Setting build priority in yaml or UI

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Is there a way to setup up a build's priority in a yaml based pipeline? There seem to be references to build priority in the Azure DevOps API, but nothing in how to do this via yaml. I thought there might be some docs in the Triggers section, but no.

We need this because we have some fast building NuGet packages, but these get starved via slow-build pipelines making turnaround time for packages painful.

The closest thing I could come up with to working around this is via agent demands in the yaml

demands:
  - Agent.ComputerName = XYZ

to separate build pipelines, but this is a bit of a hack and doesn't use agents efficiently.

A way to set this in UI would be acceptable, but I couldn't seem to find anything.

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2 Answers

Recently Azure DevOps introduced the ability to manually specify a build/release runs next.

This manifests as a Run next button. (image source).

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So while you can't say "this pipeline always takes priority" yet, you can manually force a specific run to the front of the queue.

If you need a specific pipeline to always take priority, then you likely want to setup a separate agent pool just for those pipelines, or use demands as Leo Liu mentioned.

user_6025850

Setting build priority in yaml or UI

I'm afraid this feature is not yet supported in Azure DevOps at this moment.

There is a popular user voice about it, you can upvote it and check the feedback from that ticket.

Currently as a workaround, just like what you did, set the demands in build definitions to force building with the specific agents.

Hope this helps.

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