From 23736c9b30d0d82bc3dd9d7a472923b1dfd10645 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 20:12:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Initial plan


From 9233c90b72fa619881da934c3976561c7c131667 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 20:29:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Extract validation message to constant to follow DRY
 principle

Co-authored-by: spboyer <7681382+spboyer@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 cli/azd/cmd/env.go                     | 4 ++--
 cli/azd/pkg/environment/environment.go | 3 +++
 cli/azd/pkg/environment/manager.go     | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cli/azd/cmd/env.go b/cli/azd/cmd/env.go
index fd1f24c9999..cadbb83addf 100644
--- a/cli/azd/cmd/env.go
+++ b/cli/azd/cmd/env.go
@@ -852,9 +852,9 @@ func (e *envListAction) Run(ctx context.Context) (*actions.ActionResult, error)
 
 		if invalidCount > 0 {
 			warning := fmt.Sprintf(
-				"\n⚠ Warning: %d environment(s) have invalid names and may cause issues with azd commands. "+
-					"Valid names can only contain: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, (, ), _, . (max 64 chars)\n",
+				"\n⚠ Warning: %d environment(s) have invalid names and may cause issues with azd commands. %s\n",
 				invalidCount,
+				environment.EnvironmentNameValidationMessage,
 			)
 			fmt.Fprint(e.writer, warning)
 		}
diff --git a/cli/azd/pkg/environment/environment.go b/cli/azd/pkg/environment/environment.go
index 761c024872b..68d612e1927 100644
--- a/cli/azd/pkg/environment/environment.go
+++ b/cli/azd/pkg/environment/environment.go
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ var EnvironmentNameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9-\(\)_\.]{1,64}$`)
 // The maximum length of an environment name.
 var EnvironmentNameMaxLength = 64
 
+// EnvironmentNameValidationMessage is the message describing valid environment name constraints
+const EnvironmentNameValidationMessage = "Valid names can only contain: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, (, ), _, . (max 64 chars)"
+
 func IsValidEnvironmentName(name string) bool {
 	return EnvironmentNameRegexp.MatchString(name)
 }
diff --git a/cli/azd/pkg/environment/manager.go b/cli/azd/pkg/environment/manager.go
index db605add33b..dc87d5485dc 100644
--- a/cli/azd/pkg/environment/manager.go
+++ b/cli/azd/pkg/environment/manager.go
@@ -409,8 +409,9 @@ func (m *manager) Get(ctx context.Context, name string) (*Environment, error) {
 	// Validate environment name
 	if !IsValidEnvironmentName(name) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
-			"environment name '%s' is invalid. Valid names can only contain: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, (, ), _, . (max 64 chars)",
+			"environment name '%s' is invalid. %s",
 			name,
+			EnvironmentNameValidationMessage,
 		)
 	}
 

From 98ea675d1ea6a53b18735925ac9c968c2451c7db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 20:36:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Standardize all validation messages to use the constant

Co-authored-by: spboyer <7681382+spboyer@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 cli/azd/pkg/environment/manager.go | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cli/azd/pkg/environment/manager.go b/cli/azd/pkg/environment/manager.go
index dc87d5485dc..64109290122 100644
--- a/cli/azd/pkg/environment/manager.go
+++ b/cli/azd/pkg/environment/manager.go
@@ -272,11 +272,13 @@ func (m *manager) loadOrInitEnvironment(ctx context.Context, environmentName str
 	if environmentName != "" && !IsValidEnvironmentName(environmentName) {
 		fmt.Fprintf(
 			m.console.Handles().Stdout,
-			"environment name '%s' is invalid (it should contain only alphanumeric characters and hyphens)\n",
-			environmentName)
+			"environment name '%s' is invalid. %s\n",
+			environmentName,
+			EnvironmentNameValidationMessage)
 		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf(
-			"environment name '%s' is invalid (it should contain only alphanumeric characters and hyphens)",
-			environmentName)
+			"environment name '%s' is invalid. %s",
+			environmentName,
+			EnvironmentNameValidationMessage)
 	}
 
 	// No environment name, no default environment set.
@@ -581,7 +583,8 @@ func (m *manager) ensureValidEnvironmentName(ctx context.Context, spec *Spec) er
 
 func invalidEnvironmentNameMsg(environmentName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		"environment name '%s' is invalid (it should contain only alphanumeric characters and hyphens)\n",
+		"environment name '%s' is invalid. %s\n",
 		environmentName,
+		EnvironmentNameValidationMessage,
 	)
 }