az acr task create with --cmd and --context /dev/null fails with "missing --file/-f argument" #32623
Description
Describe the bug
I can't create an az acr task to purge images. It always requires --file even with a cmd.
Related command
az acr task create
--registry myregistry
--name PurgeOldImagesTask
--cmd "acr purge --filter '.:.' --ago 30d --untagged --keep 10"
--schedule "0 0 * * *"
--context /dev/null
--commit-trigger-enabled false
--base-image-trigger-enabled false
Errors
missing --file/-f argument
Issue script & Debug output
az acr task create --registry myrepository --name PurgeOldImagesTask --cmd "acr purge --filter '.:.' --ago 30d --untagged --keep 10" --schedule "0 0 * * " --context /dev/null --commit-trigger-enabled false --base-image-trigger-enabled false --debug
cli.knack.cli: Command arguments: ['acr', 'task', 'create', '--registry', 'myrepository', '--name', 'PurgeOldImagesTask', '--cmd', "acr purge --filter '.:.*' --ago 30d --untagged --keep 10", '--schedule', '0 0 * * *', '--context', 'nul', '--commit-trigger-enabled', 'false', '--base-image-trigger-enabled', 'false', '--debug']
cli.knack.cli: init debug log:
Enable color in terminal.
Enable VT mode.
cli.knack.cli: Event: Cli.PreExecute []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandParser.OnGlobalArgumentsCreate [<function CLILogging.on_global_arguments at 0x01D79668>, <function OutputProducer.on_global_arguments at 0x020CC1B8>, <function CLIQuery.on_global_arguments at 0x020EB398>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableCreate []
cli.azure.cli.core: Modules found from index for 'acr': ['azure.cli.command_modules.acr']
cli.azure.cli.core: Loading command modules:
cli.azure.cli.core: Name Load Time Groups Commands
cli.azure.cli.core: acr 0.971 36 149
cli.azure.cli.core: Total (1) 0.971 36 149
cli.azure.cli.core: These extensions are not installed and will be skipped: ['azext_ai_examples', 'azext_next']
cli.azure.cli.core: Loading extensions:
cli.azure.cli.core: Name Load Time Groups Commands Directory
cli.azure.cli.core: Total (0) 0.000 0 0
cli.azure.cli.core: Loaded 36 groups, 149 commands.
cli.azure.cli.core: Found a match in the command table.
cli.azure.cli.core: Raw command : acr task create
cli.azure.cli.core: Command table: acr task create
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableTruncate [<function AzCliLogging.init_command_file_logging at 0x03ED9168>]
cli.azure.cli.core.azlogging: metadata file logging enabled - writing logs to 'C:\Users\myusername.azure\commands\2026-01-09.14-43-50.acr_task_create.26016.log'.
az_command_data_logger: command args: acr task create --registry {} --name {} --cmd {} --schedule {} --context {} --commit-trigger-enabled {} --base-image-trigger-enabled {} --debug
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreArgumentLoad [<function register_global_subscription_argument..add_subscription_parameter at 0x03EEFCF8>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostArgumentLoad []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostCommandTableCreate [<function register_ids_argument..add_ids_arguments at 0x03F0F898>, <function register_cache_arguments..add_cache_arguments at 0x03F20BB8>, <function register_upcoming_breaking_change_info..update_breaking_change_info at 0x03F20C08>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnCommandTableLoaded []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreParseArgs []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostParseArgs [<function OutputProducer.handle_output_argument at 0x020CC208>, <function CLIQuery.handle_query_parameter at 0x020EB3E8>, <function register_ids_argument..parse_ids_arguments at 0x03F20B18>]
cli.azure.cli.core.commands.client_factory: Getting management service client client_type=ContainerRegistryManagementClient
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.persistence: build_persistence: location='C:\Users\myusername\.azure\msal_token_cache.bin', encrypt=True
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.binary_cache: load: C:\Users\myusername.azure\msal_http_cache.bin
urllib3.util.retry: Converted retries value: 1 -> Retry(total=1, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)
msal.authority: Initializing with Entra authority: https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b
msal.authority: openid_config("https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/v2.0/.well-known/openid-configuration") = {'token_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/token', 'token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported': ['client_secret_post', 'private_key_jwt', 'client_secret_basic', 'self_signed_tls_client_auth'], 'jwks_uri': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/discovery/v2.0/keys', 'response_modes_supported': ['query', 'fragment', 'form_post'], 'subject_types_supported': ['pairwise'], 'id_token_signing_alg_values_supported': ['RS256'], 'response_types_supported': ['code', 'id_token', 'code id_token', 'id_token token'], 'scopes_supported': ['openid', 'profile', 'email', 'offline_access'], 'issuer': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/v2.0', 'request_uri_parameter_supported': False, 'userinfo_endpoint': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/oidc/userinfo', 'authorization_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/authorize', 'device_authorization_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/devicecode', 'http_logout_supported': True, 'frontchannel_logout_supported': True, 'end_session_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/logout', 'claims_supported': ['sub', 'iss', 'cloud_instance_name', 'cloud_instance_host_name', 'cloud_graph_host_name', 'msgraph_host', 'aud', 'exp', 'iat', 'auth_time', 'acr', 'nonce', 'preferred_username', 'name', 'tid', 'ver', 'at_hash', 'c_hash', 'email'], 'kerberos_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/kerberos', 'mtls_endpoint_aliases': {'token_endpoint': 'https://mtlsauth.microsoft.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/token'}, 'tls_client_certificate_bound_access_tokens': True, 'tenant_region_scope': 'NA', 'cloud_instance_name': 'microsoftonline.com', 'cloud_graph_host_name': 'graph.windows.net', 'msgraph_host': 'graph.microsoft.com', 'rbac_url': 'https://pas.windows.net'}
msal.application: Broker enabled? True
cli.azure.cli.core.commands.client_factory: Getting management service client client_type=ResourceManagementClient
urllib3.util.retry: Converted retries value: 1 -> Retry(total=1, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)
msal.authority: Initializing with Entra authority: https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b
msal.authority: openid_config("https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/v2.0/.well-known/openid-configuration") = {'token_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/token', 'token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported': ['client_secret_post', 'private_key_jwt', 'client_secret_basic', 'self_signed_tls_client_auth'], 'jwks_uri': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/discovery/v2.0/keys', 'response_modes_supported': ['query', 'fragment', 'form_post'], 'subject_types_supported': ['pairwise'], 'id_token_signing_alg_values_supported': ['RS256'], 'response_types_supported': ['code', 'id_token', 'code id_token', 'id_token token'], 'scopes_supported': ['openid', 'profile', 'email', 'offline_access'], 'issuer': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/v2.0', 'request_uri_parameter_supported': False, 'userinfo_endpoint': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/oidc/userinfo', 'authorization_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/authorize', 'device_authorization_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/devicecode', 'http_logout_supported': True, 'frontchannel_logout_supported': True, 'end_session_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/logout', 'claims_supported': ['sub', 'iss', 'cloud_instance_name', 'cloud_instance_host_name', 'cloud_graph_host_name', 'msgraph_host', 'aud', 'exp', 'iat', 'auth_time', 'acr', 'nonce', 'preferred_username', 'name', 'tid', 'ver', 'at_hash', 'c_hash', 'email'], 'kerberos_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/kerberos', 'mtls_endpoint_aliases': {'token_endpoint': 'https://mtlsauth.microsoft.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/token'}, 'tls_client_certificate_bound_access_tokens': True, 'tenant_region_scope': 'NA', 'cloud_instance_name': 'microsoftonline.com', 'cloud_graph_host_name': 'graph.windows.net', 'msgraph_host': 'graph.microsoft.com', 'rbac_url': 'https://pas.windows.net'}
msal.application: Broker enabled? True
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.credential_adaptor: CredentialAdaptor.get_token_info: scopes=('https://management.core.windows.net//.default',), options={}
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.msal_credentials: UserCredential.acquire_token: scopes=['https://management.core.windows.net//.default'], claims_challenge=None, kwargs={}
msal.application: Cache hit an AT
msal.telemetry: Generate or reuse correlation_id: bd9c59ad-2e18-4fc1-af56-6ad9b7ac5b7e
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Request URL: 'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/6fdfffdc-9d36-4537-bcf1-d6ca9a569f52/resources?$filter=resourceType%20eq%20%27Microsoft.ContainerRegistry%2Fregistries%27&api-version=2024-11-01'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Request method: 'GET'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Request headers:
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Accept': 'application/json'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-client-request-id': '489a9022-eda4-11f0-96ce-8c3b4aa4b332'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'CommandName': 'acr task create'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'ParameterSetName': '--registry --name --cmd --schedule --context --commit-trigger-enabled --base-image-trigger-enabled --debug'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'User-Agent': 'AZURECLI/2.81.0 (MSI) azsdk-python-core/1.35.0 Python/3.13.9 (Windows-11-10.0.26100-SP0)'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Authorization': ''
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Request body:
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: This request has no body
urllib3.connectionpool: Starting new HTTPS connection (1): management.azure.com:443
urllib3.connectionpool: https://management.azure.com:443 "GET /subscriptions/6fdfffdc-9d36-4537-bcf1-d6ca9a569f52/resources?$filter=resourceType%20eq%20%27Microsoft.ContainerRegistry%2Fregistries%27&api-version=2024-11-01 HTTP/1.1" 200 549
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Response status: 200
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Response headers:
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Cache-Control': 'no-cache'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Pragma': 'no-cache'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Content-Length': '549'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Expires': '-1'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-ratelimit-remaining-subscription-reads': '249'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-ratelimit-remaining-subscription-global-reads': '3749'
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cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-correlation-request-id': 'e379b262-97df-495c-8e09-9688314149c6'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-routing-request-id': 'CENTRALUS:20260109T214352Z:e379b262-97df-495c-8e09-9688314149c6'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Strict-Transport-Security': 'max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'X-Content-Type-Options': 'nosniff'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'X-Cache': 'CONFIG_NOCACHE'
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cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Date': 'Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:43:51 GMT'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Response content:
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: {"value":[{"id":"/subscriptions/6fdfffdc-9d36-4537-bcf1-d6ca9a569f52/resourceGroups/rg-a/providers/Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries/myrepository","name":"myrepository","type":"Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries","sku":{"name":"Basic","tier":"Basic"},"location":"centralus","tags":{},"systemData":{"createdBy":"myname@myrepository.com","createdByType":"User","createdAt":"2025-10-21T21:32:31.5973532Z","lastModifiedBy":"myname@myrepository.com","lastModifiedByType":"User","lastModifiedAt":"2025-10-21T21:39:47.3908857Z"}}]}
cli.azure.cli.core.commands.client_factory: Getting management service client client_type=ContainerRegistryManagementClient
urllib3.util.retry: Converted retries value: 1 -> Retry(total=1, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)
msal.authority: Initializing with Entra authority: https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b
msal.authority: openid_config("https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/v2.0/.well-known/openid-configuration") = {'token_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/token', 'token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported': ['client_secret_post', 'private_key_jwt', 'client_secret_basic', 'self_signed_tls_client_auth'], 'jwks_uri': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/discovery/v2.0/keys', 'response_modes_supported': ['query', 'fragment', 'form_post'], 'subject_types_supported': ['pairwise'], 'id_token_signing_alg_values_supported': ['RS256'], 'response_types_supported': ['code', 'id_token', 'code id_token', 'id_token token'], 'scopes_supported': ['openid', 'profile', 'email', 'offline_access'], 'issuer': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/v2.0', 'request_uri_parameter_supported': False, 'userinfo_endpoint': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/oidc/userinfo', 'authorization_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/authorize', 'device_authorization_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/devicecode', 'http_logout_supported': True, 'frontchannel_logout_supported': True, 'end_session_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/logout', 'claims_supported': ['sub', 'iss', 'cloud_instance_name', 'cloud_instance_host_name', 'cloud_graph_host_name', 'msgraph_host', 'aud', 'exp', 'iat', 'auth_time', 'acr', 'nonce', 'preferred_username', 'name', 'tid', 'ver', 'at_hash', 'c_hash', 'email'], 'kerberos_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/kerberos', 'mtls_endpoint_aliases': {'token_endpoint': 'https://mtlsauth.microsoft.com/e4658d66-f0a1-40a6-a23e-2dc942fd260b/oauth2/v2.0/token'}, 'tls_client_certificate_bound_access_tokens': True, 'tenant_region_scope': 'NA', 'cloud_instance_name': 'microsoftonline.com', 'cloud_graph_host_name': 'graph.windows.net', 'msgraph_host': 'graph.microsoft.com', 'rbac_url': 'https://pas.windows.net'}
msal.application: Broker enabled? True
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.credential_adaptor: CredentialAdaptor.get_token_info: scopes=('https://management.core.windows.net//.default',), options={}
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.msal_credentials: UserCredential.acquire_token: scopes=['https://management.core.windows.net//.default'], claims_challenge=None, kwargs={}
msal.application: Cache hit an AT
msal.telemetry: Generate or reuse correlation_id: b5e5bd0b-2562-431e-bfdd-da9c2d652fe3
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Request URL: 'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/6fdfffdc-9d36-4537-bcf1-d6ca9a569f52/resourceGroups/rg-a/providers/Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries/myrepository?api-version=2025-03-01-preview'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Request method: 'GET'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Request headers:
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Accept': 'application/json'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-client-request-id': '489a9022-eda4-11f0-96ce-8c3b4aa4b332'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'CommandName': 'acr task create'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'ParameterSetName': '--registry --name --cmd --schedule --context --commit-trigger-enabled --base-image-trigger-enabled --debug'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'User-Agent': 'AZURECLI/2.81.0 (MSI) azsdk-python-core/1.35.0 Python/3.13.9 (Windows-11-10.0.26100-SP0)'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Authorization': ''
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Request body:
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: This request has no body
urllib3.connectionpool: Starting new HTTPS connection (1): management.azure.com:443
urllib3.connectionpool: https://management.azure.com:443 "GET /subscriptions/6fdfffdc-9d36-4537-bcf1-d6ca9a569f52/resourceGroups/rg-a/providers/Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries/myrepository?api-version=2025-03-01-preview HTTP/1.1" 200 1499
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Response status: 200
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Response headers:
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Cache-Control': 'no-cache'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Pragma': 'no-cache'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Content-Length': '1499'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Expires': '-1'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Strict-Transport-Security': 'max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'api-supported-versions': '2025-03-01-preview'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-ratelimit-remaining-subscription-reads': '249'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-ratelimit-remaining-subscription-global-reads': '3749'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-request-id': '363d3586-c141-4a02-8e87-021bb56faf8e'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-correlation-request-id': '363d3586-c141-4a02-8e87-021bb56faf8e'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-routing-request-id': 'WESTCENTRALUS:20260109T214352Z:363d3586-c141-4a02-8e87-021bb56faf8e'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'X-Content-Type-Options': 'nosniff'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'X-Cache': 'CONFIG_NOCACHE'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'X-MSEdge-Ref': 'Ref A: F7D4C5D917D34038AB725CE4B8AA3604 Ref B: CYS013050703023 Ref C: 2026-01-09T21:43:52Z'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Date': 'Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:43:52 GMT'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Response content:
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cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/cli.py", line 233, in invoke
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 666, in execute
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 734, in _run_jobs_serially
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 703, in _run_job
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 336, in call
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/command_operation.py", line 120, in handler
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/command_modules/acr/task.py", line 138, in acr_task_create
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/command_modules/acr/task.py", line 311, in create_task_step
knack.util.CLIError: missing --file/-f argument
cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: missing --file/-f argument
az_command_data_logger: missing --file/-f argument
cli.knack.cli: Event: Cli.PostExecute [<function AzCliLogging.deinit_cmd_metadata_logging at 0x03ED92A8>]
az_command_data_logger: exit code: 1
cli.main: Command ran in 3.496 seconds (init: 0.658, invoke: 2.838)
telemetry.main: Begin splitting cli events and extra events, total events: 1
telemetry.client: Accumulated 0 events. Flush the clients.
telemetry.main: Finish splitting cli events and extra events, cli events: 1
telemetry.save: Save telemetry record of length 3904 in cache file under C:\Users\myusername.azure\telemetry\20260109144353010
telemetry.main: Begin creating telemetry upload process.
telemetry.process: Creating upload process: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\python.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\azure\cli\telemetry_init_.pyc C:\Users\myusername.azure C:\Users\myusername.azure\telemetry\20260109144353010"
telemetry.process: Return from creating process 378356
telemetry.main: Finish creating telemetry upload process.
Expected behavior
The task should get created despite the lack of -f or --file
Environment Summary
$ az --version
azure-cli 2.81.0
core 2.81.0
telemetry 1.1.0
Extensions:
communication 1.14.0
Dependencies:
msal 1.34.0b1
azure-mgmt-resource 23.3.0
Python location 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\python.exe'
Config directory 'C:\Users\SamCohen.azure'
Extensions directory 'C:\Users\SamCohen.azure\cliextensions'
Python (Windows) 3.13.9 (tags/v3.13.9:8183fa5, Oct 14 2025, 14:00:05) [MSC v.1944 32 bit (Intel)]
Legal docs and information: aka.ms/AzureCliLegal
Your CLI is up-to-date.
Additional context
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