Related link could not be read

[djbyrd]

Version

• I confirm that I am using the latest version

Source Version

Azure DevOps Service

Target Version

Azure DevOps Service

Relevant configuration

I'm unable to copy & paste from environment with error. Using standard WorkItemMigrationConfig.

Relevant log output

I'm unable to copy & paste from environment with error. With version 15.1.6:

Migrating link for #123 of type RelatedLink
RelatedLink is of ArtifactLinkType='Related Workitem'...
TfsWorkItemMigrationClient::GetWorkItem(#123)
Unable to GetWorkItem with id[#123]
DeniedOrNotExistException

What happened?

In Azure DevOps, the source work item shows the bad link on the links tab with an error "(!) #123 Related link could not be read". Obviously, a platform data error. But the code should (either by default or by configuration option) skip the bad related link and continue. I'll delete the bad link as a work around but reporting this so you can improve the product.

Debug in Visual Studio

• Visual Studio Debug

[djbyrd]

Turns out the security on the project was a mess resulting in the work item not being accessible to the account running the migration, however being able to skip such links would be a useful feature.