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AzureRmWebAppDeployment@2 is retired: replace it with AzureRmWebAppDeployment@5

The short answer

Retirement date
Removal date
. Pipelines that still use it fail after removal.
Replacement
AzureRmWebAppDeployment@5
Kind of migration
manual migration
Automatic rewrite
No. This task needs a manual migration. trasloco modernize --check still finds the step.
Recommended action
Migrate this step manually to AzureRmWebAppDeployment@5, reviewing the documented behavior and input differences.

Official sources

Last verified:

Why does my pipeline show a retirement error for AzureRmWebAppDeployment@2?

On , Azure Pipelines shows a retirement error for AzureRmWebAppDeployment@2, but the run does not fail. On , pipelines that still use AzureRmWebAppDeployment@2 fail.

Find it in your pipelines

With trasloco:

trasloco modernize --check

Install trasloco from the latest release.

With plain grep, nothing to install:

grep -rniwF 'AzureRmWebAppDeployment@2' --include='*.yml' --include='*.yaml' .

How to migrate

Migrate this step manually to AzureRmWebAppDeployment@5, reviewing the documented behavior and input differences.

The task definition of the replacement is linked under official sources above.

AzureRmWebAppDeployment@2 retirement FAQ

Is AzureRmWebAppDeployment@2 deprecated?

Yes. AzureRmWebAppDeployment@2 is retired on 2026-10-15. Azure Pipelines shows a retirement error, but the run does not fail until removal.

When does AzureRmWebAppDeployment@2 stop working?

AzureRmWebAppDeployment@2 is removed on 2027-03-15. Pipelines that still use it fail after removal.

What should I use instead of AzureRmWebAppDeployment@2?

Replace AzureRmWebAppDeployment@2 with AzureRmWebAppDeployment@5.