AZ CLI 2.71.x breaks bicep deployments when using Azure Devops Agent

TL;DR

Issue Azure/azure-cli#31189 (closed, 64 comments): ### Describe the bug When performing a bicep operation using the az cli in an Azure Devops Pipeline that has been upgraded to AZ CLI 2.71.x we seem to run in to the following: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '[HOME]/...' This is a problem on: - Ubuntu 22.04 Self Hosted - Ubuntu 24.04 Self Hosted - Ubuntu 22.04 Microsoft Hosted Azure Pipelines - Ubuntu-22.04 pool.

Steps

1. Issue Azure/azure-cli#31189 (closed, 64 comments): ### Describe the bug When performing a bicep operation using the az cli in an Azure Devops Pipeline that has been upgraded to AZ CLI 2.71.x we seem to run in to the following: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '[HOME]/...' This is a problem on: - Ubuntu 22.04 Self Hosted - Ubuntu 24.04 Self Hosted - Ubuntu 22.04 Microsoft Hosted Azure Pipelines - Ubuntu-22.04 pool. This works because it runs AZ CLI 2.70 ```yaml - task: AzureCLI@2 inputs: azureSubscription: ${{ parameters.serviceConnection }} scriptType: pscore scriptLocation: in
2. AZ CLI 2.71.x breaking Bicep deployments on Azure DevOps agents: a regression fixed in Azure CLI 2.72.0, which the Microsoft-hosted agents now include. Upgrade to 2.72.0+. If you are stuck on older agents, install the Azure CLI edge build as a pipeline step.

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Versions

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Why this happens

This works because it runs AZ CLI 2.70 ```yaml - task: AzureCLI@2 inputs: azureSubscription: ${{ parameters.serviceConnection }} scriptType: pscore scriptLocation: in

In the GitHub issue gh:Azure/azure-cli#31189 (https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/issues/31189), the problem reported was: Issue Azure/azure-cli#31189 (closed, 64 comments): ### Describe the bug When performing a bicep operation using the az cli in an Azure Devops Pipeline that has been upgraded to AZ CLI 2.71.x we seem to run in to the following: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '[HOME]/...' This is a problem on: - Ubuntu 22.04 Self Hosted - Ubuntu 24.04 Self Hosted - Ubuntu 22.04 Microsoft Hosted Azure Pipelines - Ubuntu-22.04 pool. This works because it runs AZ CLI 2.70 ```yaml - task: AzureCLI@2 inputs: azureSubscription: ${{ parameters.serviceConnection }} scriptType: pscore scriptLocation: in The verified resolution was: AZ CLI 2.71.x breaking Bicep deployments on Azure DevOps agents: a regression fixed in Azure CLI 2.72.0, which the Microsoft-hosted agents now include. Upgrade to 2.72.0+. If you are stuck on older agents, install the Azure CLI edge build as a pipeline step.