From 2dd6dcd3995b243a17ee78be52f02ec3d680409b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ilona Tomkowicz <itomkowicz@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:28:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid failures when `dpkg` is locked.

---
 scripts/run_performance_job.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/run_performance_job.py b/scripts/run_performance_job.py
index e46a1149e21..b78bcdc598c 100644
--- a/scripts/run_performance_job.py
+++ b/scripts/run_performance_job.py
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ def get_pre_commands(
         else:
             install_prerequisites += [
                 "export RestoreAdditionalProjectSources=$HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD/built-nugets",
+                'echo "** Waiting for dpkg to unlock (up to 2 minutes) **"',
+                'timeout 2m bash -c \'while sudo fuser /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend >/dev/null 2>&1; do if [ -z "$printed" ]; then echo "Waiting for dpkg lock to be released... Lock is held by: $(ps -o cmd= -p $(sudo fuser /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend))"; printed=1; fi; echo "Waiting 5 seconds to check again"; sleep 5; done;\'',
                 "sudo apt-get -y remove nodejs",
                 "sudo apt-get update",
                 "sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg",