browser-esbuild: An unhandled exception occurred: EPERM: operation not permitted, copyfile

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Command

build

Is this a regression?

• Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

The previous version in which this bug was not present was

No response

Description

Hi. browser-esbuild gives up with this error:

An unhandled exception occurred: EPERM: operation not permitted, copyfile 'C:\Users\123\WebstormProjects\123\src\manifest.json' -> 'C:\Users\123\WebstormProjects\123\dist\123'
See "C:\Users\ikpoc\AppData\Local\Temp\ng-G3vwG2\angular-errors.log" for further details.

Error log is the same. Tried running with admin privileges with same result.

Minimal Reproduction

ng build

Exception or Error

No response

Your Environment

Angular CLI: 17.0.0-next.8
Node: 18.18.1
Package Manager: npm 9.8.1
OS: win32 x64

Angular: 17.0.0-next.8
... animations, cli, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... localize, platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic
... platform-server, router, service-worker, ssr

Package                         Version
---------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect       0.1700.0-next.8
@angular-devkit/build-angular   17.0.0-next.8
@angular-devkit/core            17.0.0-next.8
@angular-devkit/schematics      17.0.0-next.8
@angular/cdk                    17.0.0-next.6
@angular/material               17.0.0-next.6
@schematics/angular             16.2.5
rxjs                            7.8.1
typescript                      5.2.2
zone.js                         0.14.0

Anything else relevant?

No response

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Update: created fresh project with ng new, same error:

An unhandled exception occurred: EPERM: operation not permitted, copyfile 'C:\Users\123\WebstormProjects\test-project\src\favicon.ico' -> 'C:\Users\123\WebstormProjects\test-project\dist\test-project'