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New-AzPolicyDefinition: Length cannot be less than zero. (Parameter 'length')

See original GitHub issue

Getting the above error when running the deploy from PowerShell 7.2.0 preview 5. PowerShell 7.1.3 works as expected.

Installed PowerShell 7.2.0 preview 5
Logged into Azure
Selected my subscription.
Tried to deploy the new Azure Policy Definition.

New-AzPolicyDefinition -Name "allowed-locations3" `
    -DisplayName "Allowed locations3" `
    -Policy 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-policy/master/samples/built-in-policy/allowed-locations/azurepolicy.rules.json' `
    -Parameter 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-policy/master/samples/built-in-policy/allowed-locations/azurepolicy.parameters.json' `
    -Mode Indexed

Expected behavior


 ~\Desktop >  New-AzPolicyDefinition -Name "allowed-locations3" `
    -DisplayName "Allowed locations3" `
    -Policy 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-policy/master/samples/built-in-policy/allowed-locations/azurepolicy.rules.json' `
    -Parameter 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-policy/master/samples/built-in-policy/allowed-locations/azurepolicy.parameters.json' `
    -Mode Indexed

Name               : allowed-locations3
ResourceId         : /subscriptions/XXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXX/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/allowed-locations3
ResourceName       : allowed-locations3
ResourceType       : Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions
SubscriptionId     : XXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXX
Properties         : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Cmdlets.Implementation.Policy.PsPolicyDefinitionProperties
PolicyDefinitionId : /subscriptions/XXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXX/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/allowed-locations3

Actual behavior


C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7-preview> New-AzPolicyDefinition -Name "allowed-locations3" `
>>     -DisplayName "Allowed locations3" `
>>     -Policy 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-policy/master/samples/built-in-policy/allowed-locations/azurepolicy.rules.json' `
>>     -Parameter 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-policy/master/samples/built-in-policy/allowed-locations/azurepolicy.parameters.json' `
>>     -Mode Indexed
New-AzPolicyDefinition: Length cannot be less than zero. (Parameter 'length')

C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7-preview>  Get-Error

Exception             :
    Type       : System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException
    Message    : Length cannot be less than zero. (Parameter 'length')
    ParamName  : length
    TargetSite :
        Name          : HandleException
        DeclaringType : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Cmdlets.Implementation.ResourceManagerCmdletBase
        MemberType    : Method
        Module        : Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.ResourceManager.dll
    StackTrace :
   at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Cmdlets.Implementation.ResourceManagerCmdletBase.HandleException(ExceptionDispatchInfo capturedException)
   at Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Cmdlets.Implementation.ResourceManagerCmdletBase.ExecuteCmdlet()
   at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Utilities.Common.CmdletExtensions.<>c__3`1.<ExecuteSynchronouslyOrAsJob>b__3_0(T c)
   at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Utilities.Common.CmdletExtensions.ExecuteSynchronouslyOrAsJob[T](T cmdlet, Action`1 executor)
   at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Utilities.Common.CmdletExtensions.ExecuteSynchronouslyOrAsJob[T](T cmdlet)
   at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.Utilities.Common.AzurePSCmdlet.ProcessRecord()
    Source     : Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.ResourceManager
    HResult    : -2146233086
CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [New-AzPolicyDefinition], ArgumentOutOfRangeException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Cmdlets.Implementation.NewAzurePolicyDefinitionCmdlet
InvocationInfo        :
    MyCommand        : New-AzPolicyDefinition
    ScriptLineNumber : 1
    OffsetInLine     : 1
    HistoryId        : 5
    Line             : New-AzPolicyDefinition -Name "allowed-locations3" `

    PositionMessage  : At line:1 char:1
                       + New-AzPolicyDefinition -Name "allowed-locations3" `
                       + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    InvocationName   : New-AzPolicyDefinition
    CommandOrigin    : Internal
ScriptStackTrace      : at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PipelineIterationInfo :

Environment data


Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.2.0-preview.5
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.2.0-preview.5
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19042
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

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Created 2 years ago
Reactions:1
Comments:6 (2 by maintainers)

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cormacpaynecommented, May 11, 2021

@daxian-dbw Hey Dongbo, I’m no longer a part of the Azure PowerShell team, so I’ll defer to @markcowl since (I believe) he’s still a part of the team (I think @dingmeng-xue may also be able to help get traction on this item).

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daxian-dbwcommented, May 12, 2021

@dingmeng-xue Thanks for confirming this is a another case of the minimal progress rendering issue. So this is a duplicate of #15251, and the PR is out #15264. I will close this one as duplicate and get the PR merged soon.