"There has been no past successful build for this stage"

[jmichas]

I am using the checkStage, overrideStageName, tag, and checkForManuallyLinkedWI to try and use a previous successful build to lookup WIs from.

I use git tag -l to get the latest tag matching my pattern and have verified it is the last successful build.

I am not sure why the task does not find a successful build. The overrideStageName is the stage that releases my app to the appstore, my build is only tagged if the pipeline successfully completes.

How do I fix this?

In the log I get this at the beginning:

Only considering builds with the tag(s) 'iOS_SBX_v1.0.119-alpha+805595dc22'
Overriding current stage 'checkout_and_install_tools' with 'release_to_appstore'
Getting items associated the builds since the last successful build to the stage 'release_to_appstore'

later in the log I see this:

There has been no past successful build for this stage, we need to get the details for all past builds

I should add that I get the correct WIs in my notes but I think it takes a really long time because I am bringing back a ton of WIs that end up getting filtered by if statements in my template.

[rfennell]

The tag parameter for the task is not referring to git tags, but an Azure DevOps Pipeline Tags, I think that could explain what you are seeing

[jmichas]

So when you use the tag on successful build in "Get Sources" in the pipeline triggers YAML tab, that is setting a git tag then?

[rfennell]

Yes it is, so definitely confusing

[jmichas]

Is the default tag for a pipeline the buildnumber? Or do I have to use a task to tag the pipeline?

[rfennell]

You add them via the UI using the ellipsis menu on the right

They then appear like this

These tags are for the Azure Pipelines only (they are not the same ones as used for source control or work item)

To add a build tag from with a pipelines use this extension from Colin Dembovsky

[jmichas]

Ok great thanks for your help!