Set Rule on Inherited Process: Cannot set more than one rule using 'User Groups' to restrict state transitions.

Question

Dears,

Could anyone please support on the below issue.

In my organization, we are using the on-premise Azure DevOps Server.

version no:
Dev18.M170.7

In Azure DevOps server, For example,

1. I have created a copy of the existing 'Agile' process.
2. Updated the 'Bug' workflow by adding new states.
3. Added user groups called - Dev, QA, BA etc.. And added members to the group.
4. Adding custom rules to restrict bug state flow based on user group.

Setting Rules as below:

Rule Name: Dev

1. Condition:
   Current user is not member of Group - DEV (group name)

Action:
Restrict state transition to 'Testing'.

Rule Name: QA

1. Condition:
   Current user is not member of Group - QA (group name)

Action:
Restrict state transition to 'Closed'.

I am getting the below error message, as soon as I am trying to save the second rule:

VS1640113: It is not allowed to have multiple rules with the same action type using the same conditions. The rules ['Dev', 'QA'] have the action type 'ProhibitedValues' using the same conditions. Change the conditions of the rule to fix this error.

Note:
But, at the same time I am able to successfully set similar conditions on rules (more than one) in free trail version of DevOps 'https://dev.azure.com/'.

Please update me, if anyone has any workaround/clarification for the same.

Answer 1

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