Enable task authors to determine whether the task is running on a hosted agent, or not.

node/docs/azure-pipelines-task-lib.json

@@ -680,6 +680,20 @@
             }
           ]
         },
+        "getAgentMode": {
+          "name": "getAgentMode",
+          "members": {},
+          "documentation": "Gets a agent hosted mode: Unknown, SelfHosted or MsHosted.\nRequires a 2.212.0 agent or higher for full functionality. With lower version returns AgentHostedMode.Unknown value. \n\n@returns AgentHostedMode",
+          "kind": "function",
+          "signatures": [
+            {
+              "parameters": [],
+              "members": {},
+              "return": "AgentHostedMode",
+              "documentation": "Gets a agent hosted mode: Unknown, SelfHosted or MsHosted.\nRequires a 2.212.0 agent or higher for full functionality. With lower version returns AgentHostedMode.Unknown value. \n\n@returns AgentHostedMode"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
         "setVariable": {
           "name": "setVariable",
           "members": {},

node/docs/azure-pipelines-task-lib.md

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import tl = require('azure-pipelines-task-lib/task')
 <a href="#tasksetVariable">setVariable</a> <br/>
 <a href="#taskgetTaskVariable">getTaskVariable</a> <br/>
 <a href="#tasksetTaskVariable">setTaskVariable</a> <br/>
+<a href="#taskgetAgentMode">getAgentMode</a> <br/>
 
 ### Execution <a href="#Execution">(v)</a>
 
@@ -290,6 +291,18 @@ Limitations on an agent prior to 2.104.1:
 getVariables():VariableInfo[]
 ```
 
+<br/>
+<div id="taskgetAgentMode">
+
+### task.getAgentMode <a href="#index">(^)</a>
+Gets a agent hosted mode: Unknown, SelfHosted or MsHosted.
+Requires a 2.212.0 agent or higher for full functionality. With lower version returns AgentHostedMode.Unknown value.
+
+@returns AgentHostedMode
+```javascript
+getAgentMode():AgentHostedMode
+```
+
 <br/>
 <div id="tasksetVariable">
 

node/docs/docs.json

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
                 "task.getVariables",
                 "task.setVariable",
                 "task.getTaskVariable",
-                "task.setTaskVariable"
+                "task.setTaskVariable",
+                "task.getAgentMode"
             ]
         },
         "Execution": {

node/mock-answer.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface TaskLibAnswers {
     find?: { [key: string]: string[] },
     findMatch?: { [key: string]: string[] },
     getPlatform?: { [key: string]: task.Platform },
+    getAgentMode?: { [key: string]: task.AgentHostedMode },
     legacyFindFiles?: { [key: string]: string[] },
     ls?: { [key: string]: string },
     osType?: { [key: string]: string },

node/mock-task.ts

@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ export function getPlatform(): task.Platform {
     return mock.getResponse('getPlatform', 'getPlatform', module.exports.debug);
 }
 
+export function getAgentMode(): task.AgentHostedMode {
+    return mock.getResponse('getAgentMode', 'getAgentMode', module.exports.debug);
+}
+
 export function cwd(): string {
     return mock.getResponse('cwd', 'cwd', module.exports.debug);
 }

node/task.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ export enum Platform {
     Linux
 }
 
+export enum AgentHostedMode {
+    Unknown,
+    SelfHosted,
+    MsHosted
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------
 // General Helpers
 //-----------------------------------------------------
@@ -659,6 +665,22 @@ export function getPlatform(): Platform {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Return hosted type of Agent
+ * @returns {AgentHostedMode}
+ */
+export function getAgentMode(): AgentHostedMode {
+    let agentCloudId = getVariable('Agent.CloudId');
+
+    if (agentCloudId === undefined)
+        return AgentHostedMode.Unknown;
+
+    if (agentCloudId)
+        return AgentHostedMode.MsHosted;
+
+    return AgentHostedMode.SelfHosted;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the process's current working directory.
  * see [process.cwd](https://nodejs.org/api/process.html#process_process_cwd)