The system cannot open the device or file specified. : 'PSReadLineHistoryFile_3946503603'

[FiggyRoll]

Unable to run Powershell or Preview on MacOS if the PSReadline Module is loaded.

The error is:

Oops, something went wrong. Please report this bug with the details below.
Report on GitHub: https://github.com/PowerShell/PSReadLine/issues/new

Environment

PSReadLine: 2.0.0-rc1
PowerShell: 7.0.0
OS: Darwin 19.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 19.2.0: Sat Nov 9 03:47:04 PST 2019; root:xnu-6153.61.1~20/RELEASE_X86_64
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Exception

System.IO.IOException: The system cannot open the device or file specified. : 'PSReadLineHistoryFile_3946503603'
   at System.Threading.Mutex.CreateMutexCore(Boolean initiallyOwned, String name, Boolean& createdNew)
   at System.Threading.Mutex..ctor(Boolean initiallyOwned, String name)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.DelayedOneTimeInitialize()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.Initialize(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReadLine(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

Powershell lods fine if I delete / rename / dont load the PSReadLine module.

[iSazonov]

@FiggyRoll How can we reproduce the issue? Can you add more information?

[FiggyRoll]

Hi @iSazonov

Sure. In terms of more info.

Running iterm2 using zsh on MacOS, and Powershell is installed using brew. Has failed since I updated to Powershell 7 from 6.

brew cask uninstall powershell
brew cask install powershell

Updating Homebrew...
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 2 taps (homebrew/core and homebrew/cask).
=> Downloading https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.0.0/powershell-7.0.0-osx-x64.pkg
Already downloaded: /Users/785207/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/c509d60c30f795663f2d92d5ce54dc4ea3a700fed889ca40f66666df05ce4d14--powershell-7.0.0-osx-x64.pkg
==> Verifying SHA-256 checksum for Cask 'powershell'.
==> Installing Cask powershell
==> Running installer for powershell; your password may be necessary.
==> Package installers may write to any location; options such as --appdir are ignored.
installer: Package name is PowerShell - 7.0.0
installer: Installing at base path /
installer: The install was successful.
🍺 powershell was successfully installed!

then run powershell from iterm2

pwsh

first time running probably takes 10 - 15 seconds then the error above appears. Just checked using the native terminal as well and receive the same error.

Thanks

[FiggyRoll]

Just as a side note I experience the same behaviour with powershell-preview as well

[FiggyRoll]

Hi

This appears to be resolved now. I have upgraded my mac from 10.15.2 to 10.15.4 and both 7 and preview are now working. No idea what has changed to now make this work, but it is running as expected now.

Thanks

[daxian-dbw]

@FiggyRoll Thanks for the follow-up comments. It looks you were still using a preview release of 7.0.0. Please upgrade to the 7.0.0 GA release if possible :)
Also please re-open this issue and update the PR description (environment data and repro steps) if you run into this issue again.

[FiggyRoll]

Hi @daxian-dbw

Would it be possible to re-open this please? I dont appear to be able to reopen it myself (I'm assuming this is because you have closed it and not me?)

The issue has returned with the exact same error message

Exception

System.IO.IOException: The system cannot open the device or file specified. : 'PSReadLineHistoryFile_3946503603'
   at System.Threading.Mutex.CreateMutexCore(Boolean initiallyOwned, String name, Boolean& createdNew)
   at System.Threading.Mutex..ctor(Boolean initiallyOwned, String name)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.DelayedOneTimeInitialize()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.Initialize(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReadLine(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

Other details from the error

### Environment
PSReadLine: 2.0.0
PowerShell: 7.0.1
OS: Darwin 19.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 19.4.0: Wed Mar  4 22:28:40 PST 2020; root:xnu-6153.101.6~15/RELEASE_X86_64
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My mac is up to date and I'm not aware of any additional updates that have been installed in the last few days. This was working up until at least Wednesday last week.

To reproduce I just run pwsh from terminal on my mac. I noticed the issue this morning when opening a script in vscode, and then tested just opening powershell in terminal and the issue appeared.

I have powershell installed using brew, and up until this morning was on 7.0.0, I have upgraded to 7.1.0 this morning using 'brew cask upgrade powershell' but the issue persists. I did also have powershell-preview installed using brew which I have now removed, but still have the error.

UPDATE:
Checking installed updates on my mac and the only changes I can see are these

XProtectPlistConfigData:
  Version: 2121
  Source: Apple
  Install Date: 15/05/2020, 17:41
 
MRTConfigData:
  Version: 1.60
  Source: Apple
  Install Date: 15/05/2020, 17:46

Thanks

[daxian-dbw]

@FiggyRoll Thanks for reporting back on this with additional information!
I will resolve this as a duplicate of #1464 and move your last comment to it. I really appreciate for the additional information.