
                      █          WSManStackVersion              3.0                                                                                     
                      █          PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3                                                                                     
                      █          SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
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                      █ PowerShell 5.x is enabled and ready to go.
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[12.10.2025 13:19:06] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
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                      █ Name: Chocolatey (aka Chocolatey)
                      █ Executable name: "choco.exe"
                      █ Executable path: "C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\choco.exe"
                      █ Call arguments: ""
                      █ Version: 2.5.1
                      █          
                      █ Chocolatey is enabled and ready to go.
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[12.10.2025 13:19:07] LoadComponentsAsync finished executing. All managers loaded. Proceeding to interface.
[12.10.2025 13:19:07] Found 0 available updates from Cargo
[12.10.2025 13:19:07] Found 3 installed packages from Cargo
[12.10.2025 13:19:07] Dependency cargo-update for manager Cargo is present
[12.10.2025 13:19:07] Downloaded new icons and screenshots successfully!
[12.10.2025 13:19:07] Found 3 installed packages from .NET Tool
[12.10.2025 13:19:07] Found 3 installed packages from .NET Tool
[12.10.2025 13:19:07] Dependency cargo-binstall for manager Cargo is present
[12.10.2025 13:19:08] Integrity check passed successfully!
[12.10.2025 13:19:08] Found 2 installed packages from Chocolatey
[12.10.2025 13:19:08] Manager .NET Tool failed to list available updates with exception KeyNotFoundException: The given key 'DiffEngineTray' was not present in the dictionary.
[12.10.2025 13:19:08] Since this was the first attempt, .NET Tool.AttemptFastRepair() will be called and the procedure will be restarted
[12.10.2025 13:19:08] Found 0 available updates from Chocolatey
[12.10.2025 13:19:08] Found 3 installed packages from .NET Tool
[12.10.2025 13:19:09] Error finding updates on manager .NET Tool
[12.10.2025 13:19:09] System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (The given key 'DiffEngineTray' was not present in the dictionary.)
                       ---> System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key 'DiffEngineTray' was not present in the dictionary.
                         at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey)
                         at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.PowerShellManager.BaseNuGet.<>c__DisplayClass4_0.<GetAvailableUpdates_UnSafe>b__0(Package p) in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.Generic.NuGet\BaseNuGet.cs:line 218
                         at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereListIterator`1.ToArray()
                         at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.PowerShellManager.BaseNuGet.GetAvailableUpdates_UnSafe() in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.PackageEngine.Managers.Generic.NuGet\BaseNuGet.cs:line 218
                         at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
                         at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread, ExecutionContext, ContextCallback, Object)
                      --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
                         at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread, ExecutionContext, ContextCallback, Object)
                         at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ExecuteWithThreadLocal(Task&, Thread )
                         --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
                         at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32, CancellationToken)
                         at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(TimeSpan, CancellationToken)
                         at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(TimeSpan)
                         at UniGetUI.PackageEngine.ManagerClasses.Manager.PackageManager._getAvailableUpdates(Boolean SecondAttempt) in C:\SomePrograms\WingetUI-Store\src\UniGetUI.PackageEngine.PackageManagerClasses\Manager\PackageManager.cs:line 279
[12.10.2025 13:19:09] Found 1 installed packages from PowerShell
[12.10.2025 13:19:09] Found 1 installed packages from PowerShell
[12.10.2025 13:19:09] Found 0 available updates from PowerShell
[12.10.2025 13:19:09] Found 264 installed packages from Winget
[12.10.2025 13:19:09] Backup saved to <redacted>
[12.10.2025 13:19:10] Found 3 available updates from Winget
[12.10.2025 13:19:10] Could not parse Images array from Microsoft Store response
[12.10.2025 13:19:10] Could not parse Images array from Microsoft Store response
[12.10.2025 13:19:11] Successfully updated Gist ID: 064db724505e53a756aff6a7be288708
[12.10.2025 13:19:11] Cloud backup completed successfully to gist Taron-art/064db724505e53a756aff6a7be288708
[12.10.2025 13:19:11] Cloud backup succeeded
[12.10.2025 13:19:20] Found 0 screenshots for package Id=diffenginetray
[12.10.2025 13:19:20] Loaded details for package diffenginetray on manager .NET Tool
[12.10.2025 13:19:20] Loaded operation parameters for package id=diffenginetray on manager .NET Tool and operation Uninstall: uninstall diffenginetray --global
[12.10.2025 13:19:20] Loaded operation parameters for package id=diffenginetray on manager .NET Tool and operation Uninstall: uninstall diffenginetray --global
[12.10.2025 13:19:27] Found 0 screenshots for package Id=diffenginetray
[12.10.2025 13:19:27] Loaded operation parameters for package id=diffenginetray on manager .NET Tool and operation Uninstall: uninstall diffenginetray --global
[12.10.2025 13:19:28] Loaded operation parameters for package id=diffenginetray on manager .NET Tool and operation Uninstall: uninstall diffenginetray --global

Package Managers Logs

Manager .NET Tool with version:
9.0.305

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Logged subprocess-based task on manager .NET Tool. Task type is ListInstalledPackages
Subprocess executable: "C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe"
Command-line arguments: "tool  list"
Process start time: 12.10.2025 13:19:07
Process end time:   12.10.2025 13:19:07

-- Process STDOUT
  Package Id      Version      Commands      Manifest
  ---------------------------------------------------

Return code: SUCCESS (0)

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Logged native task on manager .NET Tool. Task type is ListUpdates
Process start time: 12.10.2025 13:19:07
Process end time:   12.10.2025 13:19:08

-- Task information
  Found package DiffEngineTray version 16.7.2 on source nuget.org

The task reported success

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Logged subprocess-based task on manager .NET Tool. Task type is ListInstalledPackages
Subprocess executable: "C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe"
Command-line arguments: "tool  list --global"
Process start time: 12.10.2025 13:19:07
Process end time:   12.10.2025 13:19:07

-- Process STDOUT
  Package Id                 Version      Commands             
  -------------------------------------------------------------
  diffenginetray             5.0.0        DiffEngineTray       
  dotnet-tools-outdated      0.7.1        dotnet-tools-outdated
  wix                        6.0.2        wix                  

Return code: SUCCESS (0)

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Logged native task on manager .NET Tool. Task type is ListUpdates
Process start time: 12.10.2025 13:19:08
Process end time:   12.10.2025 13:19:09

-- Task information
  Found package DiffEngineTray version 16.7.2 on source nuget.org

The task reported success

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Logged subprocess-based task on manager .NET Tool. Task type is ListInstalledPackages
Subprocess executable: "C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe"
Command-line arguments: "tool  list"
Process start time: 12.10.2025 13:19:08
Process end time:   12.10.2025 13:19:08

-- Process STDOUT
  Package Id      Version      Commands      Manifest
  ---------------------------------------------------

Return code: SUCCESS (0)

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Logged subprocess-based task on manager .NET Tool. Task type is ListInstalledPackages
Subprocess executable: "C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe"
Command-line arguments: "tool  list --global"
Process start time: 12.10.2025 13:19:08
Process end time:   12.10.2025 13:19:08

-- Process STDOUT
  Package Id                 Version      Commands             
  -------------------------------------------------------------
  diffenginetray             5.0.0        DiffEngineTray       
  dotnet-tools-outdated      0.7.1        dotnet-tools-outdated
  wix                        6.0.2        wix                  

Return code: SUCCESS (0)

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Logged native task on manager .NET Tool. Task type is LoadPackageDetails
Process start time: 12.10.2025 13:19:20
Process end time:   12.10.2025 13:19:20

-- Task information
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><entry xml:base="https://www.nuget.org/api/v2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"><id>https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/Packages(Id='DiffEngineTray',Version='5.0.0')</id><category term="NuGetGallery.OData.V2FeedPackage" scheme="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme" /><link rel="edit" href="https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/Packages(Id='DiffEngineTray',Version='5.0.0')" /><link rel="self" href="https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/Packages(Id='DiffEngineTray',Version='5.0.0')" /><title type="text">DiffEngineTray</title><updated>2020-08-29T02:37:06Z</updated><author><name>https://github.com/VerifyTests/DiffEngine/graphs/contributors</name></author><content type="application/zip" src="https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/DiffEngineTray/5.0.0" /><m:properties><d:Id>DiffEngineTray</d:Id><d:Version>5.0.0</d:Version><d:NormalizedVersion>5.0.0</d:NormalizedVersion><d:Authors>https://github.com/VerifyTests/DiffEngine/graphs/contributors</d:Authors><d:Copyright>Copyright 2020. All rights reserved</d:Copyright><d:Created m:type="Edm.DateTime">2020-08-29T02:37:06.057+00:00</d:Created><d:Dependencies></d:Dependencies><d:Description>A utility that runs in the windows tray and handles the results of file differences.</d:Description><d:DownloadCount m:type="Edm.Int64">109433</d:DownloadCount><d:GalleryDetailsUrl>https://www.nuget.org/packages/DiffEngineTray/5.0.0</d:GalleryDetailsUrl><d:IconUrl>https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/diffenginetray/5.0.0/icon</d:IconUrl><d:IsLatestVersion m:type="Edm.Boolean">false</d:IsLatestVersion><d:IsAbsoluteLatestVersion m:type="Edm.Boolean">false</d:IsAbsoluteLatestVersion><d:IsPrerelease m:type="Edm.Boolean">false</d:IsPrerelease><d:Language m:null="true" /><d:LastUpdated m:type="Edm.DateTime">2020-08-29T02:37:06.057+00:00</d:LastUpdated><d:Published m:type="Edm.DateTime">2020-08-29T02:37:06.057+00:00</d:Published><d:PackageHash>gYAw+5fP3MH5dNd64XldPtAP8azZwUPo2hYH4PWuJuZ1GEryi7YUxDHWivdDMh0B9x2p8NP5TTJdbKP9gdb9jg==</d:PackageHash><d:PackageHashAlgorithm>SHA512</d:PackageHashAlgorithm><d:PackageSize m:type="Edm.Int64">296828</d:PackageSize><d:ProjectUrl>https://github.com/VerifyTests/DiffEngine</d:ProjectUrl><d:ReportAbuseUrl>https://www.nuget.org/packages/DiffEngineTray/5.0.0/ReportAbuse</d:ReportAbuseUrl><d:ReleaseNotes>https://github.com/VerifyTests/DiffEngine/releases/tag/5.0.0</d:ReleaseNotes><d:RequireLicenseAcceptance m:type="Edm.Boolean">false</d:RequireLicenseAcceptance><d:Summary></d:Summary><d:Tags>Json Testing Verify Snapshot Approvals</d:Tags><d:Title>DiffEngineTray</d:Title><d:VersionDownloadCount m:type="Edm.Int64">642</d:VersionDownloadCount><d:MinClientVersion m:null="true" /><d:LastEdited m:type="Edm.DateTime">2020-08-29T02:39:12.56+00:00</d:LastEdited><d:LicenseUrl>https://www.nuget.org/packages/DiffEngineTray/5.0.0/license</d:LicenseUrl><d:LicenseNames m:null="true" /><d:LicenseReportUrl m:null="true" /></m:properties></entry>

The task reported success

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Relevant information

I think the problem is in dotnet tool list --global that returns lower case in diffenginetray, but web request returns (Id='DiffEngineTray',Version='5.0.0') Since these ids are case insensitive, comparing this way should fix the problem. I could try to resolve it if you OK with that (it is a complex part of the solution).

Screenshots and videos

No response

[marticliment]

I could try to resolve it if you OK with that (it is a complex part of the solution).

If you want to give a shot, feel free to do so!
Thanks!

[Taron-art]

Hi @marticliment ,

I looked into the issue and I don't see an easy fix for it... The problem is that it is not possible (without, probably, requests to nuget itself) to get not lower cased name of the nuget package. While the exception can be easily fixed locally, the second part ("Ignore future updates for this package") is hard to fix. The reason for the problem is that the IgnoredUpdatesDatabase stores the package name as a case sensitive dictionary, and therefore it sometimes match the package (when it comes from the NuGet site) and some times it does not (when it comes from dotnet list).

The way I think this can be fixed is by adding a property to the Package that represents the global identifier of a package (with package manager name and package id), that has both Equals and GetHashCode implemented in a way to compare strings ignoring the case. It also need to have custom JSON serialization (and de-serialization) to Manager Name\Package Id, so it compatible with existing stored settings. After that use it as a key in settings that originate from IgnoredUpdatesDatabase. This way existing settings will still match the new implementation, and the casing for it will be ignored. Note that casing is already ignored in some places, like when settings are saved to AppData\Local\UniGetUI\InstallationOptions since paths in Windows are not case sensitive.

It is a big change so if you think this is a good way to go, I can try to implement this approach...

[marticliment]

It is a big change so if you think this is a good way to go, I can try to implement this approach...

@Taron-art, don't worry. I will try to see if manifests can be parsed from local .nupkg files that are stored on disk. This will be easier, so when reading from dotnet tool the properly-cased package name can be retrieved.