# Failed to request and parse 'https://sonarcloud.io/api/server/version': Object reference not set to an instance of an object

**URL:** <https://community.sonarsource.com/t/failed-to-request-and-parse-https-sonarcloud-io-api-server-version-object-reference-not-set-to-an-instance-of-an-object/42284>\
**Category:** SonarQube Cloud\
**Tags:** azuredevops-services, sonarqube-cloud\
**Created:** [April 26, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/failed-to-request-and-parse-https-sonarcloud-io-api-server-version-object-reference-not-set-to-an-instance-of-an-object/42284 "2021-04-26T18:03:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![mauro-maulini66712](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/mauro-maulini66712/32/23585_2.png) [@mauro-maulini66712](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/mauro-maulini66712)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/failed-to-request-and-parse-https-sonarcloud-io-api-server-version-object-reference-not-set-to-an-instance-of-an-object/42284/1 "2021-04-26T18:03:36Z")

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Azure DevOps  
C#

The pipeline of my Azure DevOps project is not running because an error on the SonarCloudPrepare service giving us the message in the title. Seems like it fails because there is no version number in the URL ¿?  
Here is our pipeline cource code:  
trigger:

- master

pool: ‘Servers CI’  
variables:  
solution: ‘\*\*/\*.sln’  
buildPlatform: ‘Any CPU’  
buildConfiguration: ‘Release’

steps:

- task: UseDotNet@2  
displayName: ‘Install .NET Core SDK’  
inputs:  
version: 3.1.x  
performMultiLevelLookup: true

- task: SonarCloudPrepare@1  
inputs:  
SonarCloud: ‘Sonarcloud SecCert’  
scannerMode: ‘MSBuild’  
organization: ‘XXXXXX’  
projectKey: ‘XXXXXX\_SecCert’  
projectName: ‘SecCert’  
projectVersion: 1.0  
…

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**Author:** ![mickaelcaro](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/mickaelcaro/32/4147_2.png) [@mickaelcaro](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/mickaelcaro)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/failed-to-request-and-parse-https-sonarcloud-io-api-server-version-object-reference-not-set-to-an-instance-of-an-object/42284/2 "2021-04-27T06:19:49Z")

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Hi @mauro-maulini66712 and welcome to the community.

Can you please share the logs of this failing execution, in debug mode please ?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![mickaelcaro](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/mickaelcaro/32/4147_2.png) [@mickaelcaro](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/mickaelcaro)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 5:37am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/failed-to-request-and-parse-https-sonarcloud-io-api-server-version-object-reference-not-set-to-an-instance-of-an-object/42284/4 "2021-04-28T05:37:40Z")

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Hi @mauro-maulini66712 and thanks.

Does it happen consistently since the first occurrence of this error ?

Is your agent behind a proxy by chance ?

Mickaël