Azure DevOps ordering the release stages

Question

How can I order the different deploy environments. Just for display purposes. Currently we have it stand like this:

I want it to look like this:

development--test-acceptation--production

I already edited the release pipeline and moved development up, but when saving and going back it still not in the order I want it.

Answer 1

When you move the stages up/down it will reflect only in the next releases, you can't order the stages of finished releases.

Answer 2

Edit your Release Pipeline. Each of your stages will currently have the Pre-deployment conditions > Trigger set to After release . You need to change the subsequent stages to be After stage and select the previous stage in the sequence. For example if I want to set my UAT Deployment to be after DEV Deployment;

Before; After;

Answer 3

You need to edit this specific release also. Go to the Pipelines > Release > This specific relaese.

Then choose to edit the relaese.

This will then only have effect on this one. You also need to edit the main release template. Like you mentioned: eg Pipelines > Relaeses > Edit your release.

Answer 4

so, what I had to do is as fallows.

first of all I mikes up, I thought I'm tiring to reorder the pipelines stages we I really meant on reordering the pipeline staging TASKS.

so I clicked on the stage an got this window then I clicked on the left top on the edit the release pipeline an got to the next window then I clicked again on the stage 1 rectangle and got to the next window an with the sight of the 14 dots on the side of every task I was able finally to rearrange the order of the tasks!

Answer 5

You can move stages Up and Down in the stage settings. However, it reflects only in the next release.