Secure environment in appveyor.yml doesn't work but UI works

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Taoyouh

21 Nov, 2025 09:14 AM

I've set a secure environment in my appveyor.yml file: https://github.com/taoyouh/SarasaGothicAppx/blob/c3c7f7bced51eb51b08f2b1012daafe3b28595fd/appveyor.yml#L10C5-L11C79

However, the builds looked like the environment varaible doesn't exist:
https://ci.appveyor.com/project/taoyouh/sarasagothicappx/builds/53113807#:~:text=ConvertTo%2DSecureString%20%3A%20Cannot%20bind%20argument%20to%20parameter%20%27String%27%20because%20it%20is%20null.

If I add that secure environment to the UI settings and rebuild the same commit, everything goes well:
https://ci.appveyor.com/project/taoyouh/sarasagothicappx/builds/53113917

Support Staff 1 Posted by Owen McDonnell on 22 Nov, 2025 12:14 AM

Are you encrypting that variable with the same account that owns the project?
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