WorkItemFormService.(get/add)WorkItemRelations ignore comments

[FlexiGit]

When using the WorkItemFormService to get or add work item relations of the current work item the links will be retrieved or created alright. Unfortunately the service totally ignores the link comments. When retrieving the links the resulting WorkItemRelation objects do not contain the expected attribute["comment"] field, although I can see the comment on the form page. Additionally when adding new links with the service the attribute["comment"] field is ignored again.

When I use the WorkItemTrackingHttpClient to retrieve the links, the field is present and filled as expected. So this is a viable workaround for getting the comments. For adding the links this is not possible, because this would cause major race conditions and update conflicts on the work item.

[obvioussean]

You're correct, and I will get this fixed right away. Thanks for reporting!

[FlexiGit]

First of all: Thanks for the prompt reaction! The add side is working now.

But we need a fix for the get side, too. My promoted workaround does not work, when I added a link through the WorkItemFormService, but have not yet saved the work item. The WorkItemTrackingHttpClient cannot see the link then, yet, and the WorkItemFormService sees the link, but not the comment.

[v-tsymbalistyi]

Hello! Is there any progress on this? I am building an extension for azure devops and need to be aware of new workitem comments. Or is there some other decent way to do this?