Failure building Ubuntu 24.04 image #13814
Description
Description
Image creation is failing, seemingly after testing Microsoft Defender.
Platforms affected
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
- GitHub Actions - Larger Runners
Runner images affected
- Ubuntu 22.04
- Ubuntu 24.04
- Ubuntu Slim
- macOS 14
- macOS 14 Arm64
- macOS 15
- macOS 15 Arm64
- macOS 26
- macOS 26 Arm64
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2025
- Windows Server 2025 with Visual Studio 2026
Image version and build link
Image Version: 20260213.493
Is it regression?
No
Expected behavior
Image builds successfully
Actual behavior
==> ubuntu-24_04.azure-arm.image: Provisioning with shell script: /home/vsts/work/1/s/runner-images/images/ubuntu/templates/../scripts/build/post-build-validation.sh
==> ubuntu-24_04.azure-arm.image: Test microsoft defender not installed using '-d /opt/microsoft/mdatp'
==> ubuntu-24_04.azure-arm.image: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is installed.
==> ubuntu-24_04.azure-arm.image: Script exited with non-zero exit status: 1. Allowed exit codes are: [0]
==> ubuntu-24_04.azure-arm.image: Step "StepProvision" failed
==> ubuntu-24_04.azure-arm.image: Provisioning step had errors: Running the cleanup provisioner, if present...
Repro steps
Run an ADO pipeline with this task
- task: AzurePowerShell@5
inputs:
azureSubscription: 'scon-matt-test-runner-image'
ScriptType: 'InlineScript'
Inline: |
$clientId = $env:clientId
$clientSecret = $env:clientSecret
$tenantId = $env:tenantId
git clone https://github.com/actions/runner-images.git
Set-Location runner-images
Import-Module .\helpers\GenerateResourcesAndImage.ps1
GenerateResourcesAndImage -SubscriptionId <REDACTED> -ResourceGroupName rg-matt-test-build-runner-image -AzureLocation "East US" -ImageType "Ubuntu2404" -AzureClientId $clientId -AzureClientSecret $clientSecret -AzureTenantId $tenantId
azurePowerShellVersion: 'LatestVersion'
env:
clientId: $(Arm.Client.Id)
clientSecret: $(Arm.Client.Secret)
tenantId: $(Arm.Tenant.Id)