Using PowerShell running AddMessageAsync results in WaitForActivation

Question

I created a queue:

PS C:\Users\Catherine Bundy> $queue |select -Property *

CloudQueue : Microsoft.Azure.Storage.Queue.CloudQueue
Uri : https://augustgophers.queue.core.windows.net/myqueue
ApproximateMessageCount :
EncodeMessage : True
QueueClient : Azure.Storage.Queues.QueueClient
QueueProperties : Azure.Storage.Queues.Models.QueueProperties
Context : Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Storage.AzureStorageContext
Name : myqueue

I add a message:

PS C:\Users\Catherine Bundy> $queueMessage = [Microsoft.Azure.Storage.Queue.CloudQueueMessage]::new("This is message 3")
PS C:\Users\Catherine Bundy> $queue.CloudQueue.AddMessageAsync($queueMessage)

The result:

Id IsCompleted Status
-- ----------- ------
7 False WaitingForActivation

I watch the queue from the portal (hitting refresh repeatedly) and the message never appears.

However, adding a message from the portal does show up in the queue.

Answer 1

@Catherine Bundy (Aquent LLC) Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A. I understand that you are receiving WaitingForActivation when you try to add messages to the queue using AddMessageAsync.

Please refer to this similar article which suggests you to use- static async void Main(string[] args) { ... await queue.AddMessageAsync(message); ... }

or queue.AddMessageAsync(message).GetAwaiter().GetResult();

As per - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55706246/cannot-add-message-to-storage-queue-using-c-sharp

Please let us know if that helps. Thank you!

Answer 2

That worked! Thank you very much!