Azure Cloud Service Publish Fails with "The server encountered an internal error. Please retry the request." -

i can't find error online, 1 article says network related , resolves in few hours has been days still cannot publish azure. exact same configuration worked in past. cause error?

from log seems package uploaded successfully, error occurring when creating vm think. see below. begin more details beyond such simple error message?

7:23:17 pm - connecting... 7:23:17 pm - verifying storage account 'abc'... 7:23:18 pm - uploading package... 7:23:38 pm - updating... 7:24:09 pm - server encountered internal error. please retry request. 

i've seen similar error, intermittently not often. it's due azure transient error. retrying help.

internalerror : server encountered internal error. please retry request. ---> hyak.common.cloudexception: internalerror : server encountered internal error. please retry request. 15:31:25.937    @ microsoft.runtime.compilerservices.taskawaiter.throwfornonsuccess(task task) 15:31:25.937    @ microsoft.runtime.compilerservices.taskawaiter.handlenonsuccess(task task) 15:31:25.937    @ microsoft.windowsazure.management.compute.deploymentoperationsextensions.swap(ideploymentoperations operations, string servicename, deploymentswapparameters parameters)