Question

Your team has an Azure DevOps YAML pipeline that currently builds on every commit to the main branch. Management now requires a full regression build to run automatically at 2:00 AM UTC every weekday, but only if there have been code changes since the last successful scheduled run. Commit-based CI triggers should remain unchanged. Which YAML configuration meets these requirements?

Accepted Answer

Add a `schedules` block with a `cron` expression of `0 2 * * 1-5`, set `branches: include: - main`, and leave `always` at its default value of `false`.

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Add a `schedules` block with a `cron` expression of `0 2 * * 1-5`, set `branches: include: - main`, and set `always: true`.

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Set the existing `trigger` block to `cron: '0 2 * * 1-5'` so that both CI and scheduled runs share the same trigger definition.

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Add a `schedules` block with a `cron` expression of `0 2 * * 0-4` and set `batch: true` so builds only run when there are pending changes.