CruiseControl.NET process exited event received, build results in error

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I'm encountering a situation where the MSBuild task in the ccnet.config does appear to work, but at the very end the process terminates with

standard-output stream closed -- null received in event
standard-error stream closed -- null received in event
process exited event received

When run from the command line, all appears well.

I've looked in all the logfiles I can think of, but I am stumped, I've dumped a lot of time into this. Please help!

UPDATED 11/13: As requested here is excerpt from CCNET.CONFIG

        <msbuild>
            <executable>$(msBuildExe)</executable>
            <projectFile>"src\Solutions\Apprentice - Core Tests - VS11.sln"</projectFile>
            <buildArgs>/noconsolelogger /p:Configuration="$(msbuildConfig)" /v:diag</buildArgs>
            <logger>$(ccnet)\server\ThoughtWorks.CruiseControl.MsBuild.dll</logger>
            <environment>
                <!-- allow NuGet to auto restore packages -->
                <variable>
                    <name>EnableNuGetPackageRestore</name>
                    <value>true</value>
                </variable>
            </environment>
        </msbuild>

With

    <cb:define msBuildExe="C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe" />
    <cb:define msbuildConfig="Debug - No MSEL" />

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Answer 1

In the answer that you linked, do you notice the timeout in the msbuild block? I bet yours is either using the default timeout or is not high enough. I would suggest upping it or adding a high value to your msbuild block.

The errors you mention are pretty similar to a process timing out using the process class in c#.

<timeout>900</timeout>

According to http://www.cruisecontrolnet.org/projects/ccnet/wiki/MsBuild_Task the default timeout is 600 seconds or 10 minutes.