{"record":{"id":"f138787cb1a5bb58","repo":"clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB","slug":"dotnet-not-found-in-path-please-install-net-sdk","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"dotnet not found in PATH. Please install .NET SDK 8.0 or 10.0.","messagePattern":"dotnet not found in PATH\\. Please install \\.NET SDK 8\\.0 or 10\\.0\\.","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"anyhow::Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/cli/src/tasks/csharp.rs","lineNumber":208,"sourceCode":"        };\n    }\n\n    let native_aot_flag = native_aot;\n\n    let project_global_json = find_global_json(project_path);\n    let cwd = std::env::current_dir()?;\n    let cwd_global_json = find_global_json(&cwd);\n    let dotnet_version_result = if project_global_json.is_some() {\n        Some(dotnet!(\"--version\").read())\n    } else if cwd_global_json.is_some() {\n        Some(duct::cmd!(\"dotnet\", \"--version\").read())\n    } else {\n        None\n    };\n    let dotnet_version_str = match dotnet_version_result {\n        Some(Ok(v)) => Some(v),\n        Some(Err(error)) if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {\n            anyhow::bail!(\"dotnet not found in PATH. Please install .NET SDK 8.0 or 10.0.\")\n        }\n        Some(Err(error)) => anyhow::bail!(\"{error}\"),\n        None => None,\n    };\n\n    // Resolution order:\n    //   1. --dotnet-version CLI flag (explicit user override)\n    //   2. global.json-selected SDK, if one applies to the project or current directory\n    //   3. Single <TargetFramework> in the project's .csproj\n    //   4. .NET 10 default for missing or multi-target project context\n    let csproj_tfms = read_tfms_from_csproj(project_path);\n    let dotnet_major = dotnet_version_override\n        .or_else(|| dotnet_version_str.as_deref().and_then(parse_major_version))\n        .or_else(|| csproj_tfms.as_ref().and_then(CsprojTargetFrameworks::single_major))\n        .or(Some(10));\n\n    // Determine the build path based on SDK version and --native-aot flag.\n    let build_path = match (dotnet_major, native_aot_flag) {","sourceCodeStart":190,"sourceCodeEnd":226,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB/blob/524b4487d949b61a07d4f39c862d1290259dfd20/crates/cli/src/tasks/csharp.rs#L190-L226","documentation":"Error \"dotnet not found in PATH. Please install .NET SDK 8.0 or 10.0.\" thrown in clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at crates/cli/src/tasks/csharp.rs:208 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"524b4487d949b61a07d4f39c862d1290259dfd20","analyzedAt":"2026-08-16T23:58:54.611Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-17T04:17:16.089Z"}