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[BUG] AVDAppAttachPublish@1 fails without error message

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Description

Project
MSIX SDK

Describe the bug
I use the task AVDAppAttachPublish@1 in my azure devops pipeline.
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With GUI I can setup the task properly, so I understand the chosen "Service connection" has the proper rights.

Unfortunately the step fails and there is no clear error given.

##[debug]Processed: ##vso[telemetry.publish area=MSIX-Packaging;feature=AVDAppAttachPublish]{"SYSTEM_TASKINSTANCEID":"xx","SYSTEM_JOBID":"xx","SYSTEM_PLANID":"xx","SYSTEM_COLLECTIONID":"xxx","AGENT_ID":"8","AGENT_MACHINENAME":"fv-az432-888","AGENT_NAME":"Hosted Agent","AGENT_JOBSTATUS":"Succeeded","AGENT_OS":"Windows_NT","AGENT_VERSION":"4.248.0","BUILD_BUILDID":"1391","BUILD_BUILDNUMBER":"20250108.12","BUILD_BUILDURI":"vstfs:///Build/Build/1391","BUILD_CONTAINERID":"81413060","BUILD_DEFINITIONNAME":"xxx","BUILD_DEFINITIONVERSION":"2","BUILD_REASON":"Manual","BUILD_REPOSITORY_CLEAN":"False","BUILD_REPOSITORY_GIT_SUBMODULECHECKOUT":"False","BUILD_REPOSITORY_NAME":"xxx","BUILD_REPOSITORY_PROVIDER":"TfsGit","BUILD_SOURCEVERSION":"7b3f9e6452468","Version":"2.0.0","AppAttachImagePath":"D:\\a\\1\\a\\AppAttach\\app.vhdx","IsSuccessful":false,"ExceptionMessage":{}}
##[debug]task result: Failed
##[error]TypeError: exceptionMessage.match is not a function
##[debug]Processed: ##vso[task.issue type=error;]TypeError: exceptionMessage.match is not a function
##[debug]Processed: ##vso[task.complete result=Failed;]TypeError: exceptionMessage.match is not a function

So the task fails but the ExceptionMessage property is empty. So the resulted error displays that it is not able to show the exception message from the task itself

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Research direction

Start by reproducing AVDAppAttachPublish@1 in an Azure DevOps pipeline using the reported setup and inspect how the task handles the empty ExceptionMessage value. Confirm that a failed task reports its underlying error, rather than failing again with TypeError: exceptionMessage.match is not a function.

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Assessment

Tech stack
azure
Domain
ci-cd, devops
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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