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How to archive all release data for 7 years including which artifacts or commits
We have a situation where we used to keep all releases indefinitely in ADO by a hacky little bit flip in the database when we were on prem. Now that we have moved to ADO Services we can no longer do this. How can we archive our release data for at…
Azure DevOps
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2026-11-12T16:44:42.3533333+00:00
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Procter, Shane
25
Reputation points
answered
2026-11-12T16:49:00.3166667+00:00
AI answer
2 answers
Restrict usage of GitHub-hosted Agent pool in Azure Devops
We would like to utilize the new agent pool that is hosted by Microsoft, refering to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/github-hosted?view=azure-devops&tabs=yaml%2Clinux-images , but I do not want every project in my…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
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2026-11-11T14:43:52.0366667+00:00
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Lindulf Tobias
0
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2026-11-12T14:38:14.05+00:00
Lindulf Tobias
0
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0 answers
Managed DevOps Pool VMs stuck in "Starting" for ~2.5 hours in Sweden Central (2026-11-11) – root cause?
Managed DevOps Pool VMs stuck in "Starting" for ~2.5 hours in Sweden Central (2026-11-11) – root cause? On 2026-11-11 between 14:22 and 16:46 UTC, a Managed DevOps Pool in Sweden Central stopped bringing agents online. Azure DevOps assigned…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
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2026-11-12T10:45:25.2666667+00:00
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Nicolai Knudsen
5
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2026-11-12T11:39:15.08+00:00
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Pallerla Manasa
0
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers
Exact end-of-life dates for Azure DevOps OAuth and Global PATs — any extensions, and do they hard-stop?
Hi, We build an integration with Azure DevOps that many customers use, and we're planning our move off two deprecated authentication methods. To plan the timeline and tell our customers about it, we need confirmed dates and behavior for both: 1. Legacy…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
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2026-10-04T12:29:12.23+00:00
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Nadav Tzabari
0
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2026-11-12T01:15:48.39+00:00
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Sridevi Machavarapu
33,825
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
Moderator
1 answer
ADO Backlog Hierarchy Displays Only Two Levels of the Tree
Description In the PME ADO Backlog view, only two levels of the hierarchy can be displayed at a time. The following message is shown: “There are too many items on the backlog. Only two levels of the tree can be shown. Delete items or reduce the area of…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
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2026-11-11T14:02:03.3466667+00:00
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ARCHANA PILLAI
1
Reputation point
commented
2026-11-11T15:11:28.7566667+00:00
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Rukmini
44,000
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
Moderator
1 answer
Branch control check became case-sensitive: refs/heads/RC/* stopped matching refs/heads/rc/* branches (Nov 2026)
The Branch control check on one of our environments started failing for a branch that matched the same configuration three days earlier. Nothing changed in the check configuration or our branch naming. Our release candidate branches have always been…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
asked
2026-11-09T22:10:24.07+00:00
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Duncan Palmer
0
Reputation points
answered
2026-11-09T22:11:29.8033333+00:00
AI answer
0 answers
Azure DevOps Licensing: Users Retaining Visual Studio Entitlements Despite License Removal — Investigation Needed
Problem description I am experiencing an issue with Azure DevOps Services where, after removing Visual Studio Professional licenses for some users, a subset of them still appears to have a direct Visual Studio entitlement in Azure DevOps, despite no…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
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2026-11-09T10:04:45.5433333+00:00
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Andrs, Rene
0
Reputation points
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2026-11-09T13:49:24.9+00:00
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REDDIMALLA VENKATESH
5
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
Moderator
1 answer
Azure App Secret Expiring: Applications Configurator Prod
Please help to renew the key App Registration: Applications Configurator Prod App ID: 1749ebac-9ecd-4997-9086-de935e00a40e Secret Name: pis_client_secret_local Expiry Date: 2026-12-09 14:59:07 Days Until Expiry:…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
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2026-11-09T07:13:41.56+00:00
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Vanitha M
0
Reputation points
answered
2026-11-09T07:14:26.95+00:00
AI answer
1 answer
Azure DevOps Deployment Groups stuck loading – ReactRootAdapter.js returns 404 BlobNotFound
Issue description We are experiencing an issue with Azure DevOps Services where the Pipelines → Deployment groups page remains indefinitely on "Loading..." and never displays the deployment groups. Our Azure DevOps organisation is hosted in…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
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Azure DevOps: Unable to Add Users to Individual Codebases — Permission and Organization Ownership Issue
Problem description I am experiencing an issue with Azure DevOps Services where I cannot add users to an existing project or grant them access to specific codebases. The controls to add or change users are grayed out, and I suspect it relates to my…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
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2026-11-05T19:15:33.15+00:00
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NJBass-9301
0
Reputation points
answered
2026-11-06T02:03:47.62+00:00
Rukshan edirisinghe
2,445
Reputation points
1 answer
Does 2 multistage pr running at same time use same workspace and mix output
when 2 pr has been running simultaneously , as pipeline is multistage. 1 stage runs of 1 pr and it runs 1 stage from other pr, then 2nd stage of 1st pr..so its zigzag.. so does the output get mixed.. as i checked the logs, both pr are using…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
asked
2026-11-05T08:52:21.5933333+00:00
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Patil, Prreeya
20
Reputation points
commented
2026-11-05T08:59:35.26+00:00
Patil, Prreeya
20
Reputation points
3 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Clarification required – Microsoft Dev Box retirement impact on Managed DevOps Pools
Hello, We currently use Azure Managed DevOps Pools integrated with Azure DevOps to execute CI/CD pipelines that deploy resources to Azure PaaS services through private network connectivity. Our Managed DevOps Pool is associated with a Dev Center Project…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
asked
2026-10-29T12:56:41.11+00:00
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Erika Prieto
20
Reputation points
accepted
2026-11-05T07:49:33.4833333+00:00
Erika Prieto
20
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Azure DevOps repeatedly forces users to sign in after successful Entra authentication
Problem description Multiple users in our Azure DevOps Services organization have been intermittently forced out of the web portal for at least six months. On heavily affected days, basic actions such as changing a work item's status, posting a comment,…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
3 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Managed DevOps Pools How to make custom ENV variables available to azure pipelines agent process
For Linux Managed DevOps Pools, what is the supported way to make custom environment variables such as JAVA_HOME_25_X64, JAVA_HOME_21_X64, and JAVA_HOME available to the Azure Pipelines agent process and all task processes? We use a provisioning Setup.sh…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
asked
2026-10-29T15:44:50.1133333+00:00
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Rowat G@ADM(DS) DEIMS@Defence365
40
Reputation points
accepted
2026-11-04T13:54:30.0266667+00:00
Rowat G@ADM(DS) DEIMS@Defence365
40
Reputation points
1 answer
Need help on getting Azure Subscription for our team, Please help!
Our team needs an azure DevOps subscription that we need for our group members to work on together, maybe like Azure DevOps organization or group tenant.
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
asked
2026-11-03T06:02:40.2933333+00:00
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H V, Shreya (Nonstop PSD)
0
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answered
2026-11-03T06:03:30.9933333+00:00
AI answer
1 answer
Azure DevOps CodeQL init causes SwiftPM unableToFind(tool: "clang") with Xcode 26.3
We are using an Azure DevOps Classic build pipeline on a Microsoft-hosted macOS agent to build an iOS project with Xcode 26.3 (build 17C529). The project uses Swift Package Manager. AdvancedSecurity-Codeql-Init@1 is configured for Swift in Manual build…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
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Branch control in Azure DevOps environments seems broken
We use YAML pipelines. In our deployment jobs, we reference Azure DevOps environments. In ADO environments, we defined Branch control rules. E.g. refs/head/main is allowed in the ADO environment EU_int . If the YAML pipeline is triggered by the main…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
asked
2025-05-22T09:56:32.56+00:00
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DH
0
Reputation points
commented
2026-11-02T19:51:42.4966667+00:00
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Tim Chermin
0
Reputation points
2 answers
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Cycle time and Lead Time chart
Hi Team, I am a bit confused what is the calculation logic for Cycle Time and Lead Time. I usually do a monthly reporting for my team. So, if it is for June I will select date in the chart as 01/06/2026. I was doing data accuracy check to see the…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
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1 answer
Advanced Security dependency scanning completes, but AdvancedSecurity/NewHighAndCritical PR status is never published
We configured a required AdvancedSecurity/NewHighAndCritical branch policy in Azure DevOps Services, following Microsoft’s documentation and leaving the advanced policy options at their defaults. A build validation pipeline runs …
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
asked
2026-10-19T08:35:05.36+00:00
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Erik Lindstén
0
Reputation points
commented
2026-11-02T08:26:27.43+00:00
Erik Lindstén
0
Reputation points
1 answer
Microsoft Dev Box retirement and Azure Managed DevOps Pools dependencies
Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Dev Box will be retired on September 18, 2028. We use Azure Managed DevOps Pools for our Azure DevOps pipelines. Managed DevOps Pools requires a Microsoft Dev Center and Dev Center Project, but we do not use…
Azure DevOps
1,682 questions
asked
2026-10-15T14:21:13.5433333+00:00
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Andre-3987
0
Reputation points
commented
2026-11-01T22:52:48.4333333+00:00
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ZUBAIR,Omer
0
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