Variable for email address list, in email, not resolving

[MBA (Michael Abramovitch)]

re:

Unable to use variables in "Send an email" step

I see that this problem was logged some time back but was recently closed without resolution. I’m trying to use a variable in the To: address of a send email step, but I am getting an exception as detailed below: Octopus Server version: 3.3.10+Branch.master.Sha.365b9921133c9490a3ac820844cbb8edb603873f Email parameters: Subject: [Octopus] Succeeded To: #{NotificationsTo} Cc: #{NotificationsTo} Bcc: #{NotificationsTo} An operation in "Email on success" failed The specified string is not in the f…

strange thing happening.

I have a variable with a list of email addresses. I tried separating the email addresses with a semi-colon, and a comma. Both produce the same result in the raw log, the “To:” address, is the list of email addresses separated by a comma. and the email is not sent.

                |   == Success: Step 6: EmailNotification ==

09:27:40 Verbose | EmailNotification completed
|
| Success: Octopus Server
09:27:39 Verbose | Octopus Server version: 3.4.14+Branch.master.Sha.2bb81229f335511f625ca4fe6832e2752c1565a0
09:27:39 Verbose | Email parameters:
09:27:39 Verbose | Subject: OctopusDeploy; Promotion of MyProject to CoreDevelopment
09:27:39 Verbose | To: emailaddress1@company.com,emailaddress2@company.com
09:27:39 Verbose | Cc:
09:27:39 Verbose | Bcc:
09:27:39 Verbose | Sending email message…
09:27:40 Info | Email sent!

Step, email “To”: #{EmailMyProjectPromotion}

Variable defined:
EmailMyProjectPromotion
value: emailaddress1@company.com;emailaddress2@company.com

(with the semi-colon)

[Kenneth_Bates]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for getting in touch! I’m sorry to hear you’re hitting this unexpected behavior. In my local testing, a variable with multiple email addresses (separated by comma or semi-colon) worked as expected, though I was running the latest version. I believe support for this would have been added in conjunction with the following issue that was implemented in 3.7.9.

Issue: Sending of email step to Teams

Would you be able/willing to upgrade (preferably to latest) and let me know if this fixes this up for you?

Otherwise I’ll be happy to look into this further. Could you provide some additional details to ensure I’m attempting to replicate accurately?

How is the EmailMyProjectPromotion scoped?
Could you attach a copy of your verbose deployment logs with debugging variables enabled? The following doc page outlines how you can produce and export this log.

Octopus Documentation - Octopus Deploy

I hope this helps, and I look forward to hearing back!

Best regards,

Kenny

[MBA (Michael Abramovitch)]

I think I figured it out. If I separate the addresses with a semi-colon and a space it works. If i leave no spaces it does not work

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[Kenneth_Bates]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for following up and letting me know the solution you’ve figured out! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any further questions going forward.

Best regards,

Kenny

[MBA (Michael Abramovitch)]

Sure thing. Please let me know what version of OctopusDeploy, this will be fixed in.

thanks

[MBA (Michael Abramovitch)]

Thanks