Bot works in Bot Framework Emulator on local computer, but not after it's deployed to Microsoft Azure - HTTP status code NotFound

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Right now, I'm testing the steps required when it comes to starting a bot project in Virtual Studio Community 2019, testing a bot in Bot Framework Emulator (V4), and then deploying that bot to Microsoft Azure.

Right now, I'm testing a simple Echo Bot template available in Virtual Studio Community 2019. When I run it in Virtual Studio Community 2019, open the bot in Bot Framework Emulator using a provided "localhost" URL, and test it in the emulator's "Live Chat" window, it works perfectly fine.

However, after I go through the process of deploying this bot using Azure CLI (command-line tool), I find that the bot doesn't respond when I go to "Test in Web Chat" for the Bot Channels Registration resource, which is named after the BotID. When I look at the channels page, I see the following error: "There was an error sending this message to your bot: HTTP status code NotFound."

I already tried turning on "Always On" for the bot, enabling Application Insights (ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core), and integrating an application insights service with the bot.

I attached an image of the bot's files at https://"botname".scm.azurewebsites.net/dev/wwwroot/ as requested by "mdrichardson - MSFT" in the comment section of the question.

Bot File Directory

How should I resolve this issue?

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Can you post the steps you used to deploy the bot? Are they these ones? My guess is that you didn't correctly zip your local code before running az webapp deployment.... Can you screenshot the files you see listed here: https:/<yourEndpoint>.scm.azurewebsites.net/dev/wwwroot/ – mdrichardson
Hi, mdrichardson - MSFT. Thank you for helping with this issue. I added a URL to an image of the bot's files to the original question. Do you see any quick changes I should make based on how it looks? If it looks correct, what are some other approaches I should try? – DataExaminer555

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It looks like you're missing this step:

az bot prepare-deploy --lang Csharp --code-dir "." --proj-file-path "MyBot.csproj"

This creates a .deployment file that gets uploaded when you deploy. Once uploaded, it tells Kudu/Azure to build the bot. It should result in your directory containing a bunch of .dll files, looking more like this:

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It's possible that you didn't miss that step, in which case you just need to include the .deployment file in your code.zip and then re-run:

az webapp deployment source config-zip --resource-group "<yourGroup>" --name "<yourBot>" --src "code.zip"

Alternatively...

Since you're using the Visual Studio Template, you can:

  1. Right-click on your project in Visual Studio, go to Publish

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  1. Stay on the App Service tab, click Publish, and go through the steps to deploy.

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