pipelines variable-group Not working with AzureCLI@2 Task

[JFolberth]

Trying to have a MS hosted DevOps agent query a Team project to select predefined variable groups. This works locally however; when coupled with the Azure CLI Task Get an error
Before you can run Azure DevOps commands, you need to run the login command(az login if using AAD/MSA identity else az devops login if using PAT token) to setup credentials. Please see https://aka.ms/azure-devops-cli-auth for more information.

Try logging in via a PAT and script before this step and still not able to successfully run the az pipelines command

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• ID: ba39ac35-94ff-5cda-dede-4834d174ee4c
• Version Independent ID: 93f1ab7d-610b-0fc4-c247-c31dd7752f60
• Content: az pipelines variable-group
• Content Source: latest/docs-ref-autogen/ext/azure-devops/pipelines/variable-group.yml
• GitHub Login: @rloutlaw
• Microsoft Alias: routlaw

[ghost]

Thanks for the feedback! We are routing this to the appropriate team for follow-up. cc @narula0781, @ashishonce, @romil07.

Issue Details

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Trying to have a MS hosted DevOps agent query a Team project to select predefined variable groups. This works locally however; when coupled with the Azure CLI Task Get an error
Before you can run Azure DevOps commands, you need to run the login command(az login if using AAD/MSA identity else az devops login if using PAT token) to setup credentials. Please see https://aka.ms/azure-devops-cli-auth for more information.

Try logging in via a PAT and script before this step and still not able to successfully run the az pipelines command

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Document Details

⚠ Do not edit this section. It is required for docs.microsoft.com ➟ GitHub issue linking.

• ID: ba39ac35-94ff-5cda-dede-4834d174ee4c
• Version Independent ID: 93f1ab7d-610b-0fc4-c247-c31dd7752f60
• Content: az pipelines variable-group
• Content Source: latest/docs-ref-autogen/ext/azure-devops/pipelines/variable-group.yml
• GitHub Login: @rloutlaw
• Microsoft Alias: routlaw

Author:	JFolberth
Assignees:	-
Labels:	DevOps, Pipelines, Service Attention
Milestone:	-

[yonzhan]

pipelines

[JFolberth]

Any update on this?

[yonzhan]

devops service team should look into this issue.

[neoswallow]

Following should work without needing to do azure login:

      - task: Bash@3
        displayName: "Build .env"
        inputs:
          targetType: 'inline'
          script: |
            #!/bin/bash
            az extension add -n azure-devops
            az devops configure --defaults organization=$(System.TeamFoundationCollectionUri) project="$(System.TeamProject)" --use-git-aliases true

            az pipelines variable-group list --output table
        env:
          AZURE_DEVOPS_EXT_PAT: $(System.AccessToken)