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[Windows Server 2022]: Lot of blank lines on running install command with --unprivileged. #11228

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Kibana version:

VERSION: 9.3.0-SNAPSHOT
BUILD: 93303
COMMIT: 07655a0a20808401ae4531541ed85885b2f61fea
Artifact: https://snapshots.elastic.co/9.3.0-aa28bea9/downloads/beats/elastic-agent/elastic-agent-9.3.0-SNAPSHOT-windows-x86_64.zip

Preconditions:

  1. 9.3.0-SNAPSHOT Kibana cloud environment should be available.
  2. Windows Server 2022 should be available.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Install & extract the artifact.
  2. Run install command in Powershell with --unprivileged.
  3. Observe lot of blank lines are displayed in CLI.
  • Issue is consistently reproducible at our end.

Expected behavior:
Blank lines should not be displayed on running install command with --unprivileged on Windows Server 2022.

What's working fine:

  • The same issue is not observed on Windows Server 2025

Screen Capture:

Screen.Recording.2025-11-18.at.12.22.40.PM.mov

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