Update [Azure CLI]

[jiasli]

Tool name

Azure CLI

Tool license

MIT

Add or update?

• [ ] Add
• [x] Update

Desired version

2.72.0

Approximate size

No response

Brief description of tool

Mixing different Azure CLI versions causes pipeline failure (https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/issues/31419). Please update Azure CLI to the latest 2.72.0 as soon as possible.

URL for tool's homepage

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Provide a basic test case to validate the tool's functionality.

Platforms where you need the tool

• [x] Azure DevOps
• [x] GitHub Actions

Runner images where you need the tool

• [x] Ubuntu 22.04
• [x] Ubuntu 24.04
• [x] macOS 13
• [x] macOS 13 Arm64
• [x] macOS 14
• [x] macOS 14 Arm64
• [x] macOS 15
• [x] macOS 15 Arm64
• [x] Windows Server 2019
• [x] Windows Server 2022
• [x] Windows Server 2025

Can this tool be installed during the build?

Tool installation time in runtime

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Are you willing to submit a PR?

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[RaviAkshintala]

Hi @jiasli Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We will look into this issue and will update you after investigating.


[RaviAkshintala]

Hi @jiasli The Azure CLI version 2.72.0 will be included in next week's release for all the ubuntu and windows Images, Thanks.

[sangeeths03]

Hi @jiasli, the expected version (2.72.0) is now included in the current week's macOS image generation. Following deployment, this version will be available across all macOS images.

[astha-21]

@RaviAkshintala when will the new version be available for the image "poolImage: windows-latest"

[RaviAkshintala]

@astha-21 The new Images version 20250511.1.1 will be available in the next few days, and the expected Azure CLI version will be included in this deployment. Thanks.

[RaviAkshintala]

Hi @jiasli The new image version for Ubuntu and Windows have been rolled out, and the required Azure CLI version 2.72.0 is now available. Thanks.

[omar-oropeza]

this update impacted all our pipelines, is throwing this error:

[AZKV] time="2025-05-15T19:31:16Z" level=error msg="Failed to create Azure authorizer" error="Invoking Azure CLI failed with the following error: ERROR: The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback:\r\nERROR: Can't get attribute 'NormalizedResponse' on <module 'msal.throttled_http_client' from 'C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\Microsoft SDKs\\\\Azure\\\\CLI2\\\\lib\\\\site-packages\\\\msal\\\\throttled_http_client.pyc'>

I tried windows-2019 agent, but got the same problem

[omar-oropeza]

this update impacted all our pipelines, is throwing this error:

[AZKV] time="2025-05-15T19:31:16Z" level=error msg="Failed to create Azure authorizer" error="Invoking Azure CLI failed with the following error: ERROR: The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback:\r\nERROR: Can't get attribute 'NormalizedResponse' on <module 'msal.throttled_http_client' from 'C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\Microsoft SDKs\\\\Azure\\\\CLI2\\\\lib\\\\site-packages\\\\msal\\\\throttled_http_client.pyc'>

I tried windows-2019 agent, but got the same problem

@RaviAkshintala how can I use the previous version?

Azure CLI 2.71.0 and image 20250427 was working for us

[RaviAkshintala]

@jiasli Azure CLI version 2.73.0 has been released and is now available on Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Windows Server 2022, and Windows Server 2025. Kindly sync the main. Thanks

[sangeeths03]

@jiasli All macOS images, except for macOS-14-arm, have been updated to Azure CLI version 2.73.0. The macOS-14-arm image will also include the new version once its deployment is complete.

[sangeeths03]

@jiasli Now the latest version 2.73.0 is available across all macOS runners.