Deployment consistently fails with "problems communicating with our content server"

Description

Deployments to our Azure Static Web App are failing. We are currently experiencing problems communicating with our content server. The build itself completes successfully every time — the failure happens strictly during the post-build upload/communication phase.

Environment

• Deployment method: Azure DevOps Pipelines, AzureStaticWebApp@0 task (v0.275.0)


• Framework: React + TypeScript, built with Vite 4.5.14 and Yarn 1.22.15


• Node version (Oryx-detected): 24.13.0


• Oryx version: 0.2.20260109.4


• Region: South Central US

Deployment ID | Build finished (Oryx) | Error thrown | Delta
-- | -- | -- | --
d620cc70-b240-4fac-8dfb-526d9851d713 | 2026-07-28T21:45:41.3063787Z | 2026-07-28T21:46:41.3191551Z | 60.01s
e5ec2946-372c-48d4-96d6-5fbd42761141 | 2026-07-28T22:36:57.9299277Z | 2026-07-28T22:37:57.9438665Z | 60.01s

The consistent, exact-60-second delta strongly suggests a timeout on a call made by the deployment client to the content/upload service, rather than an issue on our end.

Relevant log excerpt

[timestamp] Finished building app with Oryx

[timestamp] Using 'staticwebapp.config.json' file for configuration information, 'routes.json' will be ignored.

[timestamp] No Api directory specified. Azure Functions will not be created.

[timestamp] Either no Api directory was specified, or the specified directory was not found. Azure Functions will not be created.

[timestamp +60s] We are currently experiencing problems communicating with our content server. Please try again later or file an issue if this behavior continues.


For further information, please visit the Azure Static Web Apps documentation at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/static-web-apps/

If you believe this behavior is unexpected, please raise a GitHub issue at https://github.com/azure/static-web-apps/issues/

Exiting

Start with the Azure DevOps Pipelines AzureStaticWebApp@0 task and the deployment log around the post-build upload phase; compare the two reported deployment IDs and their exact 60-second timeout. Check the staticwebapp.config.json handling and Azure Static Web Apps documentation, with the issue resolved when a build completes and the content upload succeeds.

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