From 2a4c9e05be4e794be779f8fbc6c780d69a73faa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Zaoral <pzaoral@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 08:01:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Pin Azure CLI to 2.82.0 to fix JSON parsing error (#47828)

Closes: #47827

Signed-off-by: Peter Zaoral <pzaoral@redhat.com>
---
 .github/scripts/ansible/azure_vm_manager.sh | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/scripts/ansible/azure_vm_manager.sh b/.github/scripts/ansible/azure_vm_manager.sh
index d2920b327ed..04ff5e4841f 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/ansible/azure_vm_manager.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/ansible/azure_vm_manager.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ VM_SIZE="Standard_D2s_v5"
 IMAGE="Ubuntu2404"
 
 if [[ "$ACTION" == "create" ]]; then
+  # Pin Azure CLI to 2.82.0 (azure-core 1.38.0+ causes JSON parsing errors with az vm create)
+  sudo apt-get install -y -q --allow-downgrades azure-cli=2.82.0-1~noble
+
   # 1. Resource group (created via idempotent command)
   az group create --name "$CLUSTER" --location "$REGION"