Extension pipelines include nonexisting paths in pr and main branch triggers

[ronaldbosma]

I got some interesting comments on PR #8005 from Copilot about non existing paths included in the main branch and pr triggers. See comment 1 and comment 2.

My new pipeline eng/pipelines/release-ext-azure-logicappsstandard.yml is similar to for example release-ext-microsoft-azd-demo.yml. The issue with non existing paths seems to apply to all extension pipelines under /eng/pipelines.

At the very least I think eng/pipelines/release-azd-extension.yml should be changed to /eng/pipelines/templates/stages/release-azd-extension.yml. But more changes might be necessary.

[vhvb1989]

Path filter audit — eng/pipelines and .github/workflows

I parsed every pipeline's trigger/pr (Azure DevOps) and on.push/pull_request (GitHub Actions) paths filters and checked each entry against the actual repo tree. There are three distinct invalid path references.

1. eng/pipelines/release-azd-extension.yml — INVALID (update path)

This file does not exist. The real file is eng/pipelines/templates/stages/release-azd-extension.yml (which each pipeline already extends correctly). This is the exact bug reported here.

• Occurrences: all 17 release-ext-*.yml pipelines, in both trigger.paths.include and pr.paths.include.
• Fix: replace with /eng/pipelines/templates/stages/release-azd-extension.yml.

2. go.mod (repo root) — INVALID (remove or repoint)

There is no go.mod at the repo root — modules live at cli/azd/go.mod and per-extension cli/azd/extensions/<id>/go.mod.

• Occurrences:
  • 14 of 17 release-ext-*.yml (missing in azure-coding-agent, microsoft-azd-concurx, microsoft-azd-extensions).
  • release-cli.yml (trigger + pr).
• Fix:
  • release-cli.yml: remove it (redundant — cli/ already covers cli/azd/go.mod), or change to cli/azd/go.mod.
  • Extension pipelines: remove it (the extension dir include already covers its own go.mod), or point to that extension's go.mod.

3. templates/** in .github/workflows/cspell-misc.yml — INVALID (stale)

cspell-misc.yml has a paths-ignore entry for a root templates/ directory that doesn't exist. Low impact (ignore filter), but stale and should be removed.

Valid (verified present) — for the record

• /eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/build-azd-extension.yml, cross-build-azd-extension.yml, variables/image.yml, steps/publish-cli.yml — all exist. Note: publish-cli.yml in extension pr filters is valid but looks like copy-paste from release-cli.yml and is arguably irrelevant to extension builds.
• All cli/azd/extensions/<id> directory includes resolve correctly.
• All other .github/workflows/* path filters are valid.

Style note (not a bug)

Path filters mix leading-slash (/eng/...) and relative (eng/...) forms within the same file. Both are accepted by ADO, but standardizing would improve readability.

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Audit generated by validating each path filter against the repo tree at main.