Failed to download files using the command az artifacts universal download.

[LopinKuo]

Describe the bug

In the past week, I encountered an issue where I was unable to download files using the command az artifacts universal download.
I checked this website for previously reported bugs with similar issues. The suggestions were to update to the latest version of the Azure CLI or to open the PowerShell command window as an administrator. However, neither of these solutions resolved my problem.

Related command

az artifacts universal download

Errors

FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified.

Issue script & Debug output

az artifacts universal download --organization "https://dev.azure.com/MyOrg/" --feed "MyFeed" --name "MyPackage" --version "18.0.1" --path . --debug
cli.knack.cli: Command arguments: ['artifacts', 'universal', 'download', '--organization', 'https://dev.azure.com/MyOrg/', '--feed', 'MyFeed', '--name', 'MyPackage', '--version', '18.0.1', '--path', '.', '--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 0x000002827B9044A0>, <function OutputProducer.on_global_arguments at 0x000002827BE998A0>, <function CLIQuery.on_global_arguments at 0x000002827BEEB7E0>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableCreate []
cli.azure.cli.core: Modules found from index for 'artifacts': ['azext_devops']
cli.azure.cli.core: Loading command modules:
cli.azure.cli.core: Name Load Time Groups Commands
cli.azure.cli.core: Total (0) 0.000 0 0
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: azure-devops 0.060 60 192 C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops
cli.azure.cli.core: Total (1) 0.060 60 192
cli.azure.cli.core: Loaded 60 groups, 192 commands.
cli.azure.cli.core: Found a match in the command table.
cli.azure.cli.core: Raw command : artifacts universal download
cli.azure.cli.core: Command table: artifacts universal download
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableTruncate [<function AzCliLogging.init_command_file_logging at 0x000002827DD8D080>]
cli.azure.cli.core.azlogging: metadata file logging enabled - writing logs to 'C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\commands\2025-10-20.18-04-57.artifacts_universal_download.17112.log'.
az_command_data_logger: command args: artifacts universal download --organization {} --feed {} --name {} --version {} --path {} --debug
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreArgumentLoad [<function register_global_subscription_argument..add_subscription_parameter at 0x000002827E6025C0>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostArgumentLoad []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostCommandTableCreate [<function register_ids_argument..add_ids_arguments at 0x000002827E62C900>, <function register_cache_arguments..add_cache_arguments at 0x000002827E62CAE0>, <function register_upcoming_breaking_change_info..update_breaking_change_info at 0x000002827E62CB80>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnCommandTableLoaded []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreParseArgs []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostParseArgs [<function OutputProducer.handle_output_argument at 0x000002827BE99940>, <function CLIQuery.handle_query_parameter at 0x000002827BEEB880>, <function register_ids_argument..parse_ids_arguments at 0x000002827E62C9A0>, <function DevCommandsLoader.post_parse_args at 0x000002827E674E00>]
az_command_data_logger: extension name: azure-devops
az_command_data_logger: extension version: 1.0.2
cli.azext_devops.dev.common.artifacttool_updater: Checking for a new ArtifactTool
cli.azext_devops.dev.common.artifacttool_updater: Checking for ArtifactTool updates
cli.azext_devops.dev.common._credentials: Getting credential: azdevops-cli:https://dev.azure.com/MyOrg
cli.azext_devops.dev.common._credentials: Getting credential: azdevops-cli: default
cli.azure.cli.core: Current cloud config:
AzureCloud
cli.azext_devops.dev.common.services: trying to get token (temp) for tenant 72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47 and user MyAccount@microsoft.com
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.persistence: build_persistence: location='C:\Users\MyAccount\.azure\msal_token_cache.bin', encrypt=True
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.binary_cache: load: C:\Users\MyAccount.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.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47
msal.authority: openid_config("https://login.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/v2.0/.well-known/openid-configuration") = {'token_endpoint': 'https://login.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/oauth2/v2.0/token', 'token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported': ['client_secret_post', 'private_key_jwt', 'client_secret_basic'], 'jwks_uri': 'https://login.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/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.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/v2.0', 'request_uri_parameter_supported': False, 'userinfo_endpoint': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/oidc/userinfo', 'authorization_endpoint': 'https://login.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/oauth2/v2.0/authorize', 'device_authorization_endpoint': 'https://login.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/oauth2/v2.0/devicecode', 'http_logout_supported': True, 'frontchannel_logout_supported': True, 'end_session_endpoint': 'https://login.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/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.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/kerberos', 'tenant_region_scope': 'WW', 'cloud_instance_name': 'MyOrgOnline.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.msal_credentials: UserCredential.acquire_token: scopes=['499b84ac-1321-427f-aa17-267ca6975798/.default'], claims_challenge=None, kwargs={}
msal.application: Cache hit an AT
msal.telemetry: Generate or reuse correlation_id: aae871ca-17d9-4d1a-863d-64293f6bd16f
msrest.universal_http.requests: Configuring retry: max_retries=3, backoff_factor=0.8, max_backoff=90
cli.azext_devops.dev.common.telemetry: Azure devops telemetry enabled.
cli.azext_devops.dev.common.telemetry: Logging telemetry to azure devops server.
msrest.universal_http.requests: Configuring retry: max_retries=3, backoff_factor=0.8, max_backoff=90
azext_devops.devops_sdk._file_cache: Loading cache file: C:\Users\MyAccount.azure-devops\python-sdk\cache\options.json
azext_devops.devops_sdk._file_cache: attempting to read file C:\Users\MyAccount.azure-devops\python-sdk\cache\options.json as utf-8-sig
azext_devops.devops_sdk.client: File cache hit for options on: https://dev.azure.com/MyOrg
azext_devops.devops_sdk.client: Route template: _apis/{area}/{resource}
azext_devops.devops_sdk.client: Api version '5.0-preview.1'
azext_devops.devops_sdk.client: POST https://dev.azure.com/MyOrg/_apis/CustomerIntelligence/Events
azext_devops.devops_sdk.client: Request content: [{'area': 'AzureDevopsCli', 'feature': 'artifacts', 'properties': {'Command': 'universal download', 'Args': 'feed name version path scope organization', 'ShellType': 'cmd', 'IsInteractive': 'True', 'OutputType': 'json', 'OrgPresentInCommand': True, 'ProjectPresentInCommand': False, 'RepoPresentInCommand': False}}]
msrest.universal_http: Configuring redirects: allow=True, max=30
msrest.universal_http: Configuring request: timeout=100, verify=True, cert=None
msrest.universal_http: Configuring proxies: ''
msrest.universal_http: Evaluate proxies against ENV settings: True
urllib3.connectionpool: Starting new HTTPS connection (1): dev.azure.com:443
msrest.universal_http.requests: Configuring retry: max_retries=3, backoff_factor=0.8, max_backoff=90
azext_devops.devops_sdk._file_cache: Loading cache file: C:\Users\MyAccount.azure-devops\python-sdk\cache\resources.json
azext_devops.devops_sdk._file_cache: attempting to read file C:\Users\MyAccount.azure-devops\python-sdk\cache\resources.json as utf-8-sig
azext_devops.devops_sdk.connection: File cache hit for resources on: https://dev.azure.com/MyOrg
msrest.universal_http.requests: Configuring retry: max_retries=3, backoff_factor=0.8, max_backoff=90
cli.azext_devops.dev.common.artifacttool_updater: Looking up current version of ArtifactTool...
azext_devops.devops_sdk.client: File cache hit for options on: https://vsblob.dev.azure.com/msftdevices
azext_devops.devops_sdk.client: Route template: _apis/{area}/{toolName}/{resource}
azext_devops.devops_sdk.client: Api version '5.0-preview'
azext_devops.devops_sdk.client: GET https://vsblob.dev.azure.com/MyOrg/_apis/clienttools/ArtifactTool/release?osName=Windows&arch=AMD64
azext_devops.devops_sdk.client: Request content: None
msrest.universal_http: Configuring redirects: allow=True, max=30
msrest.universal_http: Configuring request: timeout=100, verify=True, cert=None
msrest.universal_http: Configuring proxies: ''
msrest.universal_http: Evaluate proxies against ENV settings: True
urllib3.connectionpool: Starting new HTTPS connection (1): vsblob.dev.azure.com:443
urllib3.connectionpool: https://dev.azure.com:443 "POST /MyOrg/_apis/CustomerIntelligence/Events HTTP/1.1" 204 0
urllib3.connectionpool: https://vsblob.dev.azure.com:443 "GET /MyOrg/_apis/clienttools/ArtifactTool/release?osName=Windows&arch=AMD64 HTTP/1.1" 200 544
azext_devops.devops_sdk.client: Response content: b'{"name":"ArtifactTool","rid":"win-x64","version":"0.2.475","uri":"https://0psvsblobprodwus2145.vsblob.vsassets.io/artifacttool/artifacttool-win-x64-Release_0.2.475.zip?sv=2019-07-07&sr=b&sig=KKAtEaXf3p0qklOyYyQPwIeZ19g3N7LJnRyvSRpSJ5A%3D&skoid=8f4a31b6-ccf8-4d83-8ff6-444a0146cdb6&sktid=33e01921-4d64-4f8c-a055-5bdaffd5e33d&skt=2025-10-20T07%3A02%3A17Z&ske=2025-10-22T08%3A02%3A17Z&sks=b&skv=2019-07-07&se=2025-10-20T11%3A05%3A01Z&sp=r&P1=1760958001&P2=11&P3=2&P4=i%2fPMbUWPnIfQnp1iwfE6Vkb%2bNHL4NEW9CxMKdrCRexw%3d"}'
cli.azext_devops.dev.common.artifacttool_updater: Checking if we already have ArtifactTool release 'ArtifactTool_win-x64_0.2.475'
cli.azext_devops.dev.common.artifacttool_updater: Not updating ArtifactTool because the current release already exists at 'C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\azuredevops\cli\tools\artifacttool\ArtifactTool_win-x64_0.2.475'
cli.azext_devops.dev.common._credentials: Getting credential: azdevops-cli:https://dev.azure.com/MyOrg
cli.azext_devops.dev.common._credentials: Getting credential: azdevops-cli: default
cli.azure.cli.core: Current cloud config:
AzureCloud
cli.azext_devops.dev.common.services: trying to get token (temp) for tenant 72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47 and user MyAccount@microsoft.com
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.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47
msal.authority: openid_config("https://login.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/v2.0/.well-known/openid-configuration") = {'token_endpoint': 'https://login.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/oauth2/v2.0/token', 'token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported': ['client_secret_post', 'private_key_jwt', 'client_secret_basic'], 'jwks_uri': 'https://login.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/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.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/v2.0', 'request_uri_parameter_supported': False, 'userinfo_endpoint': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/oidc/userinfo', 'authorization_endpoint': 'https://login.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/oauth2/v2.0/authorize', 'device_authorization_endpoint': 'https://login.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/oauth2/v2.0/devicecode', 'http_logout_supported': True, 'frontchannel_logout_supported': True, 'end_session_endpoint': 'https://login.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/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.MyOrgOnline.com/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/kerberos', 'tenant_region_scope': 'WW', 'cloud_instance_name': 'MyOrgOnline.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.msal_credentials: UserCredential.acquire_token: scopes=['499b84ac-1321-427f-aa17-267ca6975798/.default'], claims_challenge=None, kwargs={}
msal.application: Cache hit an AT
msal.telemetry: Generate or reuse correlation_id: 9919f8e7-fe75-464d-8f68-1020783f4ceb
cli.azext_devops.dev.common.external_tool: Running external command: C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\azuredevops\cli\tools\artifacttool\ArtifactTool_win-x64_0.2.475\artifacttool universal download --service https://dev.azure.com/MyOrg/ --patvar AZURE_DEVOPS_EXT_ARTIFACTTOOL_PATVAR --feed MyFeed --package-name MyPackage --package-version 18.0.1 --path .
cli.azext_devops.dev.common.exception_handler: handling generic error
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 726, in _run_job
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\exception_handler.py", line 31, in azure_devops_exception_handler
reraise(*sys.exc_info())
~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\six.py", line 719, in reraise
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 "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\artifacts\universal.py", line 98, in download_package
return artifact_tool.download_universal(organization, project, feed, name, version, path, file_filter)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\artifacttool.py", line 42, in download_universal
return self.run_artifacttool(organization, args, "Downloading")
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\artifacttool.py", line 67, in run_artifacttool
proc = self._tool_invoker.run(command_args, new_env, initial_progress_message, _process_stderr)
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\external_tool.py", line 74, in run
self.start(command_args, env)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\external_tool.py", line 33, in start
self._proc = subprocess.Popen(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
command_args,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<3 lines>...
stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
env=env)
^^^^^^^^
File "subprocess.py", line 1039, in init
File "subprocess.py", line 1554, in _execute_child
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback:
az_command_data_logger: The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback:
cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
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 726, in _run_job
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\exception_handler.py", line 31, in azure_devops_exception_handler
reraise(*sys.exc_info())
~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\six.py", line 719, in reraise
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 "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\artifacts\universal.py", line 98, in download_package
return artifact_tool.download_universal(organization, project, feed, name, version, path, file_filter)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\artifacttool.py", line 42, in download_universal
return self.run_artifacttool(organization, args, "Downloading")
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\artifacttool.py", line 67, in run_artifacttool
proc = self._tool_invoker.run(command_args, new_env, initial_progress_message, _process_stderr)
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\external_tool.py", line 74, in run
self.start(command_args, env)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\external_tool.py", line 33, in start
self._proc = subprocess.Popen(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
command_args,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<3 lines>...
stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
env=env)
^^^^^^^^
File "subprocess.py", line 1039, in init
File "subprocess.py", line 1554, in _execute_child
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
az_command_data_logger: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
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 726, in _run_job
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\exception_handler.py", line 31, in azure_devops_exception_handler
reraise(*sys.exc_info())
~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\six.py", line 719, in reraise
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 "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\artifacts\universal.py", line 98, in download_package
return artifact_tool.download_universal(organization, project, feed, name, version, path, file_filter)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\artifacttool.py", line 42, in download_universal
return self.run_artifacttool(organization, args, "Downloading")
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\artifacttool.py", line 67, in run_artifacttool
proc = self._tool_invoker.run(command_args, new_env, initial_progress_message, _process_stderr)
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\external_tool.py", line 74, in run
self.start(command_args, env)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\cliextensions\azure-devops\azext_devops\dev\common\external_tool.py", line 33, in start
self._proc = subprocess.Popen(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
command_args,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...<3 lines>...
stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
env=env)
^^^^^^^^
File "subprocess.py", line 1039, in init
File "subprocess.py", line 1554, in execute_child
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
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cli.knack.cli: Event: Cli.PostExecute [<function AzCliLogging.deinit_cmd_metadata_logging at 0x000002827DD8D300>]
az_command_data_logger: exit code: 1
cli.main: Command ran in 2.119 seconds (init: 0.461, invoke: 1.658)
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 8054 in cache file under C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\telemetry\20251020180459545
telemetry.main: Begin creating telemetry upload process.
telemetry.process: Creating upload process: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\python.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\azure\cli\telemetry_init.pyc C:\Users\MyAccount.azure C:\Users\MyAccount.azure\telemetry\20251020180459545"
telemetry.process: Return from creating process 5828
telemetry.main: Finish creating telemetry upload process.

Expected behavior

It was able to download files successfully using the command az artifacts universal download.

Environment Summary

azure-cli 2.78.0

core 2.78.0
telemetry 1.1.0

Extensions:
azure-devops 1.0.2

Dependencies:
msal 1.34.0b1
azure-mgmt-resource 23.3.0

Python location 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\python.exe'
Config directory 'C:\Users\v-pikuo.azure'
Extensions directory 'C:\Users\v-pikuo.azure\cliextensions'

Python (Windows) 3.13.7 (tags/v3.13.7:bcee1c3, Aug 14 2025, 14:15:11) [MSC v.1944 64 bit (AMD64)]

Legal docs and information: aka.ms/AzureCliLegal

Your CLI is up-to-date.

Additional context

No response

[yonzhan]

Thank you for opening this issue, we will look into it.

[github-actions]

Here are some similar issues that might help you. Please check if they can solve your problem.

• Issues with az artifacts universal download #27307
• Failed to download an azure artifact #31150
• The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback: #26110

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Possible solution (Extracted from existing issue, might be incorrect; please verify carefully)

Solution 1:

Please run the following command in Powershell on your workstation:
az extension update --name ssh

this solves your issue

Reference:

• The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback: #26110 (comment)

Solution 2:

Could you please update your devops extension and then test again?

az extension update -n azure-devops

Reference:

• Issues with az artifacts universal download #27307 (comment)

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[LopinKuo]

Here are some similar issues that might help you. Please check if they can solve your problem.

• Issues with az artifacts universal download #27307
• Failed to download an azure artifact #31150
• The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback: #26110

Possible solution (Extracted from existing issue, might be incorrect; please verify carefully)

Solution 1:

Please run the following command in Powershell on your workstation: az extension update --name ssh

this solves your issue

Reference:

• The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback: #26110 (comment)

Solution 2:

Could you please update your devops extension and then test again?

az extension update -n azure-devops

Reference:

• Issues with az artifacts universal download #27307 (comment)

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I have reviewed the related issues above and tried the suggested methods mentioned, but the problem still persists.

[LopinKuo]

If all other methods fail to resolve the issue, you can uninstall az-cli and remove the related folders.
Then reinstall az-cli, and az artifacts universal download should work properly.