Commit Status Publisher

GitHub

Commit Status Publisher supports the GitHub URL in the following format:

• For GitHub.com: https://api.github.com

• For GitHub Enterprise: http[s]://<host>[:<port>]/api/v3

For connection, select one of the available authentication types:

• Access Token — use a personal access token or obtain a token through an OAuth connection. The token must have the following scopes:

  • for public repositories: public_repo and repo:status

  • for private repositories: repo

  If you have a configured OAuth connection to GitHub, you can click the magic wand button to let TeamCity automatically retrieve the corresponding access token.

  

• GitHub App access token — if this project or any of the parent projects have a valid GitHub App connection, the Commit Status Publisher can refreshable access tokens. Refreshable access tokens are short-lived tokens acquired by TeamCity from a required VCS provider via existing OAuth connections (as opposed to static PAT tokens issued manually by users on a VCS hosting side). See the following article for more information on generating and using refreshable tokens: Manage Refreshable Access Tokens.

• Use VCS root(s) credentials — TeamCity will try to extract credentials from the VCS root settings. This option is designed for VCS roots that use tokens (either static/personal or refreshable/OAuth) to pass authentication and obtain repositories using HTTP(S) fetch URLs. Choose other options if a related VCS root employs anonymous or standard username-password authentication or uses an SSH fetch URL.

• Password — Provide the GitHub username and password. Note that the password authentication will not work if connecting to a GitHub Enterprise repository or if the user's GitHub account is protected with a two-factor authentication. In these cases, use an access token instead.

GitLab

The Authentication Type option allows you to choose which authentication method the build feature should use to access GitLab repositories.

• Personal access tokens or PATs are static authentication tokens that you can issue in your GitLab profile page.

• Refreshable access tokens are short-lived tokens acquired by TeamCity from a required VCS provider via existing OAuth connections (as opposed to static PAT tokens issued manually by users on a VCS hosting side). See the following article for more information on generating and using refreshable tokens: Manage Refreshable Access Tokens.

• Use VCS root credentials — TeamCity will try to extract credentials from the VCS root settings. This option is designed for VCS roots that use tokens (either static/personal or refreshable/OAuth) to pass authentication and obtain repositories using HTTP(S) fetch URLs. Choose other options if a related VCS root employs anonymous or standard username-password authentication or uses an SSH fetch URL.

The GitLab API URL field accepts URLs in the http[s]://<hostname>[:<port>]/api/v4 format. This field is optional: if left blank, TeamCity uses a value that corresponds to the fetch URL specified in VCS root settings.

Bitbucket Cloud

For the Authentication Type, you have the following options:

• Use VCS root credentials — TeamCity will try to extract credentials from the VCS root settings. This option is designed for VCS roots that use tokens (either static/personal or refreshable/OAuth) to pass authentication and obtain repositories using HTTP(S) fetch URLs. Choose other options if a related VCS root employs anonymous or standard username-password authentication or uses an SSH fetch URL.

• Username/password — Specify a username and password for connection to Bitbucket Cloud. For Bitbucket Cloud team accounts, it is possible to use the team name as the username and the API key as the password. We recommend using an app password with the Pull Requests | Read scope.

• Refreshable access tokens are short-lived tokens acquired by TeamCity from a required VCS provider via existing OAuth connections (as opposed to static PAT tokens issued manually by users on a VCS hosting side). See the following article for more information on generating and using refreshable tokens: Manage Refreshable Access Tokens.

Bitbucket Server

The following parameters are available for the Bitbucket Server/Data Center hosting type:

To protect a branch and ensure that only verified pull requests are merged into it, you can specify required builds in your Bitbucket repository settings. To set a TeamCity build as a required build, open the Add required builds page in Bitbucket and specify a build configuration ID as a build key in the Add builds field. In this case, Bitbucket will not allow a pull request to be merged until the build on requested changes finishes successfully.

Azure DevOps

To set up the Commit Status Publisher for Azure DevOps, specify your Azure server URL and choose a preferred authentication method.

• Personal access tokens or PATs are static authentication tokens that you can issue in your Azure DevOps account settings. Your issued token should have the Code (status) and Code (read) scopes to allow Commit Status Publisher to post status updates. For VSTS connections, a token can be retrieved from connection settings automatically.

• Refreshable access tokens are short-lived tokens acquired by TeamCity from a required VCS provider via existing OAuth connections (as opposed to static PAT tokens issued manually by users on a VCS hosting side). See the following article for more information on generating and using refreshable tokens: Manage Refreshable Access Tokens.

JetBrains Space

Starting with version 2023.09, TeamCity build configurations set up via predefined Space connections do not require a configured Commit Status Publisher to post build statuses.

Set up a project using Space connections and TeamCity will automatically post build-related comments under the Automation section of Space Commits and Branches tabs.

It is also possible to manually set up the Commit Status Publisher feature. You may opt a manual setup if:

• you want to set up a custom publisher name and/or Space project key;

• TeamCity is unable to publish build statuses automatically (for example, this may happen if you utilize an on-premises instance of JetBrains Space with a custom configuration).

To manually set up the Commit Status Publisher, you will need a predefined Space connection. If you do not have a suitable connection and your project was created manually or from the repository URL, go to Project Settings | Connections and create a new one.

Then, in the build configuration's settings:

1. Open Build Features and add the Commit Status Publisher build feature.

2. Select the JetBrains Space publisher and the created connection.

3. Specify the name that will be displayed for this service in Space.

4. Save the settings.

Perforce Helix Swarm

If a build is run on changes in Perforce shelved files, TeamCity can report its statuses as comments to the respective code review in Perforce Helix Swarm.

See this help article for more information: Integration with Perforce Helix Swarm.

Gerrit

Commit Status Publisher supports Gerrit versions 2.6+. For configuring integration with earlier Gerrit versions, contact our support.