Azure Front Door Premium WAF policy creation fails while Microsoft.Network/AllowFrontdoor remains Pending

MapleTree 0 Reputation points
2026-10-06T15:01:43.0666667+00:00

I am configuring Azure Front Door Premium and cannot create a Web Application Firewall policy.

The Front Door Premium resources themselves are working correctly:

Front Door Premium profile is Active

Endpoint is provisioned successfully

Origin group and App Service origin are provisioned successfully

Private Link connection to App Service is Approved

Front Door routing is working

Custom domains and AFD-managed TLS certificates are validated and deployed

Requests through Front Door reach the application successfully

The required resource providers are registered:

Microsoft.Cdn = Registered

Microsoft.Network = Registered

However, this subscription feature remains:

Microsoft.Network/AllowFrontdoor = Pending

A minimal WAF policy creation attempt using Premium_AzureFrontDoor fails with:

(BadRequest) WebApplicationFirewallPolicy validation failed. More information "Policy ArmResourceId has incorrect formatting".

I have already:

registered Microsoft.Cdn

confirmed Microsoft.Network is registered

requested registration of Microsoft.Network/AllowFrontdoor

confirmed Azure Front Door Premium itself is functioning normally

confirmed there are no existing WAF policies in the resource group

reproduced the failure with a minimal standalone WAF policy

My question is:

For Azure Front Door Premium, what is the supported remediation when Microsoft.Network/AllowFrontdoor remains Pending and WAF policy creation fails with "Policy ArmResourceId has incorrect formatting"?

Does this feature require Microsoft-side subscription approval, or is there another supported configuration step that must be completed before creating a Premium Azure Front Door WAF policy?

I can provide subscription-specific IDs, timestamps, or correlation information privately if needed.

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Azure Front Door

An Azure service that provides a cloud content delivery network with threat protection.

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