Please pin azure-cli to version 2.76 in windows-latest until 2.78 is released

[ncook-hxgn]

Description

It seems that azure-cli 2.77 is broken when it is given patterns for paths.

wrt to this workaround:
Azure/azure-cli#32039 (comment)

Could this workaround be implemented for windows-latest until such time as the upstream bug is fixed? Currently, all our pipelines that run on windows-latest that use a pattern with azure cli are broken. This is a lot of workarounds to implement, and eventually revert.

Presumably this affects all runner images where az cli is installed

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
• GitHub Actions - Larger Runners

Runner images affected

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

Image version and build link

windows-latest as of 10th Sept 2025

Is it regression?

yes, not yours

Expected behavior

version of azure cli installed on latest runner images is tested and known to work

Actual behavior

azure cli on windows latest is broken at this time

Repro steps

run a pipelin on a windows latest runner image, and use azure cli with a pattern input

e.g. az storage blob download-batch --account-name you --source yours --pattern Hello/* --destination $Env:TEMP -auth-mode login

[akilesh-amaran]

Hi @ncook-hxgn ,Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We will look into this issue and will update you after investigation.

[ncook-hxgn]

thank you :)

[scavet64]

ran into this issue on ubuntu-latest as well trying to deploy my function app via zip. I got around by specifying a working version in my action:

  - name: Deploy package
    uses: azure/cli@v2
    with:
      azcliversion: 2.76.0
      inlineScript: |
         az functionapp deployment source config-zip -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP -n $AZURE_APP_NAME --src "./build/app.zip"