VBoxManage createvm killed all running VMs!?!

[virtualhuman]

Hello everyone,

I wanted to create a new VM and run the following command:

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$ VBoxManage createvm --name the-server --ostype "Windows10_64" --register --default
VBoxManage: error: The machine is not mutable (state is PoweredOff)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE (0x80bb0002), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine, callee nsISupports
VBoxManage: error: Context: "ApplyDefaults(bstrDefaultFlags.raw())" at line 290 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp

And that caused all 7 of my running VMs to die...

Bug or Feature?

PS:
Fedora 30, running: VirtualBox-6.0-6.0.12_133076_fedora29-1.x86_64

[socratis]

OSX 10.11.6 host:

$ VBoxManage -version
6.0.13r133800
$ VBoxManage createvm --name the-server --ostype "Windows10_64" --register --default
VBoxManage: error: The machine is not mutable (state is PoweredOff)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE (0x80bb0002), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine, callee nsISupports
VBoxManage: error: Context: "ApplyDefaults(bstrDefaultFlags.raw())" at line 290 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp

$ VBoxManage -version
6.1.0_BETA1r133703
$ VBoxManage createvm --name the-server --ostype "Windows10_64" --register --default
Virtual machine 'the-server' is created and registered.
UUID: 1414d53e-ab60-4785-854d-86e939c0e11a
Settings file: '/Users/Shared/VirtualBox/Machines/the-server/the-server.vbox'

Win10-64 host:

U:\>VBoxManage -version
6.0.13r133800
U:\>VBoxManage createvm --name the-server --ostype "Windows10_64" --register --default
VBoxManage.exe: error: The machine is not mutable (state is PoweredOff)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE (0x80bb0002), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine, callee IUnknown
VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: "ApplyDefaults(bstrDefaultFlags.raw())" at line 290 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp

U:\>VBoxManage -version
6.1.0_BETA1r133703
U:\>VBoxManage createvm --name the-server --ostype "Windows10_64" --register --default
Virtual machine 'the-server' is created and registered.
UUID: 67eade39-3a3a-4a87-87c7-227959fd79be
Settings file: 'U:\VirtualBox\Machines\the-server\the-server.vbox'

Mint19 host:

$ VBoxManage -version
6.0.12r133076
$ VBoxManage createvm --name the-server --ostype "Windows10_64" --register --default
VBoxManage: error: The machine is not mutable (state is PoweredOff)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE (0x80bb0002), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine, callee nsISupports
VBoxManage: error: Context: "ApplyDefaults(bstrDefaultFlags.raw())" at line 290 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp

$ VBoxManage -version
6.1.0_BETA1r133812
$ VBoxManage createvm --name the-server --ostype "Windows10_64" --register --default
Virtual machine 'the-server' is created and registered.
UUID: 77b3fbcb-07ef-4c5b-a853-f87d3a001665
Settings file: '/media/Common/VirtualBox/Machines/the-server/the-server.vbox'

I think you might be onto something here...

And that caused all 7 of my running VMs to die...

I think that this would be the result of "VBoxSVC" dying. I couldn't reproduce that aspect on my setups...

Bug or Feature?

Unequivocally a bug. A bug that's been fixed with 6.1.0b1, but a bug that definitely deserves a ticket for 6.0.x. Do you want me to open one, or will you do the honors?