roachtest: cluster_creation failed

roachtest.cluster_creation [failed](https://teamcity.cockroachdb.com/buildConfiguration/Cockroach_Nightlies_RoachtestNightlyAwsBazel/21422038?buildTab=log) with [artifacts](https://teamcity.cockroachdb.com/buildConfiguration/Cockroach_Nightlies_RoachtestNightlyAwsBazel/21422038?buildTab=artifacts#/kv95/enc=false/nodes=3/cpu=32/mt-shared-process) on release-26.1.8-rc @ [e3abeca7ec25cee7ec1962e9dc33131f74eaf950](https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/commits/e3abeca7ec25cee7ec1962e9dc33131f74eaf950):

```
test kv95/enc=false/nodes=3/cpu=32/mt-shared-process failed: (test_runner.go:1017).func4: in provider: aws: aws create failed due to capacity for machine type m7g.xlarge in zone(s) [us-east-2c]; suggested zone(s): [us-east-2a us-east-2b]: failed to run: aws ec2 run-instances --associate-public-ip-address --count 1 --instance-type m7g.xlarge --image-id ami-05983a09f7dc1c18f --key-name teamcity-runner-YeHCpd_Brl2OhHL8fZcY8BoUeD4= --region us-east-2 --security-group-ids sg-04d72b57e29d671f1 --subnet-id subnet-0e71591c1fe06645e --tag-specifications ResourceType=instance,Tags=[{Key=roachtest-branch,Value=release-26-1-8-rc},{Key=usage,Value=roachtest},{Key=lifetime,Value=12h0m0s},{Key=arch,Value=arm64},{Key=created,Value=2026-07-14T12:57:16Z},{Key=Name,Value=teamcity-21422038-1784030114-62-n4cpu32-0004},{Key=Cluster,Value=teamcity-21422038-1784030114-62-n4cpu32},{Key=spot,Value=true},{Key=roachprod,Value=true},{Key=cluster,Value=teamcity-21422038-1784030114-62-n4cpu32}] ResourceType=volume,Tags=[{Key=roachtest-branch,Value=release-26-1-8-rc},{Key=usage,Value=roachtest},{Key=lifetime,Value=12h0m0s},{Key=arch,Value=arm64},{Key=created,Value=2026-07-14T12:57:16Z},{Key=Name,Value=teamcity-21422038-1784030114-62-n4cpu32-0004},{Key=Cluster,Value=teamcity-21422038-1784030114-62-n4cpu32},{Key=spot,Value=true},{Key=roachprod,Value=true},{Key=cluster,Value=teamcity-21422038-1784030114-62-n4cpu32}] --user-data file:///tmp/aws-startup-script1311001791 --iam-instance-profile Name=roachprod-testing --block-device-mapping file:///tmp/aws-block-device-mapping3168175761 --instance-market-options MarketType=spot,SpotOptions={SpotInstanceType=one-time,InstanceInterruptionBehavior=terminate} --output json: stderr:
An error occurred (InsufficientInstanceCapacity) when calling the RunInstances operation (reached max retries: 2): We currently do not have sufficient m7g.xlarge capacity in the Availability Zone you requested (us-east-2c). Our system will be working on provisioning additional capacity. You can currently get m7g.xlarge capacity by not specifying an Availability Zone in your request or choosing us-east-2a, us-east-2b.: exit status 254 [owner=test-eng]
```

Parameters:
- MetamorphicFilesystem=ext4
- MetamorphicVolumeType=io2
- cloud=aws
- coverageBuild=false
- cpu=32
- diskCount=0
- runtimeAssertionsBuild=false
Help

See: [roachtest README](https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/blob/master/pkg/cmd/roachtest/README.md)

See: [How To Investigate \(internal\)](https://cockroachlabs.atlassian.net/l/c/SSSBr8c7)

Same failure on other branches

- #172507 roachtest: cluster_creation failed [O-roachtest O-robot T-testeng X-infra-flake branch-release-25.4.14-rc]
- #172506 roachtest: cluster_creation failed [O-roachtest O-robot T-testeng X-infra-flake branch-release-25.2.22-rc]
- #172191 roachtest: cluster_creation failed [O-roachtest O-robot T-testeng X-infra-flake branch-release-25.4]
- #172020 roachtest: cluster_creation failed [O-roachtest O-robot T-testeng X-infra-flake branch-release-25.2]
- #171624 roachtest: cluster_creation failed [O-roachtest O-robot T-testeng X-infra-flake branch-release-26.1.6-rc]
- #171623 roachtest: cluster_creation failed [O-roachtest O-robot T-testeng X-infra-flake branch-release-25.4.12-rc]
- #171620 roachtest: cluster_creation failed [O-roachtest O-robot T-testeng X-infra-flake branch-release-25.2.20-rc]

/cc @cockroachlabs/test-eng

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Jira issue: CRDB-65758

Start with the roachtest README and the TeamCity log and artifacts linked in the report; the failure is surfaced at test_runner.go:1017. Compare the repeated cluster_creation failures listed for other branches and inspect the AWS capacity error. Done should mean establishing a project-supported way for this test path to avoid or correctly handle the reported failure.

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