Null ref from inside WebDeploy

Question

Just had this error for a previously working auto deployment on TeamCity via MS Web Deploy 3.0.

Seems like a bug. Null reference exceptions should never surface from an API, naked.

Error: (3/27/2014 5:04:31 PM) An error occurred when the request was processed on the remote computer. Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.TraceEventStreamSerializer.WriteException(Exception e) at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentAgent.HandleSync(DeploymentAgentAsyncData asyncData, Nullable`1 passId) at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentAgent.HandleRequestWorker(DeploymentAgentAsyncData asyncData) at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentAgent.HandleRequest(DeploymentAgentAsyncData asyncData) at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentAgent.BeginProcessRequest(DeploymentAgentWorkerRequest workerRequest, AsyncCallback callback, Object extraData) Error count: 1.

Answer 1

I just ran the build in TC again. It was a fluke.