Github Actions stuck on Deploy to Azure Web App

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Github Actions stuck on Deploy to Azure Web App

Dylan Ritzer 5

Hello All,

I have recently built a chatbot in Python using Langchain, GPT_Index and Flask. Currently, I am attempting to find a way to host the python script on an Azure web app. To me, the most straightforward way seems to be by hosting the files on GitHub and then using GitHub actions to upload them to the Azure web app. However, when I do this I get stuck on "Deploy to Azure Web App" and the process never continues to job completion. I am unsure if this is an issue with my code, or rather something that I am doing on GitHub. Any guidance would be much appreciated! azure

VenkateshDodda-MSFT 24,951 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-03-28T12:14:31.14+00:00

@Dylan Ritzer Just Following up to see if you have a chance to check my previous response and helped. Do let me know if you have any further questions on this.
Илья Михов 0 Reputation points

2023-05-04T14:03:06.1833333+00:00

Today I encountered with same problem with my Strapi (Node.js) Web App deployment. It worked well, build times using zip archive deployments were around 6-7 minutes. Now it stuck on "Deploy to Azure Web App". Cool thing is - the app is up and running with latest changes from main, but action itself did not finish.

To deploy next change, I need to Cancel current workflow, wait a bit, and trigger it again - which is annoying. I did not try to disconnect/connect repository from Deployment center. I tried to use WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_PACKAGE=1 setting as suggested - it unfortunately crashed my application strart up, and still Github Action was just stuck on "Deploy to Azure Web App" without any additional logs!

If someone encountered same problem, and have any suggestions how to solve this problem - please share your experience!
Tomas Mijat 5 Reputation points

2025-05-27T02:31:33.3766667+00:00

I also encountered the same error where the OneDeploy indicates a successful deployment but the GitHub action remains uncompleted. This is then running up my GitHub action minutes.

I to attempted the solution below without success.

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VenkateshDodda-MSFT 24,951 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-03-28T12:14:31.14+00:00

@Dylan Ritzer Just Following up to see if you have a chance to check my previous response and helped. Do let me know if you have any further questions on this.
Илья Михов 0 Reputation points

2023-05-04T14:03:06.1833333+00:00

Today I encountered with same problem with my Strapi (Node.js) Web App deployment. It worked well, build times using zip archive deployments were around 6-7 minutes. Now it stuck on "Deploy to Azure Web App". Cool thing is - the app is up and running with latest changes from main, but action itself did not finish.

To deploy next change, I need to Cancel current workflow, wait a bit, and trigger it again - which is annoying. I did not try to disconnect/connect repository from Deployment center. I tried to use WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_PACKAGE=1 setting as suggested - it unfortunately crashed my application strart up, and still Github Action was just stuck on "Deploy to Azure Web App" without any additional logs!

If someone encountered same problem, and have any suggestions how to solve this problem - please share your experience!
Tomas Mijat 5 Reputation points

2025-05-27T02:31:33.3766667+00:00

I also encountered the same error where the OneDeploy indicates a successful deployment but the GitHub action remains uncompleted. This is then running up my GitHub action minutes.

I to attempted the solution below without success.

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VenkateshDodda-MSFT 24,951 Microsoft Employee Moderator

@Dylan Ritzer Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A, apologize for any inconvenience caused on this.

Could you please add this app settings WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_PACKAGE=1, restart the webapp and retry the deployment and check? If you still face the same issue.

Request you to review the deployment logs of the specific workflow from GitHub actions or from the kudu console using this URL https://<app-name>.scm.azurewebsites.net/api/deployments/<specificdeployment_ID>

If you have any challenges, please do help us with the WebappName, deployment Initiated time frame (UTC), complete error message and also deployment Id to check and assist you better on this.

Abdush Samad Miah 0 Reputation points

2023-08-08T16:30:24.3966667+00:00

This solution worked for me, thanks for this @VenkateshDodda-MSFT

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