Question

Your team uses Azure Repos with a pull-request workflow targeting the main branch. A third-party static analysis SaaS tool runs against every PR and posts results back to Azure DevOps by calling the Status API on the pull request. Leadership now requires that a PR cannot be completed unless this external tool reports a successful status, and the requirement must survive even if the tool is temporarily slow to respond. Which branch policy configuration meets this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Add a Status check branch policy on main referencing the external tool's status context and mark it as required.

Answer

Add a Build validation branch policy on main that queues the internal CI build pipeline.

Answer

Configure a required reviewer group that includes the service account used by the external tool.

Answer

Enable the 'Check for linked work items' policy and set it to required.