Visual Studio Online - The version descriptor <BranchName> could not be resolved

Question

I am working on a project with visual studio online and git.

I tried accessing the TFS Online web site and openning the source code of the project I am working on and I found this error popping up absolutely everywhere:

TF401175:The version descriptor Branch could not be resolved to a version in the repository ProjectName

I can't access the branches, commits, source code or absolutely anything. The other team members don't have the problem, and it seems to be tied to my account, seeing as I tried openning it on another device with my account and still failed.

All operations from visual studio work fine. I can commit, pull, push, etc. I only can't access the Web Panel. Tried googling for the error but all I found was the bug reported on the MS site, which was closed and said that the problem is fixed. Doesn't seem fixed to me.

Answer 1

Your default branch has been deleted.

You need to change your default branch to one that exists. Try using the branch selector, it that's not available, try appending #path=%2F&version=GBmaster&_a=contents to the end of the default "Code" URL.

Answer 2

I got the same error.
In my case my local branch had not yet been synced to the server, so in my web browser the Pull-Request was on the server (vsts) but my branch was not.
To fix it: I did a Sync in VS, pushed my local branch, then it worked: I refreshed the Pull Request in the browser and then the error disappeared.