Unable to Delete App Service

Question

Hi there,

I am having an issue deleting an old app service we have not been using for a while.

When I try to delete the App Service I get this message:

Failed to delete app 'NAME_REMOVED': The slot cannot be changed because its configuration settings have been prepared for swap.

This App Service does not have any slots.

I am also unable to edit the configuration, while there is not messages explaining why.

Any help would be greatly appreicated.

Thanks,

Matt

Answer 1

Hi Matt,

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Scenario:

Unable to Delete App Service

Issue:

When I try to delete the App Service I get this message:

Failed to delete app 'NAME_REMOVED': The slot cannot be changed because its configuration settings have been prepared for swap.

Things Tried:

Resolved this issue by resetting my Slot Config via the "Try It" button provided in the link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/appservice/web-apps/reset-production-slot-config?view=rest-appservice-2023-12-01#code-try-0 which resulted in obtaining the expected outcomes.

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Answer 2

Hello Matt,

Thanks for your question
The underlying issue is: "The slot cannot be changed because its configuration settings have been prepared for swap.".

Cancelling the swap will fix the issue.

See similar issue: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/issues/27820

You can mark it 'Accept Answer' and 'Upvote' if this helped you

Regards,

Abiola

Answer 3

I was able to correct this by resetting my Slot Config using the Try It button here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/appservice/web-apps/reset-production-slot-config?view=rest-appservice-2023-12-01#code-try-0