dotnet/runtime · error · Exception

Invalid Entry in

Error message

Invalid Entry {line}in {inclusion_filename}

What it means

Raised by parseInclusionList() in utilities.py at src/coreclr/scripts/utilities.py:195 when a non-comment line in the inclusion file has more than 2 colon-separated tokens. The expected format is [ProviderName:]EventName.

Solutions

1. Reduce the offending line to at most 2 colon-separated tokens (provider:event or just event).
2. Remove stray colons in event/provider names.

Example fix

// before
ProviderName:EventName:extra
// after
ProviderName:EventName

with open(inclusion_filename) as f:
    for i, raw in enumerate(f, 1):
        line = raw.strip()
        if not line or line.startswith('#'):
            continue
        if len(line.split(':')) > 2:
            raise SystemExit(f'{inclusion_filename}:{i} has >2 tokens: {line!r}')

When it happens

Trigger: An inclusion file line with 3+ colon-separated tokens.

Common situations: Hand-editing an inclusion file and adding extra fields; copying exclusion-format lines (which allow 5 fields) into an inclusion file (which allows 2).

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AI-assisted analysis of dotnet/runtime@60108ba66e (2026-08-10). Data as JSON: /api/errors/078b59f37b30dcd1. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src/coreclr/scripts/utilities.py:195

    if not os.path.isfile(inclusion_filename):
        return inclusion_list

    with open(inclusion_filename,'r') as InclusionFile:
        for line in InclusionFile:
            line = line.strip()

            #remove comments
            if not line or line.startswith('#'):
                continue

            tokens = line.split(':')

            if len(tokens) == 0:
                continue

            if len(tokens) > 2:
                raise Exception("Invalid Entry " + line + "in "+ inclusion_filename)

            providerName = ""
            eventName = ""

            if len(tokens) == 2:
                providerName = tokens[0]
                eventName = tokens[1]

            if len(tokens) == 1:
                providerName = "*"
                eventName = tokens[0]

            if providerName not in inclusion_list:
                inclusion_list[providerName] = set()

            inclusion_list[providerName].add(eventName)

    return inclusion_list

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