Azure-devops-docs: Couldn't run in my pipeline with following error.

[prabhushrikant]

Step references task 'Delay' at version '1.1.6' which is not valid for the given job target.

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• ID: 05e99925-c1f9-5041-311f-39469c124d85
• Version Independent ID: 81b0a6bf-d7cb-7208-3759-3455efc5bf13
• Content: Delay task - Azure Pipelines
• Content Source: docs/pipelines/tasks/utility/delay.md
• Product: devops
• Technology: devops-cicd
• GitHub Login: @RoopeshNair
• Microsoft Alias: ronai

[RoopeshNair]

@shahban for Gate/Server phase tasks

[shashban]

Looks like you have a specific task version referred in the yaml.
Can you confirm your yaml looks like the following?

• job: RunsOnServer
  pool: Server
  steps:
  
  
  
  • task: Delay@1
    
    inputs:
    
    delayForMinutes: '1'
  
  

[shashban]

Closing the issue due to no response from the customer

[Mr-Ev-H]

In case this helps anyone else - this happens if you try and run the delay task outside of an agentless job. Documentation makes reference to the fact that "Can be used in only an agentless job of a release pipeline."

[felaray]

same problem

error msg

Job Job: Step references task 'Delay' at version '1.1.8' which is not valid for the given job target.

pipeline

'
trigger:

• master

pool:
vmImage: 'windows-latest'

variables:
solution: '*/.sln'
buildPlatform: 'Any CPU'
buildConfiguration: 'Release'

steps:

• task: NuGetToolInstaller@1

• task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
  inputs:
  command: 'publish'
  publishWebProjects: true

• task: Delay@1
  inputs:
  delayForMinutes: '05'

• task: CopyFiles@2
  inputs:
  targetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'

• task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
  inputs:
  PathtoPublish: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
  ArtifactName: 'drop'
  publishLocation: 'Container'

• task: NuGetCommand@2
  inputs:
  restoreSolution: '$(solution)'

• task: VSBuild@1
  inputs:
  solution: '$(solution)'
  msbuildArgs: '/p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:WebPublishMethod=Package /p:PackageAsSingleFile=true /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true /p:DesktopBuildPackageLocation="$(build.artifactStagingDirectory)\WebApp.zip" /p:DeployIisAppPath="Default Web Site"'
  platform: '$(buildPlatform)'
  configuration: '$(buildConfiguration)'

• task: VSTest@2
  inputs:
  platform: '$(buildPlatform)'
  configuration: '$(buildConfiguration)'

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[M0ns1gn0r]

@MS please add an understandable error message instead of this obscure one.