Stop service reports error but succeeds

[carl-berg]

I'm currently seeing a weird behavior often (but not always) when stopping a service. Output looks like this:

2019-09-10T10:22:27.2951310Z ##[section]Starting: Stop service
2019-09-10T10:22:27.3213685Z ==============================================================================
2019-09-10T10:22:27.3213909Z Task         : Windows Service - Stop
2019-09-10T10:22:27.3214334Z Description  : Stop a windows service
2019-09-10T10:22:27.3214501Z Version      : 1.1.1
2019-09-10T10:22:27.3214642Z Author       : Jungerius IT
2019-09-10T10:22:27.3214781Z Help         : 
2019-09-10T10:22:27.3214927Z ==============================================================================
2019-09-10T10:22:27.3462710Z ##[warning]Task 'StopWindowsService' (1.1.1) is using deprecated task execution handler. The task should use the supported task-lib: https://aka.ms/tasklib
2019-09-10T10:22:27.3486630Z Preparing task execution handler.
2019-09-10T10:22:27.9644224Z Executing the powershell script: C:\azagent\A1\_work\_tasks\StopWindowsService_dce5f7d0-d58a-11e5-9705-6165ece307b2\1.1.1\stopservice.ps1
2019-09-10T10:22:28.2510291Z Stopping MyService...
2019-09-10T10:22:30.3902858Z ##[error]Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ServiceCommandException: Service 'MyService (MyService)' stop failed.
2019-09-10T10:22:30.6857689Z Service MyService stopped.
2019-09-10T10:22:30.7231822Z ##[error]PowerShell script completed with 1 errors.
2019-09-10T10:22:30.7245535Z ##[section]Finishing: Stop service
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[n3wt0n]

This is 99% caused by the Windows API or the state of your service. I don't think it is related to the task in question.

I'm using this task in a PROD environment succesfully.

Sure thing it would be beneficial having a more detailed log of the error message, but as said I'm pretty confident in saying this is not related to the task but to the service you're trying to stop.