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Azure Yearly Renewal Feature Doesn't Work for "disabled" Subscriptions. #32204
Description
Describe the bug
I’ve been using Azure for ~1–1.5 years on the Azure for Students subscription ($100/yr). After the first year expired, my subscription moved to Disabled and I have been unable to renew/reactivate it despite following the documented renewal flow and multiple Q&A/forum answers.
Expected: As an eligible student, the yearly renewal/reactivation should succeed (or provide a clear remediation path).
Actual: The subscription remains Disabled after expiry, and the renewal path never completes (no actionable error or resolution). I’ve tried all commonly suggested fixes without success (see below).
I’ve already confirmed the usual causes do not apply to me:
“You’re not signing up with a school-issued email.” → I used my university email (student account).
“Your school/region doesn’t surface the student plan.” → The plan is listed/available in my region.
“Disable VPN.” → I’m not using a VPN.
Eligibility requirements (full-time at accredited 2–4 year university, verify via org email, not MOOC/pro training, one student subscription per customer). → I meet these; still eligible.
My subscription has remained Disabled since it was deactivated after the first year ended.
I have multiple relevant screenshots of the error messages and my subscription details, attached below:
I am pretty confident that I've tried most , if not all of, proposed solutions in Q&A, hence I think this is an actual bug which leads to business discontinuity.
Related command
none
Errors
The portal renewal flow fails to complete and the subscription stays Disabled. The UI does not present a clear, actionable error beyond generic failure; happy to provide screenshots privately if required.
Issue script & Debug output
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Expected behavior
it should work, and renew my subscription normally.
Environment Summary
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Additional context
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Activity
yonzhan commentedon Oct 1, 2025
Thank you for opening this issue, we will look into it.
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azclibot commentedon Jun 22, 2026
Hi Yazeed Ghoban (@pnsw123), thanks for filing this issue!
After reviewing your report, this appears to be an Azure subscription billing/account issue rather than a bug in the Azure CLI tool itself — the issue describes a problem with the Azure for Students subscription renewal flow in the portal, with no Azure CLI command involved.
For this type of issue, the best path forward is to contact Azure Support directly:
The Azure CLI GitHub repository handles bugs and feature requests for the
azcommand-line tool. If you encounter a specificazcommand that fails unexpectedly, please open a new issue with:azcommand you ranaz versionClosing this issue as out-of-scope for the CLI repository. Thank you for understanding!
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