chore: kiota is downloaded instead of built during generation

.azure-pipelines/generation-pipeline.yml

@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ resources:
     type: github
     endpoint: microsoftgraph (22)
     name: microsoftgraph/microsoft-graph-docs
-  - repository: kiota
-    type: github
-    endpoint: microsoftkiota
-    name: microsoft/kiota
   - repository: Agents-M365Copilot
     type: github
     endpoint: microsoftkiota
@@ -175,8 +171,6 @@ extends:
   parameters:
     sdl:
       sourceRepositoriesToScan:
-        include:
-        - repository: kiota
         exclude:
         - repository: msgraph-sdk-dotnet
         - repository: msgraph-beta-sdk-dotnet

.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/build-and-publish-kiota.yml

@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 steps:
-- template: /.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/use-dotnet-sdk.yml@self
-  parameters:
-    version: "10.x" #kiota uses a net10 target
-
-- checkout: kiota
-  displayName: checkout kiota
-  fetchDepth: 1
-
-- pwsh: dotnet build $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/src/kiota/kiota.csproj --configuration $(buildConfiguration)
-  displayName: 'Build Kiota'
-
-- task: CopyFiles@2
-  inputs:
-    sourceFolder: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/src/kiota/bin/$(BuildConfiguration)/net10.0'
-    contents: '**/*'
-    targetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
-  displayName: Copy Kiota executable
+- bash: |
+    RELEASE_JSON=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/kiota/releases/latest")
+    LATEST_TAG=$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r '.tag_name')
+    ASSET_URL=$(echo "$RELEASE_JSON" | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | test("linux-x64")) | .browser_download_url')
+    echo "Downloading Kiota $LATEST_TAG"
+    echo "Asset URL: $ASSET_URL"
+    curl -L "$ASSET_URL" -o kiota_download
+    mkdir -p /tmp/kiota_extract
+    if [[ "$ASSET_URL" == *.zip ]]; then
+      unzip kiota_download -d /tmp/kiota_extract
+    else
+      tar -xzf kiota_download -C /tmp/kiota_extract
+    fi
+    KIOTA_BIN=$(find /tmp/kiota_extract -name kiota -type f | head -1)
+    echo "Found Kiota binary at: $KIOTA_BIN"
+    mkdir -p "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)"
+    cp "$KIOTA_BIN" "$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/kiota"
+  displayName: 'Download latest Kiota from GitHub'

.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/language-generation-kiota.yml

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ steps:
         Write-Warning "Kiota directory not found: $(kiotaDirectory)"
     }
   displayName: 'List files in Kiota directory'
-- pwsh: '& "$(kiotaDirectory)/kiota.exe" generate --openapi "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/msgraph-metadata/${{ parameters.cleanMetadataFolder }}/openapi.yaml" --language "${{ parameters.language }}" -o "$(kiotaDirectory)/output" -n "${{ parameters.targetNamespace }}" -c "${{ parameters.targetClassName }}" ${{ parameters.customArguments }} ${{ parameters.pathExclusionArguments }}'
+- pwsh: '& "$(kiotaExecutable)" generate --openapi "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/msgraph-metadata/${{ parameters.cleanMetadataFolder }}/openapi.yaml" --language "${{ parameters.language }}" -o "$(kiotaDirectory)/output" -n "${{ parameters.targetNamespace }}" -c "${{ parameters.targetClassName }}" ${{ parameters.customArguments }} ${{ parameters.pathExclusionArguments }}'
   displayName: 'Run Kiota for ${{ parameters.language }} ${{ parameters.version }}'
   env:
     KIOTA_GENERATION:EXPORTPUBLICAPI: ${{ parameters.exportDom }}

.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-up-for-generation-kiota.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,20 @@ steps:
 - template: /.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/set-user-config.yml@self
 - template: /.azure-pipelines/generation-templates/use-dotnet-sdk.yml@self
   parameters:
-    version: "10.x" #kiota uses a net10 target
+    version: "10.x"
+
+- bash: |
+    KIOTA_BIN=$(find "$(kiotaDirectory)" -name "kiota" -type f | head -1)
+    if [ -z "$KIOTA_BIN" ]; then
+      echo "ERROR: kiota binary not found under $(kiotaDirectory)"
+      echo "Directory contents:"
+      ls -laR "$(kiotaDirectory)" || echo "Directory does not exist"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    chmod +x "$KIOTA_BIN"
+    echo "Kiota binary ready at: $KIOTA_BIN"
+    echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=kiotaExecutable]$KIOTA_BIN"
+  displayName: 'Make Kiota executable'
 
 # checkout metadata repo if capture and clean step is skipped
 - checkout: msgraph-metadata