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Overview of the Issue
The new version 1.8.0 is producing this error,
[Container] 2025/11/19 14:42:32.000162 Running command packer plugins install github.com/hashicorp/amazon
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Installed plugin github.com/hashicorp/amazon v1.8.0 in "/root/.config/packer/plugins/github.com/hashicorp/amazon/packer-plugin-amazon_v1.8.0_x5.0_linux_amd64"
[Container] 2025/11/19 14:42:34.784512 Running command packer build -timestamp-ui -var-file=variables-staging.json ami-code.json
amazon-ebs: output will be in this color.
2025-11-19T14:42:35Z: Build 'amazon-ebs' errored after 841 microseconds: failed to get shared config profile, default
==> Wait completed after 884 microseconds
==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
--> amazon-ebs: failed to get shared config profile, default
==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.
Reproduction Steps
I'm not sure our config is pretty straight forward
"builders": [
{
"type": "amazon-ebs",
"profile": "default",
"region": "{{user `region` }}",
...Packer version
From 1.8.0.
1.7.1 is fine, so we fixed to that version as a workaround.
Community Note
Overview of the Issue
The new version 1.8.0 is producing this error,
Reproduction Steps
I'm not sure our config is pretty straight forward
Packer version
From
1.8.0.1.7.1is fine, so we fixed to that version as a workaround.