[BUG] SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Online.Commands.dll was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory

[CrisCGTM]

Starting form Jannuary 16, 2025, our release pipelines fail due to a PnP.PowerShell error because no valid module was found.

This is the output:

Starting: Connect to SharePoint and copy files
==============================================================================
Task         : Run PnP PowerShell
Description  : Can use PowerShell cmdlets inline or with a referenced script.
Version      : 3.0.4
Author       : Sebastian Schütze
Help         : This task helps you to execute inline PowerShell or a referenced file with the already loaded PnP PowerShell module. <br/><br/>[More Information](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sharepoint/sharepoint-pnp/sharepoint-pnp-cmdlets?view=sharepoint-ps)
==============================================================================
The script was partially inspired by the official Azure DevOps inline PowerShell task from Microsoft Corporation. Some lines are reused.
Source Code can be found here https://github.com/Microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/tree/e9f6da2c523e456f10421ed40dbeed1dd45af2b4/Tasks/powerShell
Module SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline with version 3.29.2101.0 is downloading.
##[error]The specified module 'C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline\3.29.2101.0\SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Online.Commands.dll' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.
Module Path is: C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline\3.29.2101.0\SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Online.Commands.dll
Generating the scripts...
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command ". 'D:\a\_temp\7ece8d4f-9e85-4189-bcaa-2c51617545ac.ps1'"
Import-Module : The specified module 
'C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline\3.29.2101.0\SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Online.Commands.dll' 
was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.
At D:\a\_temp\7ece8d4f-9e85-4189-bcaa-2c51617545ac.ps1:2 char:9
+ $null = Import-Module C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\SharePointPnPPowerSh ...
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (C:\hostedtoolca...ne.Commands.dll:String) [Import-Module], FileNot 
   FoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand
 
##[error]PowerShell exited with code: 1
Finishing: Connect to SharePoint and copy files

The pipeline target is connect to our SharePoint and upload some files.

Anybody has seen and solved this issue?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

[jackpoz]

3.29.2101.0 is the old version from https://github.com/pnp/PnP-PowerShell that has been archived, not updated since 2021 and no longer maintained. It's strongly recommended to migrated to PnP.PowerShell module .

[CrisCGTM]

This is really interesting because the pipeline is executed on Microsoft hosted VM and the pipeline's code worked fine in the last 2 years:

             - task: PnPPowerShell@3
              displayName: 'Connect to SharePoint and copy files'
              inputs:
                SharePointVersion: 'SpOnline'
                sharepointConntection: '$(SPServiceConnection)'
                FileOrInline: 'Inline'
                PnPPowerShellInline: |
                  $secpassword = ConvertTo-SecureString '$(SPPassword)' -AsPlainText -Force
                  $admincredentials = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential('$(SPUser)', $secpassword)
                  Connect-PnPOnline -Url '$(SPWebsiteURL_DEV)' -Credentials $admincredentials
                  $web = Get-PnPWeb
                  Write-Host "Connect to the url $($web.Url)"

                  Write-Host "Loading ZIP file into version root"
                  $filePath = '$(Pipeline.Workspace)\Build\UNITcc\$(UNITccAutoextrPrefix)$(FolderToDeploy).zip'
                  Write-Host "Copy File $($filePath) in $(SPDocLibURL_DEV)/$(SPFolderName_DEV)/$(ArtifactVersion)"
                  Add-PnPFile -Path "$($filePath)" -Folder "$(SPDocLibURL_DEV)/$(SPFolderName_DEV)/$(ArtifactVersion)"

                RequiredVersion: 'latest'

The required version is set to latest.
Any idea to migrate that code to best alternative?

[jackpoz]

SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline is the old module name, while the new one is PnP.PowerShell . That's why the "latest version" is still the 2021 one is your script.