"Central Directory corrupt" error on VSCode deploy

Adrián Melián 36

Hello,

Currently, I have an Angular application that I publish on our Azure App Service platform using the "Azure App Service" extension by deploying it to the selected deployment slot.

We have been using this extension without any issues for years. However, yesterday, while we were deploying, VSCode closed in the middle of the deployment process, and since then, we haven't been able to perform any deployments as we encounter the error message "Central Directory corrupt."

I have reviewed all the related posts on the web, but none of them resolve the issue. The VSCode log indicates the following:

12:38:05 PM project-preview: Starting deployment...

12:38:06 PM project-preview: Creating zip package...

12:38:06 PM project-preview: Zip package size: 22 B

12:38:08 PM project-preview: Fetching changes.

12:38:08 PM project-preview: Cleaning up temp folders from previous zip deployments and extracting pushed zip file C:\local\Temp\zipdeploy\givtofy0.zip (0.00 MB) to C:\local\Temp\zipdeploy\extracted

12:38:08 PM project-preview: Central Directory corrupt.

12:38:12 PM project-preview: Deployment failed.

I believe that the Temp directory is corrupt or something has happened to it, although if I access it through Kudu, I can see that the C:\Temp directory exists.

The issue is that after this failure, we cannot deploy any applications since we have several of them.

Thanks

Grmacjon-MSFT 17,886 Reputation points

2023-07-13T23:43:01.9966667+00:00
Hi @Adrián Melián , we are sorry to hear you're facing this issue. what version of VS code are you running? what size is the zip files because based on the error message its showing 0.0MB was extracted

"Cleaning up temp folders from previous zip deployments and extracting pushed zip file C:\local\Temp\zipdeploy\givtofy0.zip (0.00 MB) to C:\local\Temp\zipdeploy\extracted"

The error message "Central Directory corrupt" indicates that there is an issue with the zip file that is being deployed to your Azure App Service. This error can occur if the zip file is corrupted or if there is an issue with the file system on the server.

To resolve this issue, you can try the following steps:

Try deploying your application again. If the issue persists, try creating a new deployment slot and deploying your application to the new slot. This will help you determine if the issue is specific to the deployment slot or if it is a more general issue with your Azure App Service.

You can also try creating a new zip file of your application and deploying it to your Azure App Service. Make sure that the zip file is not corrupted and that it contains all the necessary files and folders for your application.

-Grace
Julián García 0 Reputation points

2023-07-14T20:03:30.5966667+00:00

I have the same problem on only one of two functions I am trying to deploy. The other one deploys nicely. I don't know how to fix this, but it's probably a VSCode bug because it didn't happen earlier
Grzegorz Górnicki 10 Reputation points

2023-07-16T20:20:50.5566667+00:00

I'm having the same issue.

Can't deploy my Azure Functions written in Python. Same errors as the original author of the top post.
Grzegorz Górnicki 10 Reputation points

2023-07-16T20:42:57.5866667+00:00

Update: I have reverted the latest update of Azure Functions extension to v1.11.0 and I am able to deploy again. The latest version (v1.12.0) from couple of days ago is buggy.
Adrián Melián 36 Reputation points

2023-07-18T11:05:35.4033333+00:00

It's the common solution but this doesn't work. I have various slots (and new too) and any one allow to deploy it from Azure extensions for VSCode.

I have reverted the versions of the VSCode extensions as user Grzegorz Górnicki says but this did not solve anything in my case.
Tony 0 Reputation points

2023-07-27T11:18:56.4266667+00:00

Hi there.

I was trying to deploy NodeJS Azure Functions and stumbled upon the same problem with 1.12.1 (22B zip package size and then "central directory corrupt" error). Reverting to 1.11.0 helped.

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Volodymyr Litovka 121 Reputation points

2023-07-17T21:20:56.66+00:00
Hi, suddenly started to experience the same issue, which repeats for two different subscriptions.

11:00:23 PM my_func: Starting deployment...

11:00:23 PM my_func: Creating zip package...

11:00:23 PM my_func: Zip package size: 22 B

11:00:26 PM my_func: Fetching changes.

11:00:28 PM my_func: Cleaning up temp folders from previous zip deployments and extracting pushed zip file /tmp/zipdeploy/565dca1c-b056-4b1e-a127-f8ff7babb14b.zip (0.00 MB) to /tmp/zipdeploy/extracted

11:00:28 PM my_func: Central Directory corrupt.

11:00:34 PM my_func: Deployment failed.

VSCode with the latest all extensions (see below).

Is it possible to get more detailed debug of deploy? Why resulting ZIP is just 22 bytes long? It's naturally that when trying to unpack, it will not find 'central directory'.

Yesterday, the Windows 10 updated with two updates - KB5028705 and KB5028166. Can it be the issue?

Thank you.

Version: 1.80.1 (user setup) Commit: 74f6148eb9ea00507ec113ec51c489d6ffb4b771 Date: 2023-07-12T17:22:07.651Z Electron: 22.3.14 ElectronBuildId: 21893604 Chromium: 108.0.5359.215 Node.js: 16.17.1 V8: 10.8.168.25-electron.0 OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19044
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Grmacjon-MSFT 17,886 Reputation points

2023-08-04T04:24:02.19+00:00

Hi all,

This was identified as a bug. A fix has been deployed and issue is now mitigated. Please let us know if you're still having this issue @Adrián Melián

Thanks,

Grace
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Adrián Melián 36 Reputation points

2023-08-04T07:11:40.26+00:00

Hello @Grmacjon-MSFT

What it's deployed? I'm try to deploy again with "Azure App Service" extension and I still having the same problem.

My VSCode:

Version: 1.80.0 (user setup) Commit: 660393deaaa6d1996740ff4880f1bad43768c814 Date: 2023-07-04T15:06:02.407Z Electron: 22.3.14 ElectronBuildId: 21893604 Chromium: 108.0.5359.215 Node.js: 16.17.1 V8: 10.8.168.25-electron.0 OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

Extension:

Name: Azure App Service Id: ms-azuretools.vscode-azureappservice Description: An Azure App Service management extension for Visual Studio Code. Version: 0.25.0 Publisher: Microsoft

Grmacjon-MSFT 17,886 Reputation points

2023-08-08T23:50:14.9666667+00:00

Hi @Adrián Melián the fix was rolled out last week. It looks like your issue requires deeper investigation. Could you please send us an email to AzCommunity[at]Microsoft[dot]com with the below details, so that we can enable a one-time-free support for you to work closely on this issue?

Email subject: <Attn - Grace >

Thread URL: <Microsoft Q&A Thread>

Subscription ID: <your Azure subscription id>

Name of your app service

Please let me know here once the email is sent along with above requested details.

Thanks,

Grace

shani patel 0 Reputation points

2023-08-20T04:36:58.1366667+00:00

Hi @Grmacjon-MSFT , I am facing the same issue, was there any update after this?

Grmacjon-MSFT 17,886 Reputation points

2023-08-22T02:21:50.4333333+00:00

Hi shani patel, can you please give more details about your issue? As I mentioned above the engineering team deployed a fix a few weeks ago so the issue should have been resolved.

Niraj 45 Reputation points

2023-09-21T12:50:58.4+00:00

Even I have been facing these issues, there's no pattern to when this issue pops up. If I deploy the code through VS code to function app it takes a lot of attempts to deploy successfully and after successful deploy if I try again it sometimes works but most of the time throws errors and the deployment fails. This is really stressful.
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