From e98829e1eae8d04dba31a6960516d5177d6a2d36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doug Holt <dholt@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 14:31:00 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: diagnose and fix the 26.09 maas smoke failure

---
 roles/maas-controller/tasks/main.yml | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/roles/maas-controller/tasks/main.yml b/roles/maas-controller/tasks/main.yml
index 85e7ad55e..3fd7e9922 100644
--- a/roles/maas-controller/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/maas-controller/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@
 
 - name: add MAAS repository
   apt_repository:
-    repo: "{{ maas_repo }}"
+    # MAAS 3.5 has no Noble repository. Normalize the legacy override used by
+    # existing automation while preserving custom repositories.
+    repo: >-
+      {{
+        'ppa:maas/3.7'
+        if ansible_distribution_version is version('24.04', '>=')
+        and maas_repo == 'ppa:maas/3.5'
+        else maas_repo
+      }}
     state: present
 
 - name: install MAAS