Azure Pipelines - Sprint 166 Update

Features

Runtime parameters

With this update, we're adding runtime parameters. Runtime parameters let you have more control over what values can be passed to a pipeline. Unlike variables, runtime parameters have data types and don't automatically become environment variables. With runtime parameters you can:

  • Supply different values to scripts and tasks at runtime
  • Control parameter types, ranges allowed, and defaults
  • Dynamically select jobs and stages with template expression

To learn more about runtime parameters, see the documentation here.

Agent diagnostics

We've added diagnostics for many common agent related problems such as many networking issues and common causes of upgrade failures. To get started with diagnostics, use run.sh --diagnostics or run.cmd --diagnostics on Windows.

Next steps

Note

These features will roll out over the next two to three weeks.

Head over to Azure DevOps and take a look.

How to provide feedback

We would love to hear what you think about these features. Use the help menu to report a problem or provide a suggestion.

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You can also get advice and your questions answered by the community on Stack Overflow.

Thanks,

Aaron Hallberg