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Azure front door stuck in deleteing state - please help

Przemyslaw Giza 0 Reputation points
2026-03-11T07:37:47.2366667+00:00

Service: Azure Front Door

Tier: Standard

Resource Group: GKN

Subscription ID: PII

Front Door ID: PII

Problem: I attempted to delete my Front Door Standard profile przemo-afd, but it's stuck in the Deleting state. I have attempted to delete via Azure CLI, Portal, and API Resource Explorer all fail with a Conflict error, indicating an operation is still in progress. Child resources like endpoints and domains are either already deleted or unreachable (some return ParentResourceNotFound).

Request: Please perform a backend cleanup and remove the stuck Front Door profile and its zombie dependencies. I no longer need this profile and would like it fully removed from my subscription.

Azure Front Door
Azure Front Door

An Azure service that provides a cloud content delivery network with threat protection.

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  1. Vallepu Venkateswarlu 6,555 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-03-11T10:46:22.9366667+00:00

    Hi @Przemyslaw Giza

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Platform.

    When Front Door profiles get “zombified” it usually means there’s still a control-plane operation or a lock/dependency holding things up. Here’s what you can try before we escalate to a backend cleanup:

    When Front Door profiles get “zombified” it usually means there’s still a control-plane operation or a lock/dependency holding things up. Here’s what you can try before we escalate to a backend cleanup:

    1. Check for Azure locks 
     az lock list --resource-group GKN
az lock list --ids /subscriptions/<sub>/resourceGroups/GKN/providers/Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/przemo-afd

    Cancel or finish any pending operations: Check group deployments:

        az group deployment operation list \
          --resource-group GKN

    If you spot a hung delete/update, you may need to cancel it via the portal or PowerShell.

    1. Re-attempt the Front Door delete
       az network front-door delete \
      --resource-group GKN \
      --name przemo-afd \
      --yes

    You can also add --no-wait and then poll with az network front-door show until it vanishes.

    1. Review Activity Logs for conflicts

    In the Azure portal, go to Monitor > Activity Log, filter on your Front Door resource and look for the conflict error details and the operationId. That will tell you what control-plane call is still running.

    References: az network front-door delete: https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/network/front-door?view=azure-cli-latest

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