The attribute contains a list of approvers and is populated via a packaging script. It results in an failure to synchronize APM Remotes:
2023-01-27 00:00:00.0000Z Error Ivara.Replication.Remote.ClientDirectSQL.DataTransfer [19] Bulk copy failed EXCEPTION OCCURRED:InvalidOperationException The given value of type String from the data source cannot be converted to type nvarchar of the specified target column. at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.ConvertValue(Object value, _SqlMetaData metadata, Boolean isNull, Boolean& isSqlType, Boolean& coercedToDataFeed)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.ReadWriteColumnValueAsync(Int32 col)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.CopyColumnsAsync(Int32 col, TaskCompletionSource`1 source)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.CopyRowsAsync(Int32 rowsSoFar, Int32 totalRows, CancellationToken cts, TaskCompletionSource`1 source)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.CopyBatchesAsyncContinued(BulkCopySimpleResultSet internalResults, String updateBulkCommandText, CancellationToken cts, TaskCompletionSource`1 source)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.CopyBatchesAsync(BulkCopySimpleResultSet internalResults, String updateBulkCommandText, CancellationToken cts, TaskCompletionSource`1 source)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.WriteToServerInternalRestContinuedAsync(BulkCopySimpleResultSet internalResults, CancellationToken cts, TaskCompletionSource`1 source)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.WriteToServerInternalRestAsync(CancellationToken cts, TaskCompletionSource`1 source)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.WriteToServerInternalAsync(CancellationToken ctoken)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.WriteRowSourceToServerAsync(Int32 columnCount, CancellationToken ctoken)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.WriteToServer(DataTable table, DataRowState rowState)
at Ivara.Replication.Remote.ClientDirectSQL.DataTransfer.ImportData(IvaraDataTable incomingTable, DbConnection dbConnection, DateTime startedOn, Boolean isDifferentialInsert)
InvalidOperationException String or binary data would be truncated. at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.ConvertValue(Object value, _SqlMetaData metadata, Boolean isNull, Boolean& isSqlType, Boolean& coercedToDataFeed)
This has been reported as a bug, VSTS#1084896. The temporary workaround is have services modify the column in the SQL backup that is deployed to the user's Remotes.