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Trouble Publishing AL Extension to Business Central Cloud — VS Code Stalls, Manual Install Fails

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I'm developing an AL application for deployment to a Business Central Cloud environment, and I'm running into a frustrating issue when trying to publish my extension.
Problem:
When I attempt to publish the extension via Visual Studio Code, the process stalls indefinitely — no error message, just a frozen state. As a result, I can't see the latest changes reflected in the cloud environment. Below is a screenshot showcasing my problem.
I initiated the process for publishing the extension at 8:24 and at 8:43, the process did not respond with failure or success.

What I've Tried:
  • Restarted the environment via the Business Central Admin Center — no improvement.
  • Attempted to publish the extension manually via the Extension Management page in Business Central — this throws a separate error (unfortunately, I didn’t capture the exact message).
  • Successfully deployed the same extension to a different tenant, which confirms the issue is specific to my current tenant/environment.
Environment Details:
  • Business Central Cloud (latest version)
  • VS Code with AL Language extension
  • Targeting a sandbox environment
Questions:
  • Has anyone else experienced this kind of publishing stall in VS Code?
  • Are there known issues with the current BC release that could be causing this?
  • Any workarounds or debugging tips to get past this?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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    RockwithNav Profile Picture
    8,637 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    So you are unable to publish any of the extension or just this extension?
    Try creating a new fresh extension with Hello World and see if you are successful.
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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    95,729 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Hi, I agree with RockwithNav. I believe you have ruled out the license and permission issues.
    If there is no problem with other environments, you can delete this environment, copy other environments and recreate a Sandbox to try.
     
    Thanks.
    ZHU
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    Sohail Ahmed Profile Picture
    11,150 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Yes, this issue can happen due to environment-specific problems like tenant throttling, session limits, or extension telemetry issues.
     
    ✅ Try these steps:
     
    1. Clear session cache
     
    Restart VS Code, then sign out/in using AL: Clear credentials cache.
     
     
     
    2. Check Extension Telemetry
     
    Go to Admin Center → Environment → Manage Apps, and see if any extensions are stuck in pending or failed state.
     
     
     
    3. Try using the Publish option with Skip Verification
    Add this to launch.json:
     
    "skipVerification": true
     
     
    4. Use Powershell AL Publishing
    Use Publish-NavApp with bccontainerhelper to manually deploy from CLI. It helps bypass UI-related issues.
     
     
    5. Check if symbols are downloaded
    Use AL: Download Symbols to ensure connection and metadata are intact.
     
     
    6. Get exact error
    When uploading manually, try again and capture the error — it may contain deployment block reasons like dependency or tenant policies.
     
     
     
    If issue persists, contact your Microsoft Partner or open a support ticket — this might be tenant-specific.
     
    ✅ Mark this answer as verified if it helps!
     
     

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