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Azure DevOps Server –Build statuses

After migrating to Azure DevOps Server 2019, I got stuck when trying to reconfigure a XAML build controller. Instead of replacing an existing build controller I got an error explaining that the build controller I was using had still a build in progress.

Time to dig into the Azure DevOps database to found out what build I should cancel…

The ‘go to’ table is tbl_BuildQueue. Every build in the queue has a status.

Here are all the statuses for tbl_BuildQueue

  • 0 – None
  • 1 – In progress
  • 2 – Queued
  • 4- Postponed
  • 8 – Completed
  • 16 – Cancelled

Create an update query that set all ‘In progress’ builds to Canceled:

UPDATE tbl_BuildQueue SET [Status]=16 where [Status]=1

If this doesn’t help you can also check the tbl_Build table.

Here are all the statuses for tbl_Build:

  • 1 – In progress
  • 2 – Succeeded
  • 4- Partially Succeeded
  • 8 – Failed
  • 16 – Stopped

Let’s update the builds here as well:

UPDATE tbl_Build SET [BuildStatus]=16 where [Status]=1