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garretwyman
Jun 02, 2023Copper Contributor
Azure DevOps Yaml Pipeline Build Validation Across Multiple Repos
I have multiple repos that are configured the same way for unit tests. (repo1, repo2, repo3). I then have a separate repo that includes the infrastructure for the tests (repo-tests). It has a docker-...
garretwyman
Jun 05, 2023Copper Contributor
For anyone else who might have this issue, the problem for me was that I was testing the pipeline code from a new branch. Once the code was merged into master, it worked fine.
- yassakaOct 09, 2025Copper Contributor
however , when i move the same yaml to the main branch of repo b it works fine
did you confirm that azure devops only triggers build validation automatically when the pipeline yaml is in the default branch of the repo containing the pipeline or if you some documentation how explain that because i search but if found nothing
- yassakaOct 09, 2025Copper Contributor
i have a build validation configured on a branch repo a , but the yaml pipeline is stored in another repo b , when the yaml is in feature branch , the pr shows one required check not yet run and the build never starts
- yassakaOct 09, 2025Copper Contributor
hi im facing a similar issue