Octopus.Deployment.ForcePackageDownload - Not working in release

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Hello,

It seems the Variable "Octopus.Deployment.ForcePackageDownload " is not working when set within a release.

I have seen mention of a Checkbox in the UI that would force the agents to redownload the package, but I am unable to find that box.

Could you point me to where I can force the agents to redownload the source packages for a release?

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Hi,

Thanks for getting in touch! The button that changes this system variable is in your projects package step page under Download options -> Each Tentacle will download the package directly from the remote server

I have also attached a screenshot to highlight this. :slight_smile:

Let me know if that helps.

Regards,
Daniel

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Hi Daniel,

Thank you for your reply!

I am currently using that option. I believe I did not provide enough information in the first post, my apologies.

The tentacle servers are caching packages with the same version number. I am trying to figure out how to force the Tentacle agents to download the package from the repository again, even if they already have a copy local. (Testing packaging procedures, sometimes repackaging with the same version number)

Is there a way that I can achieve that?

Again, thank you for your prompt response!

-Morgan

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Hi Morgan,

Thanks for getting back! At Octopus we use the continuous delivery best practices and treat a versioned artifact as something that does not change. Due to this, if you were to make changes in your artifact and not give it a new version number, your Tentacle would not know to download it as it already has a package of that same version cached.

The solution is to give the package a new version number each time you change it.

Let me know if you have any further questions or run into any issues.

Regards,
Daniel

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Hello Daniel,

Again, thank you for your reply.

For anyone reading this post down the line. The solution I came up with was to use the “Re-download packages from the feed server” option within advanced on the deploy page.

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Hi Morgan,

Thanks for getting back! I’m glad to hear you found a solution. This isn’t exactly what that feature is designed for, but it should be a nice workaround. :slight_smile:

Regards,
Daniel