{"slug":"azure-diagnostics","title":"azure-diagnostics","summary":"Debug Azure production issues on Azure using AppLens, Azure Monitor, resource health, and safe triage. WHEN: debug production issues, troubleshoot app service, app service high CPU, app service deployment failure, troubleshoot container apps, troubleshoot functions, troubleshoot ","platform":"GitHub Copilot","tags":[],"authorName":"Ciza","authorSlug":"ciza","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-12T21:05:01.495318Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/microsoft/skills","stars":3052,"forks":351,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-09-24T16:38:17Z"},"bodyHtml":"<h1>App Service Troubleshooting</h1>\n<h2>Common Issues Matrix</h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Symptom</th>\n<th>Likely Cause</th>\n<th>Action</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>High CPU / memory</td>\n<td>Runaway process, inefficient code</td>\n<td>Use Process Explorer via Kudu, scale up</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Deployment failure</td>\n<td>Build error, locked files, quota</td>\n<td>Check Kudu logs at <code>https://APP.scm.azurewebsites.net/api/deployments</code> to look for details on build errors, locked files or lack of storage quota</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>App crash / restart</td>\n<td>Unhandled exception, OOM kill</td>\n<td>Review Event Log and STDERR in Diagnose &amp; Solve</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Slow responses</td>\n<td>Downstream dependency, no caching</td>\n<td>Enable request tracing, check dependency calls</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>502 / 503 errors</td>\n<td>App not starting, port conflict</td>\n<td>Check STDERR logs, verify startup command</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TLS / domain errors</td>\n<td>Certificate expired, DNS mismatch</td>\n<td><code>az webapp config ssl list</code>, verify CNAME</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Health check failure</td>\n<td>Endpoint not returning 200</td>\n<td>Verify health check path responds within 2 min</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<hr>\n<h2>High CPU / Memory Diagnosis</h2>\n<p><strong>Diagnose:</strong></p>\n<pre><code># Check app metrics\naz monitor metrics list --resource APP_RESOURCE_ID \\\n  --metric \"CpuPercentage,MemoryPercentage\" --interval PT1M --output table\n\n# View running processes via ARM Processes API (Entra ID auth)\naz rest --method get \\\n  --uri \"/subscriptions/&lt;subscription-id&gt;/resourceGroups/&lt;resource-group&gt;/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/&lt;app-name&gt;/processes?api-version=2024-04-01\"\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>Fix:</strong> Scale up (<code>az appservice plan update -n &lt;app-service-plan-name&gt; -g &lt;resource-group&gt; --sku P1V3</code>) or profile the app via Kudu Process Explorer at <code>https://APP.scm.azurewebsites.net/ProcessExplorer/</code> to identify hot paths.</p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Deployment Failure Analysis</h2>\n<p><strong>Diagnose:</strong></p>\n<pre><code># List deployment history\naz webapp deployment list -n APP -g RG --output table\n\n# View deployment log for a specific deployment\naz webapp log deployment show -n APP -g RG --deployment-id DEPLOY_ID\n\n# Stream build logs from Kudu\naz webapp log tail -n APP -g RG\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>KQL — Failed deployments:</strong></p>\n<pre><code>// Replace &lt;app-service-resource-id&gt; with the full resource ID, for example:\n// /subscriptions/&lt;subscription-id&gt;/resourceGroups/&lt;resource-group&gt;/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/&lt;app-name&gt;\nAppServicePlatformLogs\n| where TimeGenerated &gt; ago(24h)\n| where Level == \"Error\" and _ResourceId == \"&lt;app-service-resource-id&gt;\"\n| project TimeGenerated, Level, Message\n| order by TimeGenerated desc\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>Common deployment failures:</strong></p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Error Message</th>\n<th>Cause</th>\n<th>Fix</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><code>WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_PACKAGE=1</code> but no package</td>\n<td>Missing zip deploy artifact</td>\n<td>Redeploy with <code>az webapp deploy --src-path app.zip</code></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>Error building on server</code></td>\n<td>Oryx build failure</td>\n<td>Check build logs, pin runtime version</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>Locked file</code> during deploy</td>\n<td>Files in use</td>\n<td>Set an environment variable named <code>MSDEPLOY_RENAME_LOCKED_FILES=1</code> on the App Service resource to enable MSDeploy to rename locked files.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<hr>\n<h2>Application Crash / Restart Diagnosis</h2>\n<p><strong>Diagnose:</strong></p>\n<pre><code># Check recent restarts via activity log\naz monitor activity-log list -g RG --resource-id APP_RESOURCE_ID \\\n  --max-events 10 --query \"[?operationName.value=='Microsoft.Web/sites/restart/action']\"\n\n# View STDERR/STDOUT (Linux)\naz webapp log download -n APP -g RG --log-file logs.zip\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>KQL — App crashes and errors:</strong></p>\n<pre><code>AppServiceConsoleLogs\n| where TimeGenerated &gt; ago(1h)\n| where ResultDescription contains \"error\" or ResultDescription contains \"fatal\"\n| project TimeGenerated, ResultDescription\n| order by TimeGenerated desc\n| take 50\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>Health check failures:</strong></p>\n<pre><code># Show health check config\naz webapp show -n APP -g RG --query \"siteConfig.healthCheckPath\"\n\n# Test the endpoint directly\ncurl -s -o /dev/null -w \"%{http_code}\" https://APP.azurewebsites.net/health\n</code></pre>\n<blockquote>\n<p>⚠️ <strong>Warning:</strong> If the health check fails on &gt;50% of instances for 1 hour, the instance is replaced.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<hr>\n<h2>Slow Response Time Investigation</h2>\n<p><strong>Diagnose:</strong></p>\n<pre><code># Check average response time\naz monitor metrics list --resource APP_RESOURCE_ID \\\n  --metric \"HttpResponseTime\" --interval PT5M --aggregation Average --output table\n\n# Enable failed request tracing\naz webapp log config -n APP -g RG --failed-request-tracing true\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>KQL — Slow requests with dependency analysis:</strong></p>\n<pre><code>AppServiceHTTPLogs\n| where TimeGenerated &gt; ago(1h)\n| where TimeTaken &gt; 5000\n| project TimeGenerated, CsUriStem, ScStatus, TimeTaken, CsHost\n| order by TimeTaken desc\n| take 20\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>Auto-Heal — Automatic mitigation:</strong></p>\n<pre><code># Configure auto-heal to recycle on slow requests\naz webapp config set -n APP -g RG \\\n  --auto-heal-enabled true \\\n  --generic-configurations '{\"autoHealRules\":{\"triggers\":{\"slowRequests\":{\"timeTaken\":\"00:00:30\",\"count\":10,\"timeInterval\":\"00:02:00\"}},\"actions\":{\"actionType\":\"Recycle\"}}}'\n</code></pre>\n<hr>\n<h2>Custom Domain / TLS Certificate Issues</h2>\n<p><strong>Diagnose:</strong></p>\n<pre><code># List custom domains\naz webapp config hostname list -g RG --webapp-name APP --output table\n\n# List TLS certificates\naz webapp config ssl list -g RG --output table\n\n# Check SSL binding\naz webapp config ssl show --certificate-name CERT -g RG\n</code></pre>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Symptom</th>\n<th>Cause</th>\n<th>Fix</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><code>ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID</code></td>\n<td>Certificate expired</td>\n<td>If certificate came from an external certificate authority, renew with <code>az webapp config ssl upload</code> and upload a new certificate or enable managed certificates to allow Azure to provide a free TLS/SSL certificate</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN</code></td>\n<td>CNAME not configured</td>\n<td>Add CNAME record pointing to <code>APP.azurewebsites.net</code></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>SSL binding not found</code></td>\n<td>Missing SNI binding</td>\n<td>Add the missing SNI binding using <code>az webapp config ssl bind --certificate-thumbprint THUMB --ssl-type SNI -n APP -g RG</code></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Managed cert pending</td>\n<td>DNS validation incomplete</td>\n<td>Verify TXT record <code>asuid.DOMAIN</code> matches custom domain verification ID</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<hr>\n<h2>AZ CLI or MCP Tools for App Service Diagnostics</h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Tool</th>\n<th>Command</th>\n<th>Use When</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><code>Azure CLI</code></td>\n<td><code>az webapp list</code></td>\n<td>List all web apps in subscription</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>Azure CLI</code></td>\n<td><code>az webapp show -n APP -g RG</code></td>\n<td>Get app config, stack, status</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>Azure CLI</code></td>\n<td><code>az webapp config appsettings list -n APP -g RG</code></td>\n<td>Check env vars and connection strings</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>Azure CLI</code></td>\n<td><code>az webapp deployment slot list -n APP -g RG</code></td>\n<td>Compare slot configurations</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>mcp_azure_mcp_appservice</code></td>\n<td><code>appservice_webapp_diagnostic_diagnose</code></td>\n<td>AI-powered root cause analysis</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>mcp_azure_mcp_monitor</code></td>\n<td><code>monitor_resource_log_query</code></td>\n<td>Run KQL against Log Analytics</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>mcp_azure_mcp_resourcehealth</code></td>\n<td><code>get</code></td>\n<td>Check platform-level health status</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\uD83D\uDCA1 <strong>Tip:</strong> Start with <code>mcp_azure_mcp_appservice</code> (<code>diagnose</code>) — it automatically runs relevant detectors and surfaces the most likely root cause before you dig into logs manually.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<hr>\n<h2>Combined Diagnostic Script</h2>\n<p>Use the <a href=\"../../scripts/appservice-diagnostics.sh\"><code>appservice-diagnostics</code></a> script\n(<a href=\"../../scripts/appservice-diagnostics.ps1\">PowerShell</a>) to collect everything in one call.\nIt prints clearly labeled sections — app config, recent deployments, app settings, and\ncustom domains — and a summary line describing what it collected. 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