dotnet io_error ai_generated true

IOException: The process cannot access the file because it is being used

ID: dotnet/file-lock-exception

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82%Fix Rate
86%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
8 active — — —

Root Cause

File locked by another process or own code.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 88% success Use FileStream with FileShare.Read/Write for concurrent access
  2. 85% success Implement retry with backoff for transient file locks

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Kill all processes accessing the file 80% fail

    May kill critical services

  2. Use File.Copy as workaround 70% fail

    Still fails if source locked for read