# Automation Tool crashes on clean Release 4.19 at Build Tools Win64

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/automation-tool-crashes-on-clean-release-4-19-at-build-tools-win64/428519>\
**Category:** Platform & Builds\
**Tags:** automation-tool, uat, unreal-engine, crash, build-failed, question\
**Created:** [July 2, 2018, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/automation-tool-crashes-on-clean-release-4-19-at-build-tools-win64/428519 "2018-07-02T08:46:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![conrad.hughes](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@conrad.hughes](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/conrad.hughes)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/automation-tool-crashes-on-clean-release-4-19-at-build-tools-win64/428519/1 "2018-07-02T08:46:29Z")

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Attempting to build an installed build of a project, I was unable to do so - tried about 50 or so variants… eventually just downloaded the clean release build from git, ran Setup.bat, then tried the following command:

```
 .\RunUAT.bat BuildGraph -target=”Make Installed Build Win64” -script="Engine/Build/InstalledEngineBu
ild.xml" -set:WithMac=false -set:WithAndroid=false -set:WithIOS=false -set:WithTVOS=false -set:WithLinux=false -set:WithHTML5=false -set:WithWin32=false -se
t:WithSwitch=false -set:WithPS4=false -set:WithDDC=false -set:HostPlatformOnly=true -set:SignExecutables=false

```

…only to get the exact same crash!

```
ERROR: BUILD FAILED: failed, retries not enabled:
       while executing <Compile Target="CrashReportClient" Configuration="Shipping" Platform="Win32" AllowParallelExecutor="True" Tag="#Build Tools Win64" /
>
       while executing <Compile Target="UnrealWatchdog" Configuration="Shipping" Platform="Win64" AllowParallelExecutor="True" Tag="#Build Tools Win64" />
       while executing <Compile Target="ShaderCompileWorker" Configuration="Development" Platform="Win64" AllowParallelExecutor="True" Tag="#Build Tools Win
64" />
       while executing <Compile Target="UnrealCEFSubProcess" Configuration="Development" Platform="Win32" AllowParallelExecutor="True" Tag="#Build Tools Win
64" />
       while executing <Compile Target="UnrealCEFSubProcess" Configuration="Development" Platform="Win64" AllowParallelExecutor="True" Tag="#Build Tools Win
64" />
       while executing <Compile Target="UnrealFrontend" Configuration="Development" Platform="Win64" AllowParallelExecutor="True" Tag="#Build Tools Win64" /
>
       while executing <Compile Target="UnrealLightmass" Configuration="Development" Platform="Win64" AllowParallelExecutor="True" Tag="#Build Tools Win64"
/>
       while executing <Compile Target="UnrealPak" Configuration="Development" Platform="Win64" AllowParallelExecutor="True" Tag="#Build Tools Win64" />
       while executing <Compile Target="BootstrapPackagedGame" Configuration="Shipping" Platform="Win32" AllowParallelExecutor="True" Tag="#Build Tools Win6
4" />
       while executing <Compile Target="BootstrapPackagedGame" Configuration="Shipping" Platform="Win64" AllowParallelExecutor="True" Tag="#Build Tools Win6
4" />
       while executing <Compile Target="BuildPatchTool" Configuration="Shipping" Platform="Win64" AllowParallelExecutor="True" Tag="#Build Tools Win64" />
       at Engine\Build\InstalledEngineBuild.xml(422)
       (see Y:\ **** \Release\Engine\Programs\AutomationTool\Saved\Logs\UAT_Log.txt for full exception trace)

```

The log files state:

```
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: AutomationException: BUILD FAILED: failed, retries not enabled:
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: at AutomationTool.UE4Build.Build(BuildAgenda Agenda, Nullable`1 InDeleteBuildProducts, Boolean InUpdateVersionFiles, Boolean InForceNoXGE, Boolean InUseParallelExecutor, Boolean InForceNonUnity, Boolean InForceUnity, Boolean InShowProgress, Dictionary`2 PlatformEnvVars, Nullable`1 InChangelistNumberOverride, Dictionary`2 InTargetToManifest) in Y:\\ReleaseClean\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\AutomationUtils\UE4Build.cs:line 1482
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: at AutomationTool.CompileTaskExecutor.Execute(JobContext Job, HashSet`1 BuildProducts, Dictionary`2 TagNameToFileSet) in Y:\\ReleaseClean\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\BuildGraph\Tasks\CompileTask.cs:line 154
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: at AutomationTool.Node.Build(JobContext Job, Dictionary`2 TagNameToFileSet) in Y:\\ReleaseClean\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\BuildGraph\Node.cs:line 197
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: at AutomationTool.BuildGraph.BuildNode(JobContext Job, Graph Graph, Node Node, TempStorage Storage, Boolean bWithBanner) in Y:\\ReleaseClean\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\BuildGraph\BuildGraph.cs:line 686
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: at AutomationTool.BuildGraph.BuildAllNodes(JobContext Job, Graph Graph, TempStorage Storage) in Y:\\ReleaseClean\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\BuildGraph\BuildGraph.cs:line 615
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: at AutomationTool.BuildGraph.Execute() in Y:\\ReleaseClean\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\BuildGraph\BuildGraph.cs:line 422
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: at AutomationTool.Automation.Execute(List`1 CommandsToExecute, Dictionary`2 Commands) in Y:\ReleaseClean\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\AutomationUtils\Automation.cs:line 557
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: at AutomationTool.Automation.Process(String[] Arguments) in Y:\ReleaseClean\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\AutomationUtils\Automation.cs:line 527
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: at AutomationTool.Program.MainProc(Object Param) in Y:\ReleaseClean\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\Program.cs:line 132
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: at AutomationTool.InternalUtils.RunSingleInstance(Func`2 Main, Object Param) in Y:\ReleaseClean\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\AutomationUtils\Utils.cs:line 712
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: at AutomationTool.Program.Main() in Y:\ReleaseClean\Engine\Source\Programs\AutomationTool\Program.cs:line 62
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: data: EpicGames.Context = System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.String]
ExceptionUtils.PrintExceptionInfo: ==============================================================================
Program.Main: AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=1 (Error_Unknown)

```

Can anyone help me out? Project seems to build fine through VS, but I really want to do away with the need for the team to build source on each machine.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![conrad.hughes](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@conrad.hughes](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/conrad.hughes)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/automation-tool-crashes-on-clean-release-4-19-at-build-tools-win64/428519/2 "2018-07-03T16:49:08Z")

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Rolled back VS 2017 to 15.5.7 (here [Visual Studio 2017 Release History | Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/installing-an-earlier-release-of-vs2017)) and this now seems to maybe be working… it’s continuing past where it previously crashed, anyways! I hope this helps people - [Unreal Engine Issues and Bug Tracker (UE-59150)](https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-59150) I believe it’s connected to this issue.

Conrad  
  
Antimatter Games