pull latest sql server and add extended retry for auth

Author: bewithgaurav

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - script: |
           docker version
-          docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-latest
+          # Force pull the latest 2022 image
+          docker pull --disable-content-trust mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-latest
           docker run -e 'ACCEPT_EULA=Y' -e "SA_PASSWORD=$(TestAppPassword)" -p 1433:1433 -d mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-latest
           curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
           curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/22.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list
@@ -334,14 +335,14 @@ jobs:
           export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"
           
           # Retry authentication until SQL Server finishes its internal upgrade process
-          for i in {1..30}; do
-            echo "Authentication attempt $i of 30..."
+          for i in {1..60}; do
+            echo "Authentication attempt $i of 60..."
             if sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P "$(TestAppPassword)" -Q "SELECT 1 AS test" -t 10 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
               echo "✅ SQL Server authentication successful after $i attempts!"
               break
             else
-              if [ $i -eq 30 ]; then
-                echo "❌ SQL Server authentication FAILED after 30 attempts!"
+              if [ $i -eq 60 ]; then
+                echo "❌ SQL Server authentication FAILED after 60 attempts!"
                 echo "Final attempt with verbose output:"
                 sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P "$(TestAppPassword)" -Q "SELECT 1 AS test" -t 10
                 echo ""