# \#tooling
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## [Automation Manager Automatic Deployment Issue](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/automation-manager-automatic-deployment-issue/933)
**Author:** [@Domingos\_Sousa](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Domingos_Sousa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 11:34am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/automation-manager-automatic-deployment-issue/933 "2026-10-16T11:34:01Z")
Good afternoon, My customer is experiencing issues with the automatic deployment feature of an Automation Manager. The MES does not report any errors. However, the Automation Manager pod, while attempting to create the…
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## [Dev Containers: stack-up-iot-manager Command](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/dev-containers-stack-up-iot-manager-command/527)
**Author:** [@Ben\_Hines](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Ben_Hines)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/dev-containers-stack-up-iot-manager-command/527 "2026-09-15T08:53:06Z")
I am up and running with the CM-provided image for my dev container. I noticed that VS Code has some command buttons along that bottom that are unique to CM customization development. These include: cmf login stack-up s…
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## [DevContainer + WSL Storage Issue (VHDX Growing to 370GB+) — Looking for Recommendations](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/devcontainer-wsl-storage-issue-vhdx-growing-to-370gb-looking-for-recommendations/599)
**Author:** [@irina\_gorlik](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/irina_gorlik)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/devcontainer-wsl-storage-issue-vhdx-growing-to-370gb-looking-for-recommendations/599 "2026-06-12T07:56:25Z")
We are using Dev Containers as our local development environment and are encountering significant storage issues with WSL. The associated VHDX file is growing beyond 370GB and continues to expand during usage. As a temp…
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## [Dev Containers : Dows it support DEE debugging?](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/dev-containers-dows-it-support-dee-debugging/613)
**Author:** [@Cornalious\_Simon](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Cornalious_Simon)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/dev-containers-dows-it-support-dee-debugging/613 "2026-04-07T15:49:31Z")
Dev Containers : Dows it support DEE debugging?
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## [Build cmf.custom.help error - mismatching cytoscape/mermaid dependencies](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/build-cmf-custom-help-error-mismatching-cytoscape-mermaid-dependencies/542)
**Author:** [@Joao\_Roque](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Joao_Roque)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/build-cmf-custom-help-error-mismatching-cytoscape-mermaid-dependencies/542 "2026-03-20T07:49:52Z")
When building an cmf.custom.help package the following errors might be experienced:
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## [Does the "cmf" command take a long time for you?](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/does-the-cmf-command-take-a-long-time-for-you/611)
**Author:** [@Ben\_Hines](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Ben_Hines)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/does-the-cmf-command-take-a-long-time-for-you/611 "2026-03-08T10:07:06Z")
I’ve noticed that the “cmf” command seems to have about 20 seconds of overhead before it starts doing anything. Below, I simply timed “cmd --help”. I’d expect this to execute instantaneously, but even this takes 20 secon…
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## [Issue with UI when using DevContaner](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/issue-with-ui-when-using-devcontaner/529)
**Author:** [@Ben\_Hines](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Ben_Hines)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/issue-with-ui-when-using-devcontaner/529 "2025-12-05T21:07:57Z")
I’ve set up my local dev environment to use a DevContainer in VSCode for development of customizations that target CM 11.1.5. I’ve followed the DevContainer setup instructions and have brought my container stack up with …
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## [Questions about DevContainers](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/questions-about-devcontainers/534)
**Author:** [@Ben\_Hines](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Ben_Hines)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/questions-about-devcontainers/534 "2025-12-01T15:54:19Z")
I have a customization project that we developed before Critical Manufacturing recommended using DevContainers in VSCode. As an experiment, I regenerated the scaffold for the project and noticed that it produced a .devco…
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## [Request change set approval - an unexpected problem occurred](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/request-change-set-approval-an-unexpected-problem-occurred/566)
**Author:** [@khairul\_basar](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/khairul_basar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/request-change-set-approval-an-unexpected-problem-occurred/566 "2025-10-15T14:33:00Z")
step1-\> I opened a flow and request approval. Then I got this error. How to diagnose this error. What can be the reason?
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## [Cmf BackupRestore Tools](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/cmf-backuprestore-tools/538)
**Author:** [@suman\_manivannan](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/suman_manivannan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/cmf-backuprestore-tools/538 "2025-10-04T14:29:13Z")
Hi Team, We used Cmf.BackupRestore.Tools.9.0.0 to do backup and restore the APP server and DB server. Where i can download similar kind of tool for version 10.2.7? Thanks in advance. Regards, Suman
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## ["Unknown Error" upon creating new Service in Dev Environment](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/unknown-error-upon-creating-new-service-in-dev-environment/674)
**Author:** [@shyan\_de\_chin](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/shyan_de_chin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2023, 5:39am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/unknown-error-upon-creating-new-service-in-dev-environment/674 "2023-04-10T05:39:47Z")
I am getting “Unknown Error” upon creating a new Service in Dev environment. Have to wait few minutes for CM Dev to re-establish the connection to the server to resume other work.