ERROR: "The containerapp does not exist" in Azure CLI task at DevOps Pipeline

Question

I have an issue with my Azure DevOps Pipeline which contains two Docker tasks (Docker build and Docker push) and two Azure CLI tasks (Install azure-cli-extension/containerapp and Update containerapp).

The first Azure CLI task installs the CLI extension with the script:

az extension add --source https://workerappscliextension.blob.core.windows.net/azure-cli-extension/containerapp-0.2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl -y

And with the second I'm attempting to update an existing container app using the following PowerShell script:

# automatically install Container Apps CLI extension
az config set extension.use_dynamic_install=yes_without_prompt

# ensure registry is configured in container app
az containerapp registry set `
   --name acuacontainers `
   --resource-group ACUA-Resources `
   --server acuacontainers.azurecr.io `
   --identity system

# update container app
az containerapp update `
   --name acvalidationapi-test `
   --resource-group ACUA-Resources `
   --image acuacontainers.azurecr.io/validationapi:'$(Build.BuildId)'

The error message received is: "ERROR: The containerapp 'acvalidationapi-test' does not exist." Here's the relevant output:

WARNING: Command group 'config' is experimental and under development. Reference and support levels: https://aka.ms/CLI_refstatus
WARNING: Command group 'containerapp' is in preview and under development. Reference and support levels: https://aka.ms/CLI_refstatus
ERROR: The containerapp 'acuacontainers' does not exist
WARNING: Command group 'containerapp' is in preview and under development. Reference and support levels: https://aka.ms/CLI_refstatus
WARNING: The behavior of this command has been altered by the following extension: containerapp
ERROR: The containerapp 'acvalidationapi-test' does not exist
##[error]Script failed with exit code: 1

I see that the image has a new image tag with the same BuildId into the cloud but the existing container app does not have a new revision.

The pipeline was working two weeks ago and without any change, the pipeline suddenly stopped updating the container app.

Here what I tried:

• I verified all the parameters in the commands: container app name, resource group name, and the container registry name.
• I verified the Service connections in the Azure DevOps project settings.

Please give some hints of what could cause this strange and useless error.

Answer 1

I know this is old, but I have encountered this after moving a container app to a new resource group. It took ~2 hours to resolve after the Azure portal told me the move was completed successfully...FYI, in case anyone else runs into this.