diff --git a/.github/workflows/localization-automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/localization-automerge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eca1b651c74a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/localization-automerge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: 'LEGO automerge'
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+    branches:
+      - Localization
+
+jobs:
+  worker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    if: github.actor == 'csigs'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v3
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            github.pulls.merge({
+              owner: context.payload.repository.owner.login,
+              repo: context.payload.repository.name,
+              pull_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
+              merge_method: 'squash'
+            })
diff --git a/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/Strings/resources.resjson/en-US/resources.resjson b/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/Strings/resources.resjson/en-US/resources.resjson
index f6dc665d8a74..98c922de5795 100644
--- a/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/Strings/resources.resjson/en-US/resources.resjson
+++ b/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/Strings/resources.resjson/en-US/resources.resjson
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   "loc.messages.Disconnected": "disconnected",
   "loc.messages.DisconnectHost": "disconnecting from: %s",
   "loc.messages.FTPConnected": "connected: %s",
+  "loc.messages.InvalidFTPOptions": "There was an error when reading FTP options: %s",
   "loc.messages.FTPNoHostSpecified": "The FTP server URL must include a host name",
   "loc.messages.FTPNoProtocolSpecified": "The FTP server URL must begin with ftp:// or ftps://",
   "loc.messages.NoFilesFound": "Could not find any files to upload",
diff --git a/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/ftpuploadtask.ts b/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/ftpuploadtask.ts
index d5483ee35b28..1469c5ce0856 100644
--- a/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/ftpuploadtask.ts
+++ b/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/ftpuploadtask.ts
@@ -261,7 +261,13 @@ async function run() {
     tl.setResourcePath(path.join(__dirname, "task.json"));
 
     const tries = 3;
-    const ftpOptions: FtpOptions = getFtpOptions();
+    let ftpOptions: FtpOptions;
+    try {
+        ftpOptions = getFtpOptions();
+    } catch (err) {
+        tl.setResult(tl.TaskResult.Failed, tl.loc('InvalidFTPOptions', err));
+        return;
+    }
 
     if (!ftpOptions.serverEndpointUrl.protocol) {
         tl.setResult(tl.TaskResult.Failed, tl.loc("FTPNoProtocolSpecified"));
diff --git a/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/task.json b/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/task.json
index c39757f985dd..d82f9c28df13 100644
--- a/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/task.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "version": {
         "Major": 2,
         "Minor": 186,
-        "Patch": 0
+        "Patch": 1
     },
     "minimumAgentVersion": "2.182.1",
     "instanceNameFormat": "FTP Upload: $(rootFolder)",
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
         "Disconnected": "disconnected",
         "DisconnectHost": "disconnecting from: %s",
         "FTPConnected": "connected: %s",
+        "InvalidFTPOptions": "There was an error when reading FTP options: %s",
         "FTPNoHostSpecified": "The FTP server URL must include a host name",
         "FTPNoProtocolSpecified": "The FTP server URL must begin with ftp:// or ftps://",
         "NoFilesFound": "Could not find any files to upload",
@@ -203,4 +204,4 @@
         "UploadSucceedRes": "FTP upload successful",
         "UploadFailed": "Ftp Upload failed"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/task.loc.json b/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/task.loc.json
index fa15e8a556b5..94abb04b546c 100644
--- a/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/task.loc.json
+++ b/Tasks/FtpUploadV2/task.loc.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "version": {
     "Major": 2,
     "Minor": 186,
-    "Patch": 0
+    "Patch": 1
   },
   "minimumAgentVersion": "2.182.1",
   "instanceNameFormat": "ms-resource:loc.instanceNameFormat",
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
     "Disconnected": "ms-resource:loc.messages.Disconnected",
     "DisconnectHost": "ms-resource:loc.messages.DisconnectHost",
     "FTPConnected": "ms-resource:loc.messages.FTPConnected",
+    "InvalidFTPOptions": "ms-resource:loc.messages.InvalidFTPOptions",
     "FTPNoHostSpecified": "ms-resource:loc.messages.FTPNoHostSpecified",
     "FTPNoProtocolSpecified": "ms-resource:loc.messages.FTPNoProtocolSpecified",
     "NoFilesFound": "ms-resource:loc.messages.NoFilesFound",