TFS Build Server won't deploy my .pdbs

Question

The steps of my build:

• NuGet Installer - get all packages for all solutions in the source tree
• Visual Studio Build - Build the solution - no special parameters
• Visual Studio Test - Run tests on built solution
• Visual Studio Build - Publish specific website - MSBuild Arguments = /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:PublishProfile=Publish /p:OutputPath=Publish /p:TeamDirectory="$(TeamName)\\" /p:ExcludeGeneratedDebugSymbol=false
• Publish Build Artifacts

Additional configuration:

• Going to properties for the website in VS, all build configurations have "Exclude generated debug symbols" unchecked. This is reflected in the .csproj file with <ExcludeGeneratedDebugSymbol>false</ExcludeGeneratedDebugSymbol> under each PropertyGroup.
• Going to properties for the website in VS, under Build -> Advanced, all build configurations have Debug Info = pdb-only (except Debug, which has full). This is reflected in the .csproj file with <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType> and <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>

The bin directory for all projects including the website contains appropriate .pdb files. The Publish directory and the generated artifact do not have any .pdb files except for Antlr3.Runtime.pdb, EntityFramework.MappingAPI.pdb, and RefactorThis.GraphDiff.pdb. Running publish locally through VS copies the .pdb files as expected.

Answer 1

I tested at my side, TFS has the same behavior with local VS, it's the default behavior.

Normally the Antlr3.Runtime.pdb and project project.pdb will display there, If you have other third packages, you need to make sure the .pdb files are included in them when get sources.

Whatever, have a try for these arguments /p:DebugSymbols=true /p:DebugType=full