azd provision runs local preflight validation before Bicep deployment

Introduced 2026-03-13 · score 0.91

HOW TO USE IT

For a Bicep project, run `azd provision` to run local preflight automatically before deployment is sent to Azure. To disable it, run `azd config set provision.preflight off`.

WHY THIS HELPS

Provision resources from a Bicep deployment while detecting parameter, configuration, or permission issues before submission to Azure.

REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS

• Version: 1.23.9
• provision.preflight: User configuration key; set to `off` to disable local preflight.
• off (required): Value used with `provision.preflight` to disable preflight.
• Prerequisite: Local preflight depends on the `bicep snapshot` command, available in modern Bicep CLI versions; the docs do not specify a minimum version.
• Local preflight depends on the `bicep snapshot` command, available in modern Bicep CLI versions.
• Preflight can be disabled by setting `provision.preflight` to `"off"` in azd user configuration.

FIRST-PARTY EVIDENCE

• https://github.com/Azure/azure-dev/releases/tag/azure-dev-cli_1.23.9
• https://github.com/Azure/azure-dev/pull/7053
• https://github.com/Azure/azure-dev/blob/azure-dev-cli_1.23.9/cli/azd/docs/design/local-preflight-validation.md

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