[BUG] New-PnPSiteGroup randomly fails with "Unknown Error"

[iloving]

I have a script that creates and configures a new sharepoint site. Part of the process creates multiple document libraries, and I create separate sharepoint groups to manage the permissions of each.

I do this via the following command:
$group = New-PnPSiteGroup -Connection $Connection -Name "$groupTitle" -Site "$SiteFullURL" -PermissionLevels Read -ErrorAction Continue -ErrorVariable result

It will randomly fail for no apparent reason:

New-PnPSiteGroup: /$SCRIPTPATH/MasterSiteCreateScript.ps1:414:22
Line |
414 | … $group = New-PnPSiteGroup -Connection $Connection -Name "$groupTit …
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Unknown Error

Expected behavior

I expect the group to be created

Actual behavior

I get the above error.

Steps to reproduce behavior

I have no idea how to reproduce it. It's completely random. I have put it in a loop to retry the operation several times before giving up. After several attempts, it eventually works.

What is the version of the Cmdlet module you are running?

Confirmed in 1.10.0 and 1.11.0

Which operating system/environment are you running PnP PowerShell on?

• Windows
• Linux
• MacOS
• Azure Cloud Shell
• Azure Functions
• Other : please specify

[CallumCrowley]

Please set tracing to "debug" using Set-PnPTraceLog and provide further information. This will allow the community to better understand the issue.

[iloving]

Here is what I got in the log:
Creating group 'ilsatest delivery' <--my write-output
pwsh Error: 0 : 2022-08-29 11:34:32.6664 [PnP.Framework] [0] [Error] ExecuteQuery threw following exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerException: Unknown Error
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRequest.ProcessResponseStream(Stream responseStream)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRequest.ProcessResponse()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRequest.ExecuteQueryToServerAsync(ChunkStringBuilder sb)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRequest.ExecuteQueryAsync()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientRuntimeContext.ExecuteQueryAsync()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext.ExecuteQueryAsync()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContextExtensions.ExecuteQueryImplementation(ClientRuntimeContext clientContext, Int32 retryCount, String userAgent)
ServerErrorCode: -1
ServerErrorTypeName: Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.UnknownError
ServerErrorTraceCorrelationId: a4c65fa0-f0d6-2000-537d-24d7549fc01e
ServerErrorValue:
ServerErrorDetails:
. 0ms
New-PnPSiteGroup: $MYPATH/MasterSiteCreateScript.ps1:431:22
Line |
431 | … $group = New-PnPSiteGroup -Connection $Connection -Name "$groupTit …
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Unknown Error

[gautamdsheth]

Same here as well, will have to move this to discussions since this an issue with the environment itself and not the cmdlet.