sourcebot-dev · msukkari · Sep 28, 2025 · Sep 27, 2025 · Sep 27, 2025 · Sep 27, 2025
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+- Manually pass auth token for ado server deployments. [#543](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/543)
+
 ## [4.7.2] - 2025-09-22
 
 ### Fixed

diff --git a/docs/docs/connections/ado-cloud.mdx b/docs/docs/connections/ado-cloud.mdx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ If you're not familiar with Sourcebot [connections](/docs/connections/overview),
         ```json
         {
             "type": "azuredevops",
+            "deploymentType": "cloud",
             "repos": [
                 "organizationName/projectName/repoName",
                 "organizationName/projectName/repoName2
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ If you're not familiar with Sourcebot [connections](/docs/connections/overview),
         ```json
         {
             "type": "azuredevops",
+            "deploymentType": "cloud",
             "orgs": [
                 "organizationName",
                 "organizationName2
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ If you're not familiar with Sourcebot [connections](/docs/connections/overview),
         ```json
         {
             "type": "azuredevops",
+            "deploymentType": "cloud",
             "projects": [
                 "organizationName/projectName",
                 "organizationName/projectName2"
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ If you're not familiar with Sourcebot [connections](/docs/connections/overview),
         ```json
         {
             "type": "azuredevops",
+            "deploymentType": "cloud",
             // Include all repos in my-org...
             "orgs": [
                 "my-org"
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ Next, provide the access token via the `token` property, either as an environmen
         ```json
         {
             "type": "azuredevops",
+            "deploymentType": "cloud",
             "token": {
                 // note: this env var can be named anything. It
                 // doesn't need to be `ADO_TOKEN`.
@@ -121,6 +126,7 @@ Next, provide the access token via the `token` property, either as an environmen
         ```json
         {
             "type": "azuredevops",
+            "deploymentType": "cloud",
             "token": {
                 "secret": "mysecret"
             }

diff --git a/docs/docs/connections/ado-server.mdx b/docs/docs/connections/ado-server.mdx
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ If you're not familiar with Sourcebot [connections](/docs/connections/overview),
         ```json
         {
             "type": "azuredevops",
-            "useTfsPath": true
+            "deploymentType": "server",
+            "useTfsPath": true,
             "repos": [
                 "organizationName/projectName/repoName",
                 "organizationName/projectName/repoName2
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ If you're not familiar with Sourcebot [connections](/docs/connections/overview),
         ```json
         {
             "type": "azuredevops",
+            "deploymentType": "server",
             "repos": [
                 "organizationName/projectName/repoName",
                 "organizationName/projectName/repoName2
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ If you're not familiar with Sourcebot [connections](/docs/connections/overview),
         ```json
         {
             "type": "azuredevops",
+            "deploymentType": "server",
             "orgs": [
                 "collectionName",
                 "collectionName2"
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ If you're not familiar with Sourcebot [connections](/docs/connections/overview),
         ```json
         {
             "type": "azuredevops",
+            "deploymentType": "server",
             "projects": [
                 "collectionName/projectName",
                 "collectionName/projectName2"
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ If you're not familiar with Sourcebot [connections](/docs/connections/overview),
         ```json
         {
             "type": "azuredevops",
+            "deploymentType": "server",
             // Include all repos in my-org...
             "orgs": [
                 "my-org"
@@ -104,6 +109,7 @@ Next, provide the access token via the `token` property, either as an environmen
         ```json
         {
             "type": "azuredevops",
+            "deploymentType": "server",
             "token": {
                 // note: this env var can be named anything. It
                 // doesn't need to be `ADO_TOKEN`.
@@ -134,6 +140,7 @@ Next, provide the access token via the `token` property, either as an environmen
         ```json
         {
             "type": "azuredevops",
+            "deploymentType": "server",
             "token": {
                 "secret": "mysecret"
             }

diff --git a/docs/snippets/schemas/v3/azuredevops.schema.mdx b/docs/snippets/schemas/v3/azuredevops.schema.mdx
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
         "cloud",
         "server"
       ],
-      "default": "cloud",
       "description": "The type of Azure DevOps deployment"
     },
     "useTfsPath": {
@@ -199,7 +198,8 @@
   },
   "required": [
     "type",
-    "token"
+    "token",
+    "deploymentType"
   ],
   "additionalProperties": false
 }

diff --git a/docs/snippets/schemas/v3/connection.schema.mdx b/docs/snippets/schemas/v3/connection.schema.mdx
@@ -931,7 +931,6 @@
             "cloud",
             "server"
           ],
-          "default": "cloud",
           "description": "The type of Azure DevOps deployment"
         },
         "useTfsPath": {
@@ -1068,7 +1067,8 @@
       },
       "required": [
         "type",
-        "token"
+        "token",
+        "deploymentType"
       ],
       "additionalProperties": false
     },

diff --git a/docs/snippets/schemas/v3/index.schema.mdx b/docs/snippets/schemas/v3/index.schema.mdx
@@ -1214,7 +1214,6 @@
                     "cloud",
                     "server"
                   ],
-                  "default": "cloud",
                   "description": "The type of Azure DevOps deployment"
                 },
                 "useTfsPath": {
@@ -1351,7 +1350,8 @@
               },
               "required": [
                 "type",
-                "token"
+                "token",
+                "deploymentType"
               ],
               "additionalProperties": false
             },

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/git.ts b/packages/backend/src/git.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ type onProgressFn = (event: SimpleGitProgressEvent) => void;
 export const cloneRepository = async (
     {
         cloneUrl,
+        authHeader,
         path,
         onProgress,
     }: {
         cloneUrl: string,
+        authHeader?: string,
         path: string,
         onProgress?: onProgressFn
     }
@@ -24,13 +26,12 @@ export const cloneRepository = async (
             path,
         })
 
-        await git.clone(
-            cloneUrl,
-            path,
-            [
-                "--bare",
-            ]
-        );
+        const cloneArgs = [
+            "--bare",
+            ...(authHeader ? ["-c", `http.extraHeader=${authHeader}`] : [])
+        ];
+
+        await git.clone(cloneUrl, path, cloneArgs);
 
         await unsetGitConfig(path, ["remote.origin.url"]);
     } catch (error: unknown) {
@@ -50,10 +51,12 @@ export const cloneRepository = async (
 export const fetchRepository = async (
     {
         cloneUrl,
+        authHeader,
         path,
         onProgress,
     }: {
         cloneUrl: string,
+        authHeader?: string,
         path: string,
         onProgress?: onProgressFn
     }
@@ -65,6 +68,10 @@ export const fetchRepository = async (
             path: path,
         })
 
+        if (authHeader) {
+            await git.addConfig("http.extraHeader", authHeader);
+        }
+
         await git.fetch([
             cloneUrl,
             "+refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*",
@@ -81,6 +88,16 @@ export const fetchRepository = async (
         } else {
             throw new Error(`${baseLog}. Error: ${error}`);
         }
+    } finally {
+        if (authHeader) {
+            const git = simpleGit({
+                progress: onProgress,
+            }).cwd({
+                path: path,
+            })
+
+            await git.raw(["config", "--unset", "http.extraHeader", authHeader]);
+        }
     }
 }
 

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/repoManager.ts b/packages/backend/src/repoManager.ts
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ export class RepoManager {
 
         const credentials = await getAuthCredentialsForRepo(repo, this.db);
         const cloneUrlMaybeWithToken = credentials?.cloneUrlWithToken ?? repo.cloneUrl;
+        const authHeader = credentials?.authHeader ?? undefined;
 
         if (existsSync(repoPath) && !isReadOnly) {
             // @NOTE: in #483, we changed the cloning method s.t., we _no longer_
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ export class RepoManager {
             logger.info(`Fetching ${repo.displayName}...`);
             const { durationMs } = await measure(() => fetchRepository({
                 cloneUrl: cloneUrlMaybeWithToken,
+                authHeader,
                 path: repoPath,
                 onProgress: ({ method, stage, progress }) => {
                     logger.debug(`git.${method} ${stage} stage ${progress}% complete for ${repo.displayName}`)
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ export class RepoManager {
 
             const { durationMs } = await measure(() => cloneRepository({
                 cloneUrl: cloneUrlMaybeWithToken,
+                authHeader,
                 path: repoPath,
                 onProgress: ({ method, stage, progress }) => {
                     logger.debug(`git.${method} ${stage} stage ${progress}% complete for ${repo.displayName}`)

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/types.ts b/packages/backend/src/types.ts
@@ -59,5 +59,6 @@ export type RepoWithConnections = Repo & { connections: (RepoToConnection & { co
 export type RepoAuthCredentials = {
     hostUrl?: string;
     token: string;
-    cloneUrlWithToken: string;
+    cloneUrlWithToken?: string;
+    authHeader?: string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/utils.ts b/packages/backend/src/utils.ts
@@ -193,19 +193,31 @@ export const getAuthCredentialsForRepo = async (repo: RepoWithConnections, db: P
             const config = connection.config as unknown as AzureDevOpsConnectionConfig;
             if (config.token) {
                 const token = await getTokenFromConfig(config.token, connection.orgId, db, logger);
-                return {
-                    hostUrl: config.url,
-                    token,
-                    cloneUrlWithToken: createGitCloneUrlWithToken(
-                        repo.cloneUrl,
-                        {
-                            // @note: If we don't provide a username, the password will be set as the username. This seems to work
-                            // for ADO cloud but not for ADO server. To fix this, we set a placeholder username to ensure the password
-                            // is set correctly
-                            username: 'user',
-                            password: token
-                        }
-                    ),
+
+                // For ADO server, multiple auth schemes may be supported. If the ADO deployment supports NTLM, the git clone will default
+                // to this over basic auth. As a result, we cannot embed the token in the clone URL and must force basic auth by passing in the token
+                // appropriately in the header. To do this, we set the authHeader field here
+                if (config.deploymentType === 'server') {
+                    return {
+                        hostUrl: config.url,
+                        token,
+                        authHeader: "Authorization: Basic " + Buffer.from(`:${token}`).toString('base64')
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    return {
+                        hostUrl: config.url,
+                        token,
+                        cloneUrlWithToken: createGitCloneUrlWithToken(
+                            repo.cloneUrl,
+                            {
+                                // @note: If we don't provide a username, the password will be set as the username. This seems to work
+                                // for ADO cloud but not for ADO server. To fix this, we set a placeholder username to ensure the password
+                                // is set correctly
+                                username: 'user',
+                                password: token
+                            }
+                        ),
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -228,4 +240,4 @@ const createGitCloneUrlWithToken = (cloneUrl: string, credentials: { username?:
         url.password = credentials.password;
     }
     return url.toString();
-}
+}
diff --git a/packages/schemas/src/v3/azuredevops.schema.ts b/packages/schemas/src/v3/azuredevops.schema.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ const schema = {
         "cloud",
         "server"
       ],
-      "default": "cloud",
       "description": "The type of Azure DevOps deployment"
     },
     "useTfsPath": {
@@ -198,7 +197,8 @@ const schema = {
   },
   "required": [
     "type",
-    "token"
+    "token",
+    "deploymentType"
   ],
   "additionalProperties": false
 } as const;

diff --git a/packages/schemas/src/v3/azuredevops.type.ts b/packages/schemas/src/v3/azuredevops.type.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export interface AzureDevOpsConnectionConfig {
   /**
    * The type of Azure DevOps deployment
    */
-  deploymentType?: "cloud" | "server";
+  deploymentType: "cloud" | "server";
   /**
    * Use legacy TFS path format (/tfs) in API URLs. Required for older TFS installations (TFS 2018 and earlier). When true, API URLs will include /tfs in the path (e.g., https://server/tfs/collection/_apis/...).
    */

diff --git a/packages/schemas/src/v3/connection.schema.ts b/packages/schemas/src/v3/connection.schema.ts
@@ -930,7 +930,6 @@ const schema = {
             "cloud",
             "server"
           ],
-          "default": "cloud",
           "description": "The type of Azure DevOps deployment"
         },
         "useTfsPath": {
@@ -1067,7 +1066,8 @@ const schema = {
       },
       "required": [
         "type",
-        "token"
+        "token",
+        "deploymentType"
       ],
       "additionalProperties": false
     },

diff --git a/packages/schemas/src/v3/connection.type.ts b/packages/schemas/src/v3/connection.type.ts
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ export interface AzureDevOpsConnectionConfig {
   /**
    * The type of Azure DevOps deployment
    */
-  deploymentType?: "cloud" | "server";
+  deploymentType: "cloud" | "server";
   /**
    * Use legacy TFS path format (/tfs) in API URLs. Required for older TFS installations (TFS 2018 and earlier). When true, API URLs will include /tfs in the path (e.g., https://server/tfs/collection/_apis/...).
    */