[iOS] Apple mobile NativeAOT test suits stopped building: `task could not be loaded from the assembly`

[matouskozak]

Build Information

Build: https://dev.azure.com/dnceng-public/public/_build/results?buildId=1016183
Build error leg or test failing: Build
Affected CI: all Apple mobile NativeAOT jobs
The range of commits: 159f40e...a58e923

Log snippet:

2025-04-14T22:10:47.7365510Z ##[error]artifacts/bin/coreclr/tvos.arm64.Release/build/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Publish.targets(74,5): error MSB4062: The "ComputeManagedAssembliesToCompileToNative" task could not be loaded from the assembly /Users/runner/work/1/s/artifacts/bin/coreclr/tvos.arm64.Release/ilc-published/netstandard/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.dll. Could not load file or assembly '/Users/runner/work/1/s/artifacts/bin/coreclr/tvos.arm64.Release/ilc-published/netstandard/ILCompiler.Build.Tasks.dll'. The system cannot find the file specified. [/Users/runner/work/1/s/src/tests/nativeaot/SmokeTests/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj]
2025-04-14T22:10:47.7397870Z /Users/runner/work/1/s/artifacts/bin/coreclr/tvos.arm64.Release/build/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Publish.targets(74,5): error MSB4062: Confirm that the <UsingTask> declaration is correct, that the assembly and all its dependencies are available, and that the task contains a public class that implements Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask. [/Users/runner/work/1/s/src/tests/nativeaot/SmokeTests/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj] [/Users/runner/work/1/s/src/tests/build.proj]

Error Message

Fill the error message using step by step known issues guidance.

{
  "ErrorPattern": "artifacts\\/bin\\/coreclr\\/(?:tvos|ios|tvossimulator|iossimulator)\\.arm64\\.Release\\/build\\/Microsoft\\.NETCore\\.Native\\.Publish\\.targets.+The.*task could not be loaded from the assembly ",
  "BuildRetry": false,
  "ExcludeConsoleLog": false
}

Known issue validation

Build: 🔎 https://dev.azure.com/dnceng-public/public/_build/results?buildId=1016183
Error message validated: [artifacts\/bin\/coreclr\/(?:tvos|ios|tvossimulator|iossimulator)\.arm64\.Release\/build\/Microsoft\.NETCore\.Native\.Publish\.targets.+The.*task could not be loaded from the assembly ]
Result validation: ✅ Known issue matched with the provided build.
Validation performed at: 4/16/2025 11:36:41 AM UTC

Report

Build	Definition	Step Name	Console log	Pull Request
1019283	dotnet/runtime	Build Tests	Log
1018649	dotnet/runtime	Build Tests	Log
1018037	dotnet/runtime	Build Tests	Log
1016183	dotnet/runtime	Build Tests	Log

Summary

24-Hour Hit Count	7-Day Hit Count	1-Month Count
2	4	4

[matouskozak]

Could it be caused by #113765 @jkoritzinsky?