azure service fabric vsts release (deployment) error Application type of application '' doesn't match the application type

Question

Getting this error:

Application type of application '' doesn't match the application type in the application manifest of the new application package. Please ensure that the application being upgraded has the same application type.

My application is small and contains only 2 services. If I deploy manually from Visual Studio 2017 it's working fine. But when I deploy from a successful build in VSTS I'm getting the above error. I used the same publish profile both in manual and vsts release.

Any idea?

Additional details from the logs:

2017-06-06T16:00:59.2449160Z ##[debug]INPUT_OVERRIDEPUBLISHPROFILESETTINGS: 'false'
2017-06-06T16:01:00.9096138Z ##[debug]Join-Path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Service Fabric\bin\fabric\fabric.code" "ServiceFabricServiceModel.xsd"
2017-06-06T16:01:00.9146136Z ##[debug]C:\Program Files\Microsoft Service Fabric\bin\fabric\fabric.code\ServiceFabricServiceModel.xsd
2017-06-06T16:01:00.9156210Z ##[debug]Length: 94
2017-06-06T16:01:00.9166135Z ##[debug]
2017-06-06T16:01:00.9186137Z ##[debug]Test-Path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Service Fabric\bin\fabric\fabric.code\ServiceFabricServiceModel.xsd"
2017-06-06T16:01:00.9216373Z ##[debug]True
2017-06-06T16:01:00.9226141Z ##[debug]
2017-06-06T16:01:03.5668693Z ##[debug]Leaving D:\a\_tasks\ServiceFabricDeploy_c6650aa0-185b-11e6-a47d-df93e7a34c64\1.3.9\deploy.ps1.
2017-06-06T16:01:03.5767636Z ##[debug]Caught exception from task script.
2017-06-06T16:01:03.5787644Z ##[debug]Error record:
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6307491Z ##[debug]Application type of application '' doesn't match the application type in the application manifest of the new application package. Please ensure that the application being upgraded has the same application type.
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6317836Z ##[debug]At D:\a\_tasks\ServiceFabricDeploy_c6650aa0-185b-11e6-a47d-df93e7a34c64\1.3.9\ServiceFabricSDK\Publish-UpgradedServiceFabricApplication.ps1:195 char:17
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6329753Z ##[debug]+                 throw $errMsg
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6338786Z ##[debug]+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6350377Z ##[debug]    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (Application typ...plication type.:String) [], RuntimeException
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6360412Z ##[debug]    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Application type of application '' doesn't match the application type in the application     manifest of the new application package. Please ensure that the application being upgraded has the same applicati    on type.
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6370408Z ##[debug] 
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6380417Z ##[debug]Script stack trace:
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6410418Z ##[debug]at Publish-UpgradedServiceFabricApplication, D:\a\_tasks\ServiceFabricDeploy_c6650aa0-185b-11e6-a47d-df93e7a34c64\1.3.9\ServiceFabricSDK\Publish-UpgradedServiceFabricApplication.ps1: line 195
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6420417Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, D:\a\_tasks\ServiceFabricDeploy_c6650aa0-185b-11e6-a47d-df93e7a34c64\1.3.9\deploy.ps1: line 144
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6430417Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6440419Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 22
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6450418Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 18
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6460418Z ##[debug]at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6480463Z ##[debug]Exception:
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6529321Z ##[debug]System.Management.Automation.RuntimeException: Application type of application '' doesn't match the application type in the application manifest of the new application package. Please ensure that the application being upgraded has the same application type.
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6825375Z ##[error]Application type of application '' doesn't match the application type in the application manifest of the new application package. Please ensure that the application being upgraded has the same application type.
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6825375Z ##[debug]Processed: ##vso[task.logissue type=error]Application type of application '' doesn't match the application type in the application manifest of the new application package. Please ensure that the application being upgraded has the same application type.
2017-06-06T16:01:03.6845374Z ##[debug]Processed: ##vso[task.complete result=Failed]
2017-06-06T16:01:03.7105387Z ##[section]Finishing: Deploy Service Fabric Application
2017-06-06T16:01:03.7155386Z ##[debug]Cleaning agent temp folder: d:\a\_temp
2017-06-06T16:01:03.7155386Z ##[section]Finishing: Release

Answer 1

I found the root cause and it's so silly. It's really easy to missed this as you can't see the whole textbox values in vsts unless you drag your mouse up to the end. The parameters is also pointing to publish profiles which is wrong and I corrected that.