Azure Web App Code Not Updating After Publish Until Restart (VS2017)

Question

I am developing a multi-tier web application consisting of multiple Web APIs in an Azure App Service Environment.

Recently after upgrading to VS2017 I have noticed that the apps will randomly fail to update after I publish new code (from VS). Remote debuggers will not load correctly and the old code will continue to run after publishing.

I am selecting "Remove additional files at destination" in the publish settings.

Restarting the apps usually fixes the problem temporarily, though sometimes I have to stop and restart each app.

Are there any new settings in VS or Azure that could be affecting this behavior, or is something just not working correctly?

Answer 1

This worked for me: In VS 2017 right-click on the project and choose Publish. Click on Configure, as shown below:

Answer 2

WEBSITE_DYNAMIC_CACHE is new feature that, for some reason, was turned on by default.

Adding the entry to Application Settings in the Azure Portal and setting the value to 0 seems to have solved the problem.

Answer 3

I had WEBSITE_LOCAL_CACHE_OPTION 'Always' on for my Production Slot within Application settings. When I created a new slot I copied the settings from the Production slot - including this flag. This had to be turned off for Staging.

Answer 4

Try this WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_PACKAGE = 0 in my case its helps.

Adding the entry to Application Settings in the Azure Portal and setting the value to 0 seems to have solved the problem.