Why my token cannot be used and it always return 401 error

Question

I revoke one of my token today which i used to publish my TFS extension. And create a new token to do it. But by using the new one, the command tool:

tfx extension publish --manifest-globs vss-extension.json

Always return a 401 error, said "Received response 401 (Not Authorized). Check that your personal access token is correct and hasn't expired. I try to create different token with Marketplace (publish) checked. But still get this 401 error.

Answer 1

Hi KZhaoMax,

when creating the PAT (Personal Access Token), please check if select all accessible accounts in the Accounts field dropdown (instead selecting a specific account). You should also set the Authorized Scopes to All scopes for the publish to work.

For more information, please refer to:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/tools/vscecli

Best regards,

Li Wang

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Answer 2

Thanks Li. it seems I create different accounts by mistake. How to delete a VSTS account in the account home page?

Answer 3

Hi KZhaoMax,

>>t seems I create different accounts by mistake. How to delete a VSTS account in the account home page?

Based on your description, it seems that it is related to VSTS, I would suggest that you could post your issue on VSTS for getting a solution.

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?forum=TFService

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,

Cole Wu

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