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How to keep agent's temp folder in order to invoke command from Azure DevOps release pipeline manually

I want to troubleshot a single step from Azure DevOps release pipeline (classic mode).

The step invokes similar command on deployment VM:

C:\azagent\A1\_work\_tool\VsTest\17.0.0\x64\tools\net451\Common7\IDE\Extensions\TestPlatform\vstest.console.exe "@_work\_temp\qrjwcoj0moy.tmp

However the temp folder C:\azagent\A1\_work\_temp\ is removed. Can I keep keep the temp files in order to invoke the command manually?

Solution

  • According to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/build/variables?view=azure-devops&tabs=yaml (check "Agent.TempDirectory") it is not possible because temp folder is cleaned after each pipeline job.

    If you want to keep these files you need to copy them (task: CopyFiles) to different folder before job ends to be able to check them later.