[BUG]: Azure App Service deploy started failing with error "A '-dest' argument must be specified with the 'sync' verb"

[cloud-ik]

What happened?

Task name
Deploy Azure App Service

Task version
4.230.7

Versions

Agent name: 'Hosted Agent'
Current agent version: '3.227.2'
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (10.0.17763)

Environment type (Please select at least one enviroment where you face this issue)

• Self-Hosted
• Microsoft Hosted
• VMSS Pool
• Container

Azure DevOps Server type

dev.azure.com (formerly visualstudio.com)

Azure DevOps Server Version (if applicable)

No response

Operation system

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (10.0.17763)

Version controll system

No response

Relevant log output

2023-11-06T22:16:14.2798823Z [command]"C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V3\msdeploy.exe" -verb:sync -source:IisApp='D:\a\r1\a\VI CosmosDb WebApi & Client\vi-cosmosdb-api' -dest:iisApp='vbl-dev-verticalinsite-app-service/webapi',ComputerName='https://vbl-dev-verticalinsite-app-service.scm.azurewebsites.net:443/msdeploy.axd?site=vbl-dev-verticalinsite-app-service',UserName='$vbl-dev-verticalinsite-app-service',Password='***',AuthType='Basic' -enableRule:AppOffline -retryAttempts:6 -retryInterval:10000 -enableRule:DoNotDeleteRule -userAgent:VSTS_a261676f-76fd-4679-b4bf-62224d205671_Release__781_1319_1
2023-11-06T22:16:14.7719893Z [command]"C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V3\msdeploy.exe" -verb:sync -source:IisApp='D:\a\r1\a\VI CosmosDb WebApi & Client\vi-cosmosdb-api' -dest:iisApp='vbl-dev-verticalinsite-app-service/webapi',ComputerName='https://vbl-dev-verticalinsite-app-service.scm.azurewebsites.net:443/msdeploy.axd?site=vbl-dev-verticalinsite-app-service',UserName='$vbl-dev-verticalinsite-app-service',Password='***',AuthType='Basic' -enableRule:AppOffline -retryAttempts:6 -retryInterval:10000 -enableRule:DoNotDeleteRule -userAgent:VSTS_a261676f-76fd-4679-b4bf-62224d205671_Release__781_1319_1
2023-11-06T22:16:14.9874174Z [command]"C:\Program Files\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V3\msdeploy.exe" -verb:sync -source:IisApp='D:\a\r1\a\VI CosmosDb WebApi & Client\vi-cosmosdb-api' -dest:iisApp='vbl-dev-verticalinsite-app-service/webapi',ComputerName='https://vbl-dev-verticalinsite-app-service.scm.azurewebsites.net:443/msdeploy.axd?site=vbl-dev-verticalinsite-app-service',UserName='$vbl-dev-verticalinsite-app-service',Password='***',AuthType='Basic' -enableRule:AppOffline -retryAttempts:6 -retryInterval:10000 -enableRule:DoNotDeleteRule -userAgent:VSTS_a261676f-76fd-4679-b4bf-62224d205671_Release__781_1319_1
2023-11-06T22:16:15.1834818Z ##[error]Error: Error: A '-dest' argument must be specified with the 'sync' verb.
Error count: 1.
The system cannot find the path specified.

[cloud-ik]

similar issue - microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks#19250
Removing & from source path fixed it

[kirill-ivlev]

Hi @cloud-ik, thank you for your request.
Since issue is resolved, I'm closing this issue.