Repro on Arduino 1.8.7 and arduino-nightly-windows\arduino-nightly (latest Dec 6 ) OS : windows10 step: 1.download Arduino 1.8.7 or arduino-nightly 2.run verify command line arduino_debug.exe --verify d:\test\test\1205\111\Blink_error\Blink_error\Blink.ino --board esp8266:esp8266:huzzah:CpuFrequency=80,VTable=flash,FlashSize=4M1M,LwIPVariant=v2mss536,Debug=Disabled,DebugLevel=None____,FlashErase=none,UploadSpeed=115200 --pref build.path=d:\test\test\1205\111\Blink_error\Blink_error\build12 the first time , the verify is pass  run verify command in second time , it will fail  it always fail due to sketch folder and build.options.json not delete.  