Ubuntu latest - apt-get upgrade causes failure - grub

[userdocs]

Description

Updating the runner fails for some grub reason

name: ubuntu latest

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  ubuntu_latest:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Host - update
        run: sudo apt-get update

      - name: Host - upgrade
        run: sudo apt-get -y upgrade

Setting up grub-efi-amd64-bin (2.06-2ubuntu14.1) ...
Setting up grub-efi-amd64-signed (1.187.3~22.04.1+2.06-2ubuntu14.1) ...
mount: /var/lib/grub/esp: special device /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-14d534654202020200690df035523a242afc173af9e57f2a4-part15 does not exist.
dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64-signed (--configure):
 installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 32
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.35-0ubuntu3.1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub-efi-amd64-signed
needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Error: Process completed with exit code 100.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
• GitHub Actions - Larger Runners

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 18.04
• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• macOS 11
• macOS 12
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Image version and build link

Current runner version: '2.301.1'
Operating System
Ubuntu
22.04.2
LTS
Runner Image
Image: ubuntu-22.04
Version: 20230219.1
Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/ubuntu22/20230219.1/images/linux/Ubuntu2204-Readme.md
Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/ubuntu22%2F20230219.1
Runner Image Provisioner
2.0.117.1

Is it regression?

don't know

Expected behavior

not fail on apt-get upgrade

Actual behavior

It's failing due to some grub related issue.

Repro steps

name: ubuntu latest

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  ubuntu_latest:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Host - update
        run: sudo apt-get update

      - name: Host - upgrade
        run: sudo apt-get -y upgrade

[userdocs]

Here is error in action

https://github.com/userdocs/ubuntu-latest/actions

[mikhailkoliada]

Duplicate of #7192

[userdocs]

I looked at open issues instead of searched.

This worked, from your reply in the first issue, so thanks.

name: ubuntu latest

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  ubuntu_latest:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Host - fix
        run: echo 'APT::Get::Always-Include-Phased-Updates "false";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99-phased-updates

      - name: Host - update
        run: sudo apt-get update

      - name: Host - upgrade
        run: sudo apt-get -y upgrade