VS Code Marketplace publisher blocked with 429 / VSID Concurrency after concurrent GitHub Actions publish workflows

[dongitran]

Summary

My VS Code Marketplace publisher appears to be blocked/rate-limited after multiple GitHub Actions publish workflows ran concurrently.

I can no longer sign in to Visual Studio Marketplace and receive a 429 error. Publishing from GitHub Actions also fails with a VSID Concurrency error.

Marketplace sign-in error

429 - Woah, that's a lot of requests
You might be blocked due to the number of requests exceeding our rate threshold.

Timestamp:

2026-06-29 02:00:57 UTC

Request ID:

0c155fe3-d345-450c-8b65-5275fdea9481

GitHub Actions publish error

Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server.RequestBlockedException
Request was blocked due to exceeding usage of resource 'Concurrency' in namespace 'VSID'
eventId: 3000

Publisher / extension information

Publisher ID:

dongtran

Extension ID:

dongtran.cds-debug

Extension name:

CDS Debug

Likely root cause

I investigated our GitHub Actions workflow and found the likely root cause of the excessive concurrent requests.

Our publish workflow was unintentionally triggered by Dependabot-created pull requests. At the same time, whenever I published/pushed changes to the master branch, the Dependabot pull requests also triggered the same publish workflow.

This caused multiple publish workflows to run in parallel against the Visual Studio Marketplace using the same publisher/token, which likely exceeded the VSID Concurrency threshold.

Dependabot PRs can be found here:

https://github.com/dongitran/CDS-Debug/pulls

This was a workflow configuration mistake on our side, not an intentional attempt to send excessive requests.

I have stopped retrying the publish process and will update the workflow to prevent parallel Marketplace publishing, for example by:

• restricting publishing to manual/release triggers only
• preventing pull requests and Dependabot branches from running publish jobs
• adding a GitHub Actions concurrency lock for Marketplace publishing

Request

Could the Visual Studio Marketplace team please help check:

1. Whether my publisher/account/token is currently throttled or blocked.
2. Whether the VSID Concurrency block can be cleared.
3. Whether the extension dongtran.cds-debug is currently removed, hidden, suspended, or pending review.
4. The exact reason for the Untrustworthy classification, if applicable.
5. Whether I can safely publish a fixed version after the workflow is corrected.

Thank you.

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

Team, please add a Type:Bug/Type:Feature/Type:CustomerSupport label as applicable.

[tigertrails]

having the same issue:

Title: VSID Concurrency block permanently prevents publisher management — cannot unpublish, publish, or access Marketplace portal

Category: Visual Studio Marketplace

Severity: High — active user-facing duplicate listing caused by infrastructure error

Summary

Publisher account spinback (Microsoft account: TIGERTRAILS.software@outlook.com) is permanently blocked by a VSID Concurrency error that prevents all Marketplace API operations. The error is not transient — it has persisted for over two weeks and survives PAT rotation, browser session clearing, and 90+ minute cooldown periods. As a workaround, a second publisher GetSpinback was created and the extension was republished there. The Marketplace now shows two identical-looking listings for the same extension, which is confusing end users who cannot determine which is current.

Steps to reproduce

Authenticate as publisher spinback using a valid PAT scoped to Marketplace → Manage, All accessible organizations
Run: npx vsce unpublish spinback.spinback -p -f
Observe error (immediate, no throttling behavior — blocked on first request)
Expected: Extension is unpublished

Actual: VSID Concurrency block returned instantly

Error response (verbatim)

{
"$id": "1",
"innerException": null,
"message": "Request was blocked due to exceeding usage of resource 'Concurrency' in namespace 'VSID'. For more information on why your request was blocked, see the topic "Rate limits" on the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=823950).",
"typeName": "Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server.RequestBlockedException, Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server",
"typeKey": "RequestBlockedException",
"errorCode": 0,
"eventId": 3000
}
Browser portal request ID (from 429 page, 2026-06-29 19:41:43 UTC):

dd23e469-bc38-4ef7-b27c-b7b1ade5bfb4

Evidence that this is not a transient rate limit

Error is identical whether triggered via browser or vsce CLI
Error persists after 90+ minute cooldown
Error persists after PAT rotation
Error persists across separate browser sessions
A different publisher (GetSpinback) under the same Microsoft account operates without error

[madhurivadaligithub]

Thank you for reaching out, could you please contact us via the VS Marketplace Support alias (VSMarketplace@microsoft.com) so we can assist you promptly on this block.

Regards,
VS Marketplace Team