Azure CI/CD Release Pipeline Apply Changes ErrorIssue <!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #032D42; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #00718f; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: ; max-width: ; width: ; height: ; } } This is related to the ServiceNow CI/CD for Azure Pipelines extension for Azure DevOps that provides similar tasks for setting up CI/CD workflows using Azure Pipelines. The following error can occur when executing a pipeline from Azure DevOps: 2021-08-25T15:37:54.3906359Z ##[error]1.1.854546062907029592626984793 hotfix version is lesser than 1.1.26387251316360968754745370939909 previously uploaded. Please update the hotfix version. Symptoms<!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #032D42; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #00718f; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: ; max-width: ; width: ; height: ; } } Here is example logging from the Azure side: 2021-08-25T15:37:45.8067621Z ##[section]Starting: ServiceNow CI/CD Publish Application2021-08-25T15:37:45.8200775Z ==============================================================================2021-08-25T15:37:45.8201115Z Task : ServiceNow CI/CD Publish Application2021-08-25T15:37:45.8201479Z Description : Installs the specified application from the application repository onto the local instance2021-08-25T15:37:45.8201794Z Version : 2.0.62021-08-25T15:37:45.8202003Z Author : ServiceNow2021-08-25T15:37:45.8202195Z Help :2021-08-25T15:37:45.8202422Z ==============================================================================2021-08-25T15:37:46.1413864Z Start installation with version 1.1.8545460629070295926269847932021-08-25T15:37:47.4245369Z 2% complete.2021-08-25T15:37:50.9054429Z 3% complete.2021-08-25T15:37:54.3859415Z2021-08-25T15:37:54.3870858Z [31mPublication failed[0m2021-08-25T15:37:54.3906359Z ##[error]1.1.854546062907029592626984793 hotfix version is lesser than 1.1.26387251316360968754745370939909 previously uploaded. Please update the hotfix version.2021-08-25T15:37:54.3920085Z The error is:1.1.854546062907029592626984793 hotfix version is lesser than 1.1.26387251316360968754745370939909 previously uploaded. Please update the hotfix version.2021-08-25T15:37:54.3946344Z ##[section]Finishing: ServiceNow CI/CD Publish Application Release<!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #032D42; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #00718f; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: ; max-width: ; width: ; height: ; } } all Cause<!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #032D42; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #00718f; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: ; max-width: ; width: ; height: ; } } Found versioning method used on Azure whereby version number "x.y.z" with z being a random number. Random number generated not always greater than previous number generated. Resolution<!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #032D42; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #00718f; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: ; max-width: ; width: ; height: ; } } 1) If necessary, delete custom app versions using the instructions in the following prod doc:Delete an application from the application repository2) Random version number generated by Azure causing SN versioning logic to fail. Please use fixed versioning assignment method on the Azure DevOps side to prevent this from occurring.