pip cannot install the requirements inside the devcontainer

[AliMoeen]

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- [ ] feature request
- [ ] documentation issue or request
- [ ] regression (a behavior that used to work and stopped in a new release)

Minimal steps to reproduce

Get the latest version of the repo

Use VSCODE Devcontainer comes with the repo

azd uo

Any log messages given by the failure

 (✓) Done: App Service: app-backend-we75xncm2crue
Loading azd .env file from current environment...
Creating Python virtual environment "app/backend/.venv"...
Installing dependencies from "requirements.txt" into virtual environment (in quiet mode)...
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/workspaces/azure-search-openai-demo/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 180, in exc_logging_wrapper
    status = run_func(*args)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/workspaces/azure-search-openai-demo/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py", line 245, in wrapper
    return func(self, options, args)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/workspaces/azure-search-openai-demo/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py", line 452, in run
    installed = install_given_reqs(
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/workspaces/azure-search-openai-demo/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/req/__init__.py", line 72, in install_given_reqs
    requirement.install(
  File "/workspaces/azure-search-openai-demo/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/req/req_install.py", line 856, in install
    install_wheel(
  File "/workspaces/azure-search-openai-demo/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/wheel.py", line 725, in install_wheel
    _install_wheel(
  File "/workspaces/azure-search-openai-demo/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/install/wheel.py", line 614, in _install_wheel
    assert os.path.exists(pyc_path)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AssertionError

Expected/desired behavior

The Python venv build should work within the devcontainer that is provided.

OS and Version?

Windows 7, 8 or 10. Linux (which distribution). macOS (Yosemite? El Capitan? Sierra?)

Windows 11, but doesn't matter since it is inside the devcontainer

azd version?

run azd version and copy paste here.

vscode ➜ /workspaces/azure-search-openai-demo $ azd version
azd version 1.9.6 (commit 0b1a8ad350177078312141f4465ad72205d7c077)

Versions

This one:

https://github.com/Azure-Samples/azure-search-openai-demo/releases/tag/2024-08-08

Mention any other details that might be useful

I think pip install breaks inside the devcontainer

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