Server 2022 Desktop Gets Stuck Waiting for operation to complete

[jamie-oconnell]

When running this plugin against windows server 2022 desktop it hangs on waiting for operation to complete. I have to login to the vm and under windows update menu it shows "Updates are ready to install" with the install now button showing. If I click install now the updates install and the build completes.

Here is my template:

  provisioner "windows-update" {
    filters = ["include:$_.Title -like '*Servicing Stack Update for Windows*'"]
  }

  provisioner "windows-restart" {}

  provisioner "windows-update" {
    pause_before    = "30s"
    search_criteria = "IsInstalled=0"
    filters = [
      "exclude:$_.Title -like '*VMware*'",
      "exclude:$_.Title -like '*Preview*'",
      "exclude:$_.Title -like '*Defender*'",
      "exclude:$_.InstallationBehavior.CanRequestUserInput",
      "include:$true"
    ]
    restart_timeout = "120m"
  }

  provisioner "windows-restart" {
    restart_timeout = "30m"
  }

[jantari]

I'm seeing the same, also on Server 2022 with Desktop Experience. Our Server 2022 Core build succeeds no problem.

It gets stuck on Waiting for operation to complete (system performance: x% cpu; x% memory)... for 6+ hours before I cancel the job.

[paulmsullivan]

I'm seeing this same behavior, on Server 2022 with Desktop Experience. I let it wait 3 hours, then rebooted the VM through vSphere VMTools. It then picked back up and continued the Packer provisioning workflow.

[Berman510]

Same issue here - I haven't been able to run windows updates via packer for a long time now.