Microsoft Azure Devops 2019 does not remove the build lock after stop retaining the build

Question

In Azure devops 2019 I retained my old builds. Later I stopped Retaining the build however. When I click on 3 dots beside the build I do see Retain build again which confirms that I already stopped retaining. However I am still seeing a lock beside the build. Is this a bug in Devops? Are these builds going to be deleted after 30 days? I do not want them.

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Answer 1

Your build is supposed retained by a release. Please check whether you have a release linked this build for CD. If you want to unlock the build, you need to remove the release associated with the build.

Find the release definition that retain the build, and then uncheck the Retain associated artifacts, you'll see the build will be unlocked.