
I got the same issue, and is working as intended before 2-3 days. But now it is not working. Same error occired while uploading or updating the Manifest file.
Error : Upload failed. Please check the manifest file and try again.
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I'm trying to update my Outlook add-in through the Office 365 admin center. The plugin manifest file I'm using was successfully used several months ago, and I was able to update the add-in without any issues at that time. I've made some minor changes - mostly URLs - and now I'm getting an error when trying to update it.
I ran the manifest validation tool, and it reported no errors. I installed the add-in on my local machine in Outlook, and it works
Any idea what it could be?
On the UI, it shows:
"Upload failed. Please check the manifest file and try again."
In the browser dev tools, I see the following:
{ "appDetail": null, "returnedWorkloads": null, "errorMessage": "[\"Exception thrown when extracting the given manifest\"] Error Response : , Error Message : , Response Headers : {\r\n \"X-Frame-Options\": [\r\n \"SAMEORIGIN\"\r\n ],\r\n \"X-DEPLOYMENT-ID\": [\r\n \"2e22ae46-59b7-4232-8d99-2459ed635a6c\"\r\n ],\r\n \"x-ms-correlation-id\": [\r\n \"52e082a7-c0de-4c6c-a89f-c51842e47d2e\"\r\n ],\r\n \"X-Content-Type-Options\": [\r\n \"nosniff\"\r\n ],\r\n \"X-UA-Compatible\": [\r\n \"IE=Edge\"\r\n ],\r\n \"X-Cache\": [\r\n \"CONFIG_NOCACHE\"\r\n ],\r\n \"X-MSEdge-Ref\": [\r\n \"Ref A: 63A102129DD042DC822B02D43B474F36 Ref B: BL2AA2030108007 Ref C: 2025-07-30T15:04:53Z\"\r\n ]\r\n}", "statusCode": "WxpoFailureError", "statusCodeCategory": "WXPO" }
Manifest file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<OfficeApp xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/appforoffice/1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:bt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/officeappbasictypes/1.0" xmlns:mailappor="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/mailappversionoverrides/1.0" xsi:type="MailApp">
<Id>c6a9e8cd-239f-49c8-add4-2abd293b93ba</Id>
<Version>1.0.5.0</Version>
<ProviderName>Provider</ProviderName>
<DefaultLocale>en-US</DefaultLocale>
<DisplayName DefaultValue="[DEV] name"/>
<Description DefaultValue="description"/>
<IconUrl DefaultValue="https://HOST.com/assets/media/icon-64.png"/>
<HighResolutionIconUrl DefaultValue="https://HOST.com/assets/media/icon-128.png"/>
<SupportUrl DefaultValue="https://HOST.com"/>
<AppDomains>
<AppDomain>https://HOST.com</AppDomain>
</AppDomains>
<Hosts>
<Host Name="Mailbox"/>
</Hosts>
<Requirements>
<Sets>
<Set Name="Mailbox" MinVersion="1.1"/>
</Sets>
</Requirements>
<FormSettings>
<Form xsi:type="ItemRead">
<DesktopSettings>
<SourceLocation DefaultValue="https://HOST.com/index.html"/>
<RequestedHeight>250</RequestedHeight>
</DesktopSettings>
</Form>
</FormSettings>
<Permissions>ReadWriteItem</Permissions>
<Rule xsi:type="RuleCollection" Mode="Or">
<Rule xsi:type="ItemIs" ItemType="Message" FormType="Read"/>
</Rule>
<VersionOverrides xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/mailappversionoverrides" xsi:type="VersionOverridesV1_0">
<VersionOverrides xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/mailappversionoverrides/1.1" xsi:type="VersionOverridesV1_1">
<Requirements>
<bt:Sets DefaultMinVersion="1.3">
<bt:Set Name="Mailbox"/>
</bt:Sets>
</Requirements>
<Hosts>
<Host xsi:type="MailHost">
<DesktopFormFactor>
<SupportsSharedFolders>true</SupportsSharedFolders>
<ExtensionPoint xsi:type="AppointmentOrganizerCommandSurface">
<OfficeTab id="TabDefault">
<Group id="msgComposeGroup">
<Label resid="GroupLabel"/>
<Control xsi:type="Button" id="msgComposeOpenPaneButton">
<Label resid="OfficeTaskpaneBtn.Label"/>
<Supertip>
<Title resid="OfficeTaskpaneBtn.Label"/>
<Description resid="OfficeTaskpaneBtn.Tooltip"/>
</Supertip>
<Icon>
<bt:Image size="16" resid="Icon.16x16"/>
<bt:Image size="32" resid="Icon.32x32"/>
<bt:Image size="80" resid="Icon.80x80"/>
</Icon>
<Action xsi:type="ShowTaskpane">
<SourceLocation resid="OfficeTaskpane.Url"/>
</Action>
</Control>
</Group>
</OfficeTab>
</ExtensionPoint>
</DesktopFormFactor>
</Host>
</Hosts>
<Resources>
<bt:Images>
<bt:Image id="Icon.16x16" DefaultValue="https://HOST.com/assets/media/icon-16.png"/>
<bt:Image id="Icon.32x32" DefaultValue="https://HOST.com/assets/media/icon-32.png"/>
<bt:Image id="Icon.80x80" DefaultValue="https://HOST.com/assets/media/icon-80.png"/>
</bt:Images>
<bt:Urls>
<bt:Url id="OfficeTaskpane.Url" DefaultValue="https://HOST.com/index.html?view=Grid"/>
</bt:Urls>
<bt:ShortStrings>
<bt:String id="GroupLabel" DefaultValue="$TEXT$"/>
<bt:String id="OfficeTaskpaneBtn.Label" DefaultValue="$TEXT$"/>
</bt:ShortStrings>
<bt:LongStrings>
<bt:String id="OfficeTaskpaneBtn.Tooltip" DefaultValue="$TEXT$"/>
</bt:LongStrings>
</Resources>
</VersionOverrides>
</VersionOverrides>
</OfficeApp>
I got the same issue, and is working as intended before 2-3 days. But now it is not working. Same error occired while uploading or updating the Manifest file.
Error : Upload failed. Please check the manifest file and try again.
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