latest mixlib/install causes failure on amazon linux

[checkmypi]

Cookbook version

2.3.1

Chef-client version

14.2.0

Platform Details

AWS

cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Amazon Linux AMI"
VERSION="2017.09"
ID="amzn"
ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
VERSION_ID="2017.09"
PRETTY_NAME="Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09"
ANSI_COLOR="0;33"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2017.09:ga"
HOME_URL="http://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/"

Scenario:

Install chef-server from a recipe

Steps to Reproduce:

Create cookbook with a recipe

chef_ingredient 'chef-server' do
  version node['chef-server']['version'] unless node['chef-server']['version'].nil?
  action :install
end

Expected Result:

Installation of correct rpm chef-server-core package

Actual Result:

chef_ingredient[chef-server] (custom-chef-server-cookbook::default line 13) had an error: Mixlib::Install::Backend::ArtifactsNotFound: No artifacts found matching criteria.

Platform info
  product name: chef-server
  channel: stable
  version: latest
  platform: amazon
  platform version: 2017.09
  architecture: x86_64
  compatibility mode: false

Workaround

default['chef-ingredient']['mixlib-install']['git_ref'] = 'refs/tags/v3.10.0'

[deevidh]

I'm sure it's fairly evident, but this gem is used by the chef_client_updater cookbook which means that chef runs are currently failing on all Amazon Linux instances which use the cookbook.