Bug report: I cannot create a new Viva engage community

Priority

(Low) Something is a little off

Description

I've tried to create a new viva engage community, running:

m365 viva engage community add --displayName "Some name" --privacy private --adminEntraUserNames "martin@blimped.nl" --verbose --description "some description"

I'm getting the following error:

Error: Unable to find target address

Steps to reproduce

Run the script

Expected results

The community is created

Actual results

It's not created

Diagnostics

Executing command viva engage community add with options {"options":{"displayName":"Some community name","privacy":"private","adminEntraUserNames":"martin@blimped.nl","verbose":true,"description":"Some community description","debug":true,"output":"text"}}
Executing command as 'martin@blimped.nl', appId: <appId>, tenantId: <tenantId>
Creating a Viva Engage community with display name 'Some community name'...
Existing access token  Returning...
Request:
{
  "url": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$batch",
  "method": "post",
  "headers": {
    "Accept": "application/json;odata.metadata=none",
    "user-agent": "NONISV|SharePointPnP|CLIMicrosoft365/10.0.0",
    "accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate",
    "X-ClientService-ClientTag": "M365CLI:10.0.0",
    "authorization": "Bearer "
  },
  "responseType": "json",
  "decompress": true,
  "data": {
    "requests": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "/users/martin%40blimped.nl?$select=id",
        "headers": {
          "accept": "application/json;odata.metadata=none"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}
Response:
{
  "url": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$batch",
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "headers": {
    "transfer-encoding": "chunked",
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "vary": "Accept-Encoding",
    "strict-transport-security": "max-age=31536000",
    "request-id": "eea16dce-bcfa-4914-bbee-5143d7930705",
    "client-request-id": "eea16dce-bcfa-4914-bbee-5143d7930705",
    "x-ms-ags-diagnostic": "{\"ServerInfo\":{\"DataCenter\":\"West Europe\",\"Slice\":\"E\",\"Ring\":\"5\",\"ScaleUnit\":\"003\",\"RoleInstance\":\"AM1PEPF000105C8\"}}",
    "date": "Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:20:33 GMT"
  },
  "data": {
    "responses": [
      {
        "id": "1",
        "status": 200,
        "headers": {
          "Cache-Control": "no-cache",
          "x-ms-resource-unit": "1",
          "OData-Version": "4.0",
          "Content-Type": "application/json;odata.metadata=none;odata.streaming=true;IEEE754Compatible=false;charset=utf-8"
        },
        "body": {
          "id": "1d860e28-9f51-475c-8326-377bc897d7ed"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}
Existing access token . Returning...
Request:
{
  "url": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/employeeExperience/communities",
  "method": "post",
  "headers": {
    "Accept": "application/json;odata.metadata=none",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "user-agent": "NONISV|SharePointPnP|CLIMicrosoft365/10.0.0",
    "accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate",
    "X-ClientService-ClientTag": "M365CLI:10.0.0",
    "authorization": "Bearer "
  },
  "responseType": "json",
  "decompress": true,
  "data": {
    "displayName": "Some community name",
    "description": "Some community description",
    "privacy": "private",
    "owners@odata.bind": [
      "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/1d860e28-9f51-475c-8326-377bc897d7ed"
    ]
  }
}
Request error:
{
  "url": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/employeeExperience/communities",
  "status": 500,
  "statusText": "Internal Server Error",
  "headers": {
    "transfer-encoding": "chunked",
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "vary": "Accept-Encoding",
    "strict-transport-security": "max-age=31536000",
    "request-id": "71bfdd59-b1a6-497d-b22d-cbc86a9c4085",
    "client-request-id": "71bfdd59-b1a6-497d-b22d-cbc86a9c4085",
    "x-ms-ags-diagnostic": "{\"ServerInfo\":{\"DataCenter\":\"West Europe\",\"Slice\":\"E\",\"Ring\":\"5\",\"ScaleUnit\":\"003\",\"RoleInstance\":\"AM1PEPF000105C8\"}}",
    "date": "Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:20:33 GMT"
  },
  "error": {
    "error": {
      "code": "InternalServerError",
      "message": "Unable to find target address",
      "innerError": {
        "date": "2024-10-04T11:20:33",
        "request-id": "71bfdd59-b1a6-497d-b22d-cbc86a9c4085",
        "client-request-id": "71bfdd59-b1a6-497d-b22d-cbc86a9c4085"
      }
    }
  }
}

Timings:
api: 223.5406ms
core: 10.1182ms
command: 272.3896ms
options: 0.2297ms
total: 284.355ms
validation: 1.185ms
Error: Unable to find target address

CLI for Microsoft 365 version

10 (beta)

nodejs version

20.9.0

Operating system (environment)

Windows

Shell

PowerShell

cli doctor

authMode         : deviceCode
cliConfig        : {"autoOpenLinksInBrowser":true,"copyDeviceCodeToClipboard":true,"output":"text","printErrorsAsPlainText":true,"prompt":true,"showHelpOnFailure":true,"showSpinner":true,"helpMode":"options","clientId":"d74def67-6c86-4249-ac76-d8a26cc4b383","tenantId":"7b294b30-baf5-4e9e-a5b1-b4c149417bfa"}
cliEntraAppId    : 59c361e4-33c3-44e3-8477-de204348291c
cliEntraAppTenant: single
cliEnvironment   : 
cliVersion       : 10.0.0
nodeVersion      : v20.9.0
os               : {"platform":"win32","version":"Windows 11 Enterprise","release":"10.0.26120"}
roles            : []
scopes           : {"https://graph.microsoft.com":["AllSites.FullControl","AppCatalog.ReadWrite.All","AuditLog.Read.All","Bookings.Read.All","Calendars.Read","ChannelMember.ReadWrite.All","ChannelMessage.Read.All","ChannelMessage.ReadWrite","ChannelMessage.Send","ChannelSettings.ReadWrite.All","Chat.ReadWrite","Community.ReadWrite.All","Directory.AccessAsUser.All","Directory.ReadWrite.All","ExternalConnection.ReadWrite.All","ExternalItem.ReadWrite.All","Group.ReadWrite.All","IdentityProvider.ReadWrite.All","InformationProtectionPolicy.Read","Mail.Read.Shared","Mail.ReadWrite","Mail.Send","Notes.ReadWrite.All","OnlineMeetingArtifact.Read.All","OnlineMeetings.ReadWrite","OnlineMeetingTranscript.Read.All","PeopleSettings.ReadWrite.All","Place.Read.All","Policy.Read.All","RecordsManagement.ReadWrite.All","Reports.Read.All","RoleAssignmentSchedule.ReadWrite.Directory","RoleEligibilitySchedule.Read.Directory","SecurityEvents.Read.All","ServiceHealth.Read.All","ServiceMessage.Read.All","ServiceMessageViewpoint.Write","Sites.Read.All","Tasks.ReadWrite","Team.Create","TeamMember.ReadWrite.All","TeamsAppInstallation.ReadWriteForUser","TeamSettings.ReadWrite.All","TeamsTab.ReadWrite.All","TermStore.ReadWrite.All","User.Invite.All","User.ReadWrite.All","profile","openid","email"]}

Additional Info

No response

The report identifies the viva engage community add command and the Microsoft Graph beta /employeeExperience/communities request; start by reproducing it with the supplied options and inspecting the request and response diagnostics. Trace the command's community-creation entry point and related tests, if available. Done means the command creates the community successfully or reports a confirmed, actionable failure.