Is this warning message needed: "You specified releaseNotes - so you need to provide fastlane session, app specific password only won't work"

[syewchuk]

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Enter Task Name: AppStoreRelease@1

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https://github.com/microsoft/app-store-vsts-extension/tree/master/Tasks/AppStoreRelease https://github.com/microsoft/app-store-vsts-extension/blob/master/Tasks/AppStoreRelease/app-store-release.ts

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• Agent - Hosted or Private:

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  • macos-latest

Issue Description

I am always getting this warning message even though I can upload release notes without issue:

"##[warning]You specified releaseNotes - so you need to provide fastlane session, app specific password only won't work"

• I can update release notes fine
• I am using a service connection with API key to authenticate and upload to the AppStore (not username/password)

I do not think I should get this warning message since the release notes are uploaded without issue.

The error message is coming from this line in app-store-release.ts:

292                if (usingReleaseNotes) {
293                    if (!credentials.fastlaneSession) {
294                        tl.warning(tl.loc('ReleaseNotesRequiresFastlaneSession'));
295                    }
296
297                    pilotCommand.arg(['--changelog', fs.readFileSync(releaseNotes).toString()]);
298                }

Perhaps this message is a vestige from before API key authentication was added? Or maybe fastlane has changed?

appstore_release_task_logs.txt

[LiliaSabitova]

Hi @syewchuk thank you for reporting the issue. Yes, look like this warning is a vestige. We'll get back to it as soon as we have enough capacity.

[rmorrin]

Is there any progress on this issue? We're seeing the same warning and also using API key for authentication. Release notes are updated without any problems.

[LiliaSabitova]

Hi @rmorrin, I'm working on this issue now.

[LiliaSabitova]

Merged changes to master.