Code in GitHub / Workitems and Builds in Azure DevOps - release notes do not have workitems

[adoprog]

Azure DevOps Extensions

Generate Release Notes (Node Cross Platform)

Platform

Azure DevOps Services

Azure DevOps Server (TFS) Version

No response

Extension Version

3.52.11

Describe the bug

I have a repo in GitHub and my workitems and builds are in Azure DevOps. I can see that the project builds have associated workitems, but Release Notes task does not see them, it only lists commits.

Repo Steps

1. Go to GitHub and create a PR
2. Make sure that the build in Azure DevOps has associated workitem(s)
3. Check the generated release notes

Expected Behavior

Release notes should list the workitems associated with the build.

Logging Information

payload.json does not have workitems either

{"workItems":[],"commits":[{"id":"3c29d2c2701d7bcbf6d82f1f659b41ae089ef01b","message":"....

[rfennell]

There is no support via the Azure DevOps Rest API for retrieving links to workitem from repos not hosted on Azure

A very similar issue came up in #1003. I did raise the issue with Microsoft but go no solution

[rfennell]

Bit of an update, I think I have a workaround scanning linked commit messages and looking for AB123 tags, then using these to lookup work items.

It will be released as 3.54.x

[JeroenvdBurg]

you can also get the related workitems directly with api call:

https://vsrm.dev.azure.com/{organisation}/{project}/_apis/Release/releases/{releaseid}/workitems?baseReleaseId={baserelease_Id}&%24top=250