az afd profile create requires unallowed --location (regression?!) #31584
Description
Describe the bug
az afd profile create ... gives the error "InvalidArgumentValue: Missing required field: --location"
but
az afd profile create --location ... gives the error "unrecognized arguments: --location westus"
this is disturbingly similar to #28824
Related command
az afd profile create
Errors
az afd profile create -g cgsfr -n cgsfrcdn --sku Standard_AzureFrontDoor
InvalidArgumentValue: Missing required field: --location
afd profile create -g cgsfr -n cgsfrcdn --sku Standard_AzureFrontDoor --location westus
unrecognized arguments: --location westus
Examples from AI knowledge base:
https://aka.ms/cli_ref
Read more about the command in reference docs
Issue script & Debug output
az afd profile create -g cgsfr -n cgsfrcdn --sku Standard_AzureFrontDoor --debug
cli.knack.cli: Command arguments: ['afd', 'profile', 'create', '-g', 'cgsfr', '-n', 'cgsfrcdn', '--sku', 'Standard_AzureFrontDoor', '--debug']
cli.knack.cli: init debug log:
Enable color in terminal.
cli.knack.cli: Event: Cli.PreExecute []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandParser.OnGlobalArgumentsCreate [<function CLILogging.on_global_arguments at 0x7f27c45ab7e0>, <function OutputProducer.on_global_arguments at 0x7f27c42fa7a0>, <function CLIQuery.on_global_arguments at 0x7f27c433fce0>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableCreate []
cli.azure.cli.core: Modules found from index for 'afd': ['azure.cli.command_modules.cdn']
cli.azure.cli.core: Loading command modules:
cli.azure.cli.core: Name Load Time Groups Commands
cli.azure.cli.core: cdn 0.205 22 57
cli.azure.cli.core: Total (1) 0.205 22 57
cli.azure.cli.core: Loaded 22 groups, 57 commands.
cli.azure.cli.core: Found a match in the command table.
cli.azure.cli.core: Raw command : afd profile create
cli.azure.cli.core: Command table: afd profile create
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableTruncate [<function AzCliLogging.init_command_file_logging at 0x7f27c36dff60>]
cli.azure.cli.core.azlogging: metadata file logging enabled - writing logs to '/root/.azure/commands/2025-05-30.16-30-53.afd_profile_create.1186.log'.
az_command_data_logger: command args: afd profile create -g {} -n {} --sku {} --debug
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreArgumentLoad [<function register_global_subscription_argument..add_subscription_parameter at 0x7f27c373c4a0>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostArgumentLoad []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostCommandTableCreate [<function register_ids_argument..add_ids_arguments at 0x7f27c373eca0>, <function register_cache_arguments..add_cache_arguments at 0x7f27c373ede0>, <function register_upcoming_breaking_change_info..update_breaking_change_info at 0x7f27c373ee80>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnCommandTableLoaded []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreParseArgs []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostParseArgs [<function OutputProducer.handle_output_argument at 0x7f27c42fa840>, <function CLIQuery.handle_query_parameter at 0x7f27c433fd80>, <function register_ids_argument..parse_ids_arguments at 0x7f27c373ed40>]
cli.azure.cli.core.commands.client_factory: Getting management service client client_type=ResourceManagementClient
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.persistence: build_persistence: location='/root/.azure/msal_token_cache.json', encrypt=False
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.binary_cache: load: /root/.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/8459323e-7005-470f-938a-28c21b05cc6c
msal.authority: openid_config("https://login.microsoftonline.com/8459323e-7005-470f-938a-28c21b05cc6c/v2.0/.well-known/openid-configuration") = {'token_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/8459323e-7005-470f-938a-28c21b05cc6c/oauth2/v2.0/token', 'token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported': ['client_secret_post', 'private_key_jwt', 'client_secret_basic'], 'jwks_uri': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/8459323e-7005-470f-938a-28c21b05cc6c/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/8459323e-7005-470f-938a-28c21b05cc6c/v2.0', 'request_uri_parameter_supported': False, 'userinfo_endpoint': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/oidc/userinfo', 'authorization_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/8459323e-7005-470f-938a-28c21b05cc6c/oauth2/v2.0/authorize', 'device_authorization_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/8459323e-7005-470f-938a-28c21b05cc6c/oauth2/v2.0/devicecode', 'http_logout_supported': True, 'frontchannel_logout_supported': True, 'end_session_endpoint': 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/8459323e-7005-470f-938a-28c21b05cc6c/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/8459323e-7005-470f-938a-28c21b05cc6c/kerberos', '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? None
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: a2edba03-f2a2-4eb3-9354-c0f86135599b
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Request URL: 'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/9ec7e5df-5a47-4953-83b4-949632ccb7f5/resourcegroups/cgsfr?api-version=2022-09-01'
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': '745df478-3d73-11f0-a759-8ec7878498c2'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'CommandName': 'afd profile create'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'ParameterSetName': '-g -n --sku --debug'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'User-Agent': 'AZURECLI/2.73.0 (DEB) azsdk-python-core/1.31.0 Python/3.12.8 (Linux-5.14.0-503.40.1.el9_5.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.31)'
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/9ec7e5df-5a47-4953-83b4-949632ccb7f5/resourcegroups/cgsfr?api-version=2022-09-01 HTTP/1.1" 404 97
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Response status: 404
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': '97'
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-failure-cause': 'gateway'
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': '864ef6df-7e25-40c6-8669-f2e230328311'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-correlation-request-id': '864ef6df-7e25-40c6-8669-f2e230328311'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-routing-request-id': 'UKWEST:20250530T163053Z:864ef6df-7e25-40c6-8669-f2e230328311'
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'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'X-MSEdge-Ref': 'Ref A: 0B939903EEA647DEAD65CE214698ACB0 Ref B: AMS231032607017 Ref C: 2025-05-30T16:30:53Z'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Date': 'Fri, 30 May 2025 16:30:53 GMT'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Response content:
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: {"error":{"code":"ResourceGroupNotFound","message":"Resource group 'cgsfr' could not be found."}}
cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/az/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/aaz/_command_ctx.py", line 53, in format_args
self.args._schema._fmt(ctx=self, value=self.args)
File "/opt/az/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/aaz/_arg_fmt.py", line 415, in call
raise AAZInvalidArgValueError(
azure.cli.core.aaz.exceptions.AAZInvalidArgValueError: InvalidArgumentValue: Missing required field: --location
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/az/lib/python3.12/site-packages/knack/cli.py", line 233, in invoke
cmd_result = self.invocation.execute(args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/az/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 666, in execute
raise ex
File "/opt/az/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 734, in _run_jobs_serially
results.append(self._run_job(expanded_arg, cmd_copy))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/az/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 703, in _run_job
result = cmd_copy(params)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/az/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/aaz/_command.py", line 155, in call
return self._handler(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/az/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/command_modules/cdn/aaz/latest/afd/profile/_create.py", line 34, in _handler
super()._handler(command_args)
File "/opt/az/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/aaz/_command.py", line 165, in _handler
self.ctx.format_args()
File "/opt/az/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/aaz/_command_ctx.py", line 55, in format_args
raise InvalidArgumentValueError(str(err))
azure.cli.core.azclierror.InvalidArgumentValueError: InvalidArgumentValue: Missing required field: --location
cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: InvalidArgumentValue: Missing required field: --location
az_command_data_logger: InvalidArgumentValue: Missing required field: --location
cli.knack.cli: Event: Cli.PostExecute [<function AzCliLogging.deinit_cmd_metadata_logging at 0x7f27c36e4220>]
az_command_data_logger: exit code: 1
cli.main: Command ran in 1.122 seconds (init: 0.115, invoke: 1.007)
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 4055 in cache file under /root/.azure/telemetry/20250530163054189
telemetry.main: Begin creating telemetry upload process.
telemetry.process: Creating upload process: "/opt/az/bin/python3 /opt/az/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/telemetry/init.py /root/.azure /root/.azure/telemetry/20250530163054189"
telemetry.process: Return from creating process 1190
telemetry.main: Finish creating telemetry upload process.
az afd profile create -g cgsfr -n cgsfrcdn --sku Standard_AzureFrontDoor --location westus --debug
cli.knack.cli: Command arguments: ['afd', 'profile', 'create', '-g', 'cgsfr', '-n', 'cgsfrcdn', '--sku', 'Standard_AzureFrontDoor', '--location', 'westus', '--debug']
cli.knack.cli: init debug log:
Enable color in terminal.
cli.knack.cli: Event: Cli.PreExecute []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandParser.OnGlobalArgumentsCreate [<function CLILogging.on_global_arguments at 0x7fad4ca8b7e0>, <function OutputProducer.on_global_arguments at 0x7fad4c7d67a0>, <function CLIQuery.on_global_arguments at 0x7fad4c81bce0>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableCreate []
cli.azure.cli.core: Modules found from index for 'afd': ['azure.cli.command_modules.cdn']
cli.azure.cli.core: Loading command modules:
cli.azure.cli.core: Name Load Time Groups Commands
cli.azure.cli.core: cdn 0.221 22 57
cli.azure.cli.core: Total (1) 0.221 22 57
cli.azure.cli.core: Loaded 22 groups, 57 commands.
cli.azure.cli.core: Found a match in the command table.
cli.azure.cli.core: Raw command : afd profile create
cli.azure.cli.core: Command table: afd profile create
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableTruncate [<function AzCliLogging.init_command_file_logging at 0x7fad4bbc3f60>]
cli.azure.cli.core.azlogging: metadata file logging enabled - writing logs to '/root/.azure/commands/2025-05-30.16-31-27.afd_profile_create.1194.log'.
az_command_data_logger: command args: afd profile create -g {} -n {} --sku {} --location {} --debug
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreArgumentLoad [<function register_global_subscription_argument..add_subscription_parameter at 0x7fad4bc204a0>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostArgumentLoad []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostCommandTableCreate [<function register_ids_argument..add_ids_arguments at 0x7fad4bc22ca0>, <function register_cache_arguments..add_cache_arguments at 0x7fad4bc22de0>, <function register_upcoming_breaking_change_info..update_breaking_change_info at 0x7fad4bc22e80>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnCommandTableLoaded []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreParseArgs []
cli.azure.cli.core.command_recommender: "--location" is an invalid parameter for command "afd profile create".
urllib3.connectionpool: Starting new HTTPS connection (1): app.aladdin.microsoft.com:443
urllib3.connectionpool: https://app.aladdin.microsoft.com:443 "GET /api/v1.0/suggestions?query=%7B%22command%22%3A+%22afd+profile+create%22%2C+%22parameters%22%3A+%22%22%7D&clientType=AzureCli&context=%7B%22versionNumber%22%3A+%222.73.0%22%2C+%22errorType%22%3A+%22UnrecognizedArguments%22%2C+%22correlationId%22%3A+%229e7c0148-5e98-46cd-8367-44010cea318b%22%2C+%22subscriptionId%22%3A+%229ec7e5df-5a47-4953-83b4-949632ccb7f5%22%2C+%22eventId%22%3A+%2297f292a5-3e78-4690-9647-3d04bf9d77eb%22%7D HTTP/1.1" 200 None
cli.azure.cli.core.command_recommender: "--location" is an invalid parameter for command "afd profile create".
cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: NoneType: None
cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: unrecognized arguments: --location westus
az_command_data_logger: unrecognized arguments: --location westus
Examples from AI knowledge base:
https://aka.ms/cli_ref
Read more about the command in reference docs
cli.knack.cli: Event: Cli.PostExecute [<function AzCliLogging.deinit_cmd_metadata_logging at 0x7fad4bbc8220>]
az_command_data_logger: exit code: 2
cli.main: Command ran in 0.490 seconds (init: 0.122, invoke: 0.367)
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 3981 in cache file under /root/.azure/telemetry/20250530163127416
telemetry.main: Begin creating telemetry upload process.
telemetry.process: Creating upload process: "/opt/az/bin/python3 /opt/az/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/telemetry/init.py /root/.azure /root/.azure/telemetry/20250530163127416"
telemetry.process: Return from creating process 1198
telemetry.main: Finish creating telemetry upload process.
Expected behavior
the profile should be created.
Environment Summary
az version
{
"azure-cli": "2.73.0",
"azure-cli-core": "2.73.0",
"azure-cli-telemetry": "1.1.0",
"extensions": {}
}
Additional context
cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="11"
VERSION="11 (bullseye)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bullseye
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"