[Question]:AzurePowerShell task is not able to start or stop Azure container Apps

[faisalriazz]

Task name

AzurePowerShell@5

Task version

No response

Environment type (Please select at least one enviroment where you face this issue)

• Self-Hosted
• Microsoft Hosted
• VMSS Pool
• Container

Azure DevOps Server type

dev.azure.com (formerly visualstudio.com)

Azure DevOps Server Version (if applicable)

No response

Operation system

Windows

Question

I am trying to schedule start/stop container apps but the following pipeline is not stopping / starting container app. 

trigger: none

schedules:
- cron: "0 22 * * *"
  displayName: 'Shutdown Schedule'
  branches:
    include:
    - main
  always: true
- cron: "0 7 * * *"
  displayName: 'Startup Schedule'
  branches:
    include:
    - main
  always: true

jobs:
- job: Shutdown
  condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'Schedule'), eq(variables['Build.CronSchedule.DisplayName'], 'Shutdown Schedule'))
  pool:
    vmImage: 'windows-latest'
  steps:
  - task: AzurePowerShell@5
    inputs:
      azureSubscription: 'your service connection name'
      ScriptType: 'InlineScript'
      Inline: 'Stop-AzContainerApp -Name yourContainerAppname -ResourceGroupName yourResourceGroupname -SubscriptionId xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'
      azurePowerShellVersion: 'LatestVersion'

- job: Startup
  condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'Schedule'), eq(variables['Build.CronSchedule.DisplayName'], 'Startup Schedule'))
  pool:
    vmImage: 'windows-latest'
  steps:
  - task: AzurePowerShell@5
    inputs:
      azureSubscription: 'your service connection name'
      ScriptType: 'InlineScript'
      Inline: 'Start-AzContainerApp -Name yourContainerAppname -ResourceGroupName yourResourceGroupname -SubscriptionId xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'
      azurePowerShellVersion: 'LatestVersion'




getting following output from logs

2025-01-09T11:34:38.6819845Z ##[section]Starting: AzurePowerShell
2025-01-09T11:34:38.6828908Z ==============================================================================
2025-01-09T11:34:38.6829064Z Task         : Azure PowerShell
2025-01-09T11:34:38.6829135Z Description  : Run a PowerShell script within an Azure environment
2025-01-09T11:34:38.6829245Z Version      : 5.248.3
2025-01-09T11:34:38.6829321Z Author       : Microsoft Corporation
2025-01-09T11:34:38.6829395Z Help         : https://aka.ms/azurepowershelltroubleshooting
2025-01-09T11:34:38.6829481Z ==============================================================================
2025-01-09T11:34:40.0422222Z Generating script.
2025-01-09T11:34:40.1104524Z ========================== Starting Command Output ===========================
2025-01-09T11:34:40.1425584Z ##[command]"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command ". 'D:\a\_temp\9807e309-1b05-46d8-8f15-0ce4894f5af2.ps1'"
2025-01-09T11:34:41.7241283Z Added TLS 1.2 in session.
2025-01-09T11:34:42.1412994Z ##[command]Import-Module -Name C:\Modules\az_12.1.0\Az.Accounts\4.0.0\Az.Accounts.psd1 -Global
2025-01-09T11:34:51.6736952Z ##[command]Enable-AzureRmAlias -Scope Process
2025-01-09T11:34:55.1114651Z ##[command]Clear-AzContext -Scope CurrentUser -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
2025-01-09T11:34:55.3837992Z ##[command]Clear-AzContext -Scope Process
2025-01-09T11:34:55.4391888Z ##[command]Connect-AzAccount 
2025-01-09T11:34:57.7437226Z VERBOSE: Command [Connect-AzAccount] succeeded.
2025-01-09T11:34:57.7498693Z ##[command]Set-AzContext
2025-01-09T11:35:38.1402516Z TemplateInitContainer                : 
2025-01-09T11:35:38.1402985Z TemplateRevisionSuffix               : 
2025-01-09T11:35:38.1403341Z TemplateServiceBind                  : 
2025-01-09T11:35:38.1403561Z TemplateTerminationGracePeriodSecond : 
2025-01-09T11:35:38.1404572Z TemplateVolume                       : 
2025-01-09T11:35:38.1404961Z Type                                 : Microsoft.App/containerApps
2025-01-09T11:35:38.1405223Z WorkloadProfileName                  : consumption
2025-01-09T11:35:38.1405620Z 
2025-01-09T11:35:38.1737740Z 
2025-01-09T11:35:38.1740389Z 
2025-01-09T11:35:38.4158605Z Added TLS 1.2 in session.
2025-01-09T11:35:39.7654845Z WARNING: Both Az and AzureRM modules were detected on this machine. Az and AzureRM modules cannot be imported in the 
2025-01-09T11:35:39.7655655Z same session or used in the same script or runbook. If you are running PowerShell in an environment you control you can
2025-01-09T11:35:39.7656183Z  use the 'Uninstall-AzureRm' cmdlet to remove all AzureRm modules from your machine. If you are running in Azure 
2025-01-09T11:35:39.7656612Z Automation, take care that none of your runbooks import both Az and AzureRM modules. More information can be found 
2025-01-09T11:35:39.7657508Z here: https://aka.ms/azps-migration-guide
2025-01-09T11:35:40.9540248Z ##[command]Disconnect-AzAccount -Scope CurrentUser -ErrorAction Stop
2025-01-09T11:35:41.2321940Z ##[command]Disconnect-AzAccount -Scope Process -ErrorAction Stop
2025-01-09T11:35:41.2657386Z ##[command]Clear-AzContext -Scope Process -ErrorAction Stop
2025-01-09T11:35:41.5274474Z ##[section]Finishing: AzurePowerShell

tried as well with 

env:
      RETIRE_AZURERM_POWERSHELL_MODULE: true

but i am still getting the same response