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Cannot delete RG rXXXXXXyXXX (sub xxxxxxxx, australia east) due to orphaned serviceAssociationLink/AppServiceLink on subnet 'web' of XXXXXXX

MD Rafi (Persistent) 40 Reputation points
2026-05-04T18:28:14.18+00:00

Resource group XXXXXXXXX cannot be deleted because subnet web on vXXXXXX has an orphaned serviceAssociationLink/AppServiceLink that references a long-deleted App Service Plan (XXXX-cwydbe6ld). The vnet/subnet cannot be deleted while the SAL exists, and the SAL has allowDelete: false and no live owning resource to clean it up.

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  1. Praneeth Maddali 8,775 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-05-04T18:38:02.2233333+00:00

    Hi @MD Rafi (Persistent)

    Thank you for sharing the requested details via the Teams message. This required intervention from the development team, following which the orphaned Service Area Link (SAL) was removed from the system. As discussed offline and confirmed, the issue has been successfully resolved by removing the SAL link and deleting the three resource groups, which was validated by the customer.

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