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What happened?
I have a pipeline I'd like to run on the Microsoft-hosted windows-latest agent & to try to take advantage of the sparse checkout feature.
However, I noticed that my pipeline consistently gets executed on agent version 3.251.0 - regardless if I try using windows-latest or ubuntu-latest.
I even tried stripping down the pipeline to just the git repos' checkout steps and this still happens.
resources:
repositories:
- repository: repo1
type: git
name: project/repo1
ref: develop #$(Build.SourceBranch)
trigger: none
- repository: repo2
type: git
name: project/repo2
ref: develop #$(Build.SourceBranch)
trigger: none
- repository: repo3
type: git
name: project/repo3
ref: develop #$(Build.SourceBranch)
trigger: none
pr: none
name: $(productVersion)-pr.$(prId)-$(prIteration)
variables:
- group: REDACTED1
- group: REDACTED2
- name: prId
value: $[coalesce(variables['System.PullRequest.PullRequestId'], '000')]
- name: prIteration
value: $[counter(variables['prId'], 1)]
- name: buildversion
value: $(productVersion)-pr.$(prId)-$(prIteration)
- name: configuration
value: Release
stages:
- stage: BuildDotnetDistribution
displayName: 'Build dotnet distribution'
pool:
vmImage: windows-latest
jobs:
- job: Build
displayName: 'Build '
steps:
- checkout: repo1
fetchDepth: 1
fetchTags: false
lfs: true
sparseCheckoutPatterns: |
/*
!/Android/
!/iOS/
- checkout: Shared
fetchDepth: 1
fetchTags: false
lfs: true
- checkout: Services
fetchDepth: 1
fetchTags: false
lfs: true
I noticed this for other pipelines in other projects as well.
I was able to get a 4.252.0 agent for both ubuntu-latest and windows latest only for a very simple pipeline:
trigger:
- master
pool:
vmImage: windows-latest
steps:
- task: CmdLine@2
inputs:
script: |
echo $(Agent.Name)
echo $(Agent.JobName)
echo $(System.JobId)
echo $(System.JobName)
echo $(System.PlanId)
echo $(System.DefinitionId)
echo $(Build.BuildId)
echo $(Build.BuildNumber)
Versions
windows-latest:
OS Version: 10.0.20348 Build 3328
Image Version: 20250330.1.0
ubuntu-latest:
OS Version: 22.04.5 LTS
Kernel Version: 6.8.0-1021-azure
Image Version: 20250323.1.0
Systemd version: 249.11-0ubuntu3.12
Environment type (Please select at least one enviroment where you face this issue)
- Microsoft Hosted
- Self-Hosted
- VMSS Pool
- Container
Azure DevOps Server type
dev.azure.com (formerly visualstudio.com)
Azure DevOps Server Version (if applicable)
No response
Operation system
Windows Server 2022 & Ubuntu 22.04
Version controll system
git
Relevant log output
Starting: Initialize job
Agent name: 'Azure Pipelines 2'
Agent machine name: 'fv-az625-222'
Current agent version: '3.251.0'
Operating System
Runner Image
Runner Image Provisioner
Current image version: '20250330.1.0'
Agent running as: 'VssAdministrator'
##[debug]Triggering repository: repo1. repository type: Git
Prepare build directory.
##[debug]Creating build directory: 'D:\a\1'
##[debug]Delete existing artifacts directory: 'D:\a\1\a'
##[debug]Creating artifacts directory: 'D:\a\1\a'
##[debug]Delete existing test results directory: 'D:\a\1\TestResults'
##[debug]Creating test results directory: 'D:\a\1\TestResults'
##[debug]Creating binaries directory: 'D:\a\1\b'
##[debug]Creating source directory: 'D:\a\1\s'
##[debug]Creating repository source directory: 'D:\a\1\s\repo1'
##[debug]Creating repository source directory: 'D:\a\1\s\repo2'
##[debug]Creating repository source directory: 'D:\a\1\s\repo3'
Set build variables.
Download all required tasks.
Checking job knob settings.
Knob: DockerActionRetries = true Source: $(VSTSAGENT_DOCKER_ACTION_RETRIES)
Knob: AgentToolsDirectory = C:\hostedtoolcache\windows Source: ${AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY}
Knob: UseGitLongPaths = true Source: $(USE_GIT_LONG_PATHS)
Knob: AgentPerflog = c:\vsts\perflog Source: ${VSTS_AGENT_PERFLOG}
Knob: EnableIssueSourceValidation = true Source: $(ENABLE_ISSUE_SOURCE_VALIDATION)
Knob: AgentEnablePipelineArtifactLargeChunkSize = true Source: $(AGENT_ENABLE_PIPELINEARTIFACT_LARGE_CHUNK_SIZE)
Knob: ContinueAfterCancelProcessTreeKillAttempt = true Source: $(VSTSAGENT_CONTINUE_AFTER_CANCEL_PROCESSTREEKILL_ATTEMPT)
Knob: ProcessHandlerSecureArguments = false Source: $(AZP_75787_ENABLE_NEW_LOGIC)
Knob: ProcessHandlerSecureArguments = false Source: $(AZP_75787_ENABLE_NEW_LOGIC_LOG)
Knob: ProcessHandlerTelemetry = true Source: $(AZP_75787_ENABLE_COLLECT)
Knob: UseNewNodeHandlerTelemetry = True Source: $(DistributedTask.Agent.USENEWNODEHANDLERTELEMETRY)
Knob: ProcessHandlerEnableNewLogic = true Source: $(AZP_75787_ENABLE_NEW_PH_LOGIC)
Knob: EnableResourceMonitorDebugOutput = true Source: $(AZP_ENABLE_RESOURCE_MONITOR_DEBUG_OUTPUT)
Knob: EnableResourceUtilizationWarnings = true Source: $(AZP_ENABLE_RESOURCE_UTILIZATION_WARNINGS)
Knob: IgnoreVSTSTaskLib = true Source: $(AZP_AGENT_IGNORE_VSTSTASKLIB)
Knob: FailJobWhenAgentDies = true Source: $(FAIL_JOB_WHEN_AGENT_DIES)
Knob: CheckForTaskDeprecation = true Source: $(AZP_AGENT_CHECK_FOR_TASK_DEPRECATION)
Knob: CheckIfTaskNodeRunnerIsDeprecated246 = False Source: $(DistributedTask.Agent.CheckIfTaskNodeRunnerIsDeprecated246)
Knob: UseNode20ToStartContainer = True Source: $(DistributedTask.Agent.UseNode20ToStartContainer)
Knob: LogTaskNameInUserAgent = true Source: $(AZP_AGENT_LOG_TASKNAME_IN_USERAGENT)
Knob: UseFetchFilterInCheckoutTask = true Source: $(AGENT_USE_FETCH_FILTER_IN_CHECKOUT_TASK)
Knob: Rosetta2Warning = true Source: $(ROSETTA2_WARNING)
Knob: AddForceCredentialsToGitCheckout = True Source: $(DistributedTask.Agent.AddForceCredentialsToGitCheckout)
Finished checking job knob settings.
##[debug]Log plugin 'TestResultLogPlugin' is disabled.
##[debug]Log plugin 'TestFilePublisherPlugin' is disabled.
Start tracking orphan processes.
Finishing: Initialize job