Allow forced creation when release plans already exist

eng/common/instructions/azsdk-tools/create-release-plan.instructions.md

@@ -12,14 +12,7 @@ Follow these steps in order to create or manage a release plan for an API specif
 - If no pull request is available, prompt the user to provide the API spec pull request link
 - Validate that the provided pull request link is accessible and valid
 
-## Step 2: Check Existing Release Plan
-- Use `azsdk_get_release_plan_for_spec_pr` to check if a release plan already exists for the API spec pull request
-- If a release plan exists:
-    - Display the existing release plan details to the user
-    - Skip to Step 5 (Link SDK Pull Requests)
-- If no release plan exists, proceed to Step 3
-
-## Step 3: Gather Release Plan Information
+## Step 2: Gather Release Plan Information
 Collect the following required information from the user. Do not create a release plan with temporary values. Confirm the values with the user before proceeding to create the release plan.
 If any details are missing, prompt the user accordingly:
 
@@ -31,25 +24,34 @@ If any details are missing, prompt the user accordingly:
     - "beta" for preview API versions
     - "stable" for GA API versions
 
-## Step 4: Create Release Plan
+## Step 3: Create Release Plan
 - If the user doesn't know the required details, direct them to create a release plan using the release planner
 - Provide this resource: [Release Plan Creation Guide](https://eng.ms/docs/products/azure-developer-experience/plan/release-plan-create)
 - Once all information is gathered, use `azsdk_create_release_plan` to create the release plan
+- If existing release plans are found, follow the instructions under Step 3a - Handle Existing Release Plans
 - Display the newly created release plan details to the user for confirmation
 - Refer to #file:sdk-details-in-release-plan.instructions.md to identify languages configured in the TypeSpec project and add them to the release plan
 
-## Step 5: Update SDK Details in Release Plan
+### Step 3a: Handle Existing Release Plans
+- When `azsdk_create_release_plan` returns existing release plans.
+  - Extract and display key information: Release Plan ID, status, associated languages, SDK PRs
+  - Present the three options:
+    1. **Work with the existing release plan** - Use the current release plan and make any needed updates
+    2. **Force create a new release plan** - Create a completely new release plan even though one already exists
+    3. **Cancel** - Don't proceed with release plan creation
+
+## Step 4: Update SDK Details in Release Plan
 - Refer to #file:sdk-details-in-release-plan.instructions.md to add languages and package names to the release plan
 - If the TypeSpec project is for a management plane, refer to #file:verify-namespace-approval.instructions.md if this is first release of SDK.
 
-## Step 6: Link SDK Pull Requests (if applicable)
+## Step 5: Link SDK Pull Requests (if applicable)
 - Ask the user if they have already created SDK pull requests locally for any programming language
 - If SDK pull requests exist:
     - Collect the pull request links from the user
     - Use `azsdk_link_sdk_pull_request_to_release_plan` to link each SDK pull request to the release plan
     - Confirm successful linking for each SDK pull request
 
-## Step 7: Summary
+## Step 6: Summary
 - Display a summary of the completed actions:
     - Release plan status (created or existing)
     - Linked SDK pull requests (if any)

tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli.Tests/Mocks/Services/MockDevOpsService.cs

@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ Task<ReleasePlanDetails> IDevOpsService.GetReleasePlanAsync(string pullRequestUr
             return Task.FromResult(releasePlan);
         }
 
+        Task<List<ReleasePlanDetails>> IDevOpsService.GetReleasePlansForProductAsync(string productTreeId, string specApiVersion)
+        {
+            var releasePlans = new List<ReleasePlanDetails>();
+            return Task.FromResult(releasePlans);
+        }
+
         Task<ReleasePlanDetails> IDevOpsService.GetReleasePlanForWorkItemAsync(int workItemId)
         {
             var releasePlan = new ReleasePlanDetails

tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/DevOpsService.cs

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public interface IDevOpsService
         public Task<ReleasePlanDetails> GetReleasePlanAsync(int releasePlanId);
         public Task<ReleasePlanDetails> GetReleasePlanForWorkItemAsync(int workItemId);
         public Task<ReleasePlanDetails> GetReleasePlanAsync(string pullRequestUrl);
+        public Task<List<ReleasePlanDetails>> GetReleasePlansForProductAsync(string productTreeId, string specApiVersion);
         public Task<WorkItem> CreateReleasePlanWorkItemAsync(ReleasePlanDetails releasePlan);
         public Task<Build> RunSDKGenerationPipelineAsync(string apiSpecBranchRef, string typespecProjectRoot, string apiVersion, string sdkReleaseType, string language, int workItemId, string sdkRepoBranch = "");
         public Task<Build> GetPipelineRunAsync(int buildId);
@@ -136,6 +137,38 @@ public async Task<ReleasePlanDetails> GetReleasePlanAsync(int releasePlanId)
             return await MapWorkItemToReleasePlanAsync(releasePlanWorkItems[0]);
         }
 
+        public async Task<List<ReleasePlanDetails>> GetReleasePlansForProductAsync(string productTreeId, string specApiVersion)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var query = $"SELECT [System.Id] FROM WorkItems WHERE [System.TeamProject] = '{Constants.AZURE_SDK_DEVOPS_RELEASE_PROJECT}' AND [Custom.ProductServiceTreeID] = '{productTreeId}' AND [System.WorkItemType] = 'Release Plan' AND [System.State] IN ('New','Not Started','In Progress')";
+                var releasePlanWorkItems = await FetchWorkItemsAsync(query);
+                if (releasePlanWorkItems.Count == 0)
+                {
+                    logger.LogInformation($"Release plan does not exist for the given product id {productTreeId}");
+                    return new List<ReleasePlanDetails>();
+                }
+
+                var releasePlans = new List<ReleasePlanDetails>();
+
+                foreach (var workItem in releasePlanWorkItems)
+                {
+                    var releasePlan = await MapWorkItemToReleasePlanAsync(workItem);
+                    if (releasePlan.SpecAPIVersion == specApiVersion)
+                    {
+                        releasePlans.Add(releasePlan);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return releasePlans;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                logger.LogError($"Failed to get release plans for product id {productTreeId}. Error: {ex.Message}");
+                throw new Exception($"Failed to get release plans for product id {productTreeId}. Error: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
         private async Task<ReleasePlanDetails> MapWorkItemToReleasePlanAsync(WorkItem workItem)
         {
             var releasePlan = new ReleasePlanDetails()
@@ -178,7 +211,7 @@ private async Task<ReleasePlanDetails> MapWorkItemToReleasePlanAsync(WorkItem wo
                         {
                             Language = MapLanguageIdToName(lang),
                             GenerationPipelineUrl = sdkGenPipelineUrl,
-                            SdkPullRequestUrl = sdkPullRequestUrl,          
+                            SdkPullRequestUrl = sdkPullRequestUrl,
                             ReleaseStatus = releaseStatus,
                             PackageName = packageName,
                             ReleaseExclusionStatus = exclusionStatus

tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Tools/ReleasePlan/ReleasePlanTool.cs

@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ IEnvironmentHelper environmentHelper
             Required = true,
         };
 
+        private readonly Option<bool> forceCreateReleasePlanOpt = new("--force-create-release")
+        {
+            Description = "Force creation of release plan even if one already exists",
+            Required = true,
+        };
+
         //Namespace approval repo details
         private const string namespaceApprovalRepoName = "azure-sdk";
         private const string namespaceApprovalRepoOwner = "Azure";
@@ -132,7 +138,7 @@ IEnvironmentHelper environmentHelper
 
         protected override List<Command> GetCommands() =>
         [
-            new(getReleasePlanDetailsCommandName, "Get release plan details") { workItemIdOpt, releasePlanNumberOpt },
+            new(getReleasePlanDetailsCommandName, "Get release plan details") {workItemIdOpt, releasePlanNumberOpt},
             new(createReleasePlanCommandName, "Create a release plan")
             {
                 typeSpecProjectPathOpt,
@@ -144,6 +150,7 @@ protected override List<Command> GetCommands() =>
                 sdkReleaseTypeOpt,
                 userEmailOpt,
                 isTestReleasePlanOpt,
+                forceCreateReleasePlanOpt,
             },
             new(linkNamespaceApprovalIssueCommandName, "Link namespace approval issue to release plan") { workItemIdOpt, namespaceApprovalIssueOpt }
         ];
@@ -169,6 +176,7 @@ public override async Task<CommandResponse> HandleCommand(ParseResult parseResul
                     var sdkReleaseType = commandParser.GetValue(sdkReleaseTypeOpt);
                     var isTestReleasePlan = commandParser.GetValue(isTestReleasePlanOpt);
                     var userEmail = commandParser.GetValue(userEmailOpt);
+                    var forceCreateReleasePlan = commandParser.GetValue(forceCreateReleasePlanOpt);
                     return await CreateReleasePlan(
                         typeSpecProjectPath,
                         targetReleaseMonthYear,
@@ -178,7 +186,8 @@ public override async Task<CommandResponse> HandleCommand(ParseResult parseResul
                         specPullRequestUrl,
                         sdkReleaseType,
                         userEmail: userEmail,
-                        isTestReleasePlan: isTestReleasePlan
+                        isTestReleasePlan: isTestReleasePlan,
+                        forceCreateReleasePlan: forceCreateReleasePlan
                     );
 
                 case linkNamespaceApprovalIssueCommandName:
@@ -302,7 +311,7 @@ Please create a pull request in the public Azure/azure-rest-api-specs repository
         }
 
         [McpServerTool(Name = "azsdk_create_release_plan"), Description("Create Release Plan")]
-        public async Task<ObjectCommandResponse> CreateReleasePlan(string typeSpecProjectPath, string targetReleaseMonthYear, string serviceTreeId, string productTreeId, string specApiVersion, string specPullRequestUrl, string sdkReleaseType, string userEmail = "", bool isTestReleasePlan = false)
+        public async Task<ObjectCommandResponse> CreateReleasePlan(string typeSpecProjectPath, string targetReleaseMonthYear, string serviceTreeId, string productTreeId, string specApiVersion, string specPullRequestUrl, string sdkReleaseType, string userEmail = "", bool isTestReleasePlan = false, bool forceCreateReleasePlan = false)
         {
             try
             {
@@ -316,21 +325,37 @@ public async Task<ObjectCommandResponse> CreateReleasePlan(string typeSpecProjec
                 {
                     sdkReleaseType = mappedType;
                 }
-
-                ValidateCreateReleasePlanInputAsync(typeSpecProjectPath, serviceTreeId, productTreeId, specPullRequestUrl, sdkReleaseType, specApiVersion);
 
-                // Check for existing release plan for the given pull request URL.
-                logger.LogInformation("Checking for existing release plan for pull request URL: {specPullRequestUrl}", specPullRequestUrl);
-                var existingReleasePlan = await devOpsService.GetReleasePlanAsync(specPullRequestUrl);
-                if (existingReleasePlan != null && existingReleasePlan.WorkItemId > 0)
+                ValidateCreateReleasePlanInputAsync(typeSpecProjectPath, serviceTreeId, productTreeId, specPullRequestUrl, sdkReleaseType, specApiVersion);
+
+                if (!forceCreateReleasePlan)
                 {
-                    return new ObjectCommandResponse
+                    // Check for existing release plan for the given pull request URL.
+                    logger.LogInformation("Checking for existing release plan for pull request URL: {specPullRequestUrl}", specPullRequestUrl);
+                    var existingReleasePlan = await devOpsService.GetReleasePlanAsync(specPullRequestUrl);
+                    if (existingReleasePlan != null && existingReleasePlan.WorkItemId > 0)
                     {
-                        Message = $"Release plan already exists for the pull request: {specPullRequestUrl}. Release plan link: {existingReleasePlan.ReleasePlanLink}",
-                        Result = existingReleasePlan
-                    };                    
-                }
+                        return new ObjectCommandResponse
+                        {
+                            Message = $"Release plan not created. Release plan already exists for the pull request: {specPullRequestUrl}. Release plan link: {existingReleasePlan.ReleasePlanLink}",
+                            Result = existingReleasePlan
+                        };
+                    }
 
+                    logger.LogInformation("Checking for existing release plans for product: {productTreeId}", productTreeId);
+                    var existingReleasePlans = await devOpsService.GetReleasePlansForProductAsync(productTreeId, specApiVersion);
+                    existingReleasePlans = existingReleasePlans.Where(releasePlan => releasePlan.WorkItemId > 0).ToList();
+                    if (existingReleasePlans.Any())
+                    {
+                        return new ObjectCommandResponse
+                        {
+                            Message = $"An active release plan already exists for the product: {productTreeId}. " 
+                            +  $"Release plan link(s): {string.Join("\n ", existingReleasePlans.Select(p => p.ReleasePlanLink))}",
+                            Result = existingReleasePlans
+                        };
+                    }
+                }
+
                 // Check environment variable to determine if this should be a test release plan
                 var isAgentTesting = environmentHelper.GetBooleanVariable("AZSDKTOOLS_AGENT_TESTING", false);
                 if (isAgentTesting)