ChefSpec - Inconsistent ChefSpec test between server and Azure DevOps pipeline

Chef Infra (archive)
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Hi

I am having this ChefSpec test, specifically just the piece of code. I tried to change the node attribute in this context block (especially in 'it' block). It was working fine and passed on my server when I ran the test, but whenever I ran the test in Azure DevOps chef pipeline, it failed because the node attribute did not get changed at all. I have checked the ChefDk and ChefSpec version of both my machine and in the Azure DevOps build agent, they are both the same.

This is my ChefSpec code:

#cookbooks/myCookbook/spec/my_spec.rb
#some code here
describe 'myOrg::windows_service' do

    let(:chef_run) do
        ChefSpec::SoloRunner.new do |node|
            node.default['windows_services'] = windows_services
            node.default['base_deployment_path'] = base_deployment_path
            node.default['service_account_prefixes'] = service_account_prefixes
        end.converge(described_recipe)
    end
#some code here 
#this is where things start going wrong and inconsistent 
#in between running on server and on Azure DevOps pipeline.
# When I ran this chefSpec test on my server, this code DID 
#actually change the node attribute as below, but when in Azure 
#DevOps pipeline, it DIDN'T work at all and stayed the same 
#as default. Not sure why it behaved like this ?
context 'Is dev machine' do
                it "configures a '#{windows_service[:name]}' with an explicit action" do
                    chef_run.node.normal['is_dev_machine'] = true
                    chef_run.converge(described_recipe)
                    executable_location = "#{base_deployment_path}/#{windows_service[:dev_path]}"

                    expect(chef_run).to configure_windows_service(windows_service[:name]).with(
                        sensitive:          true,
                        startup_type:       mapped_startup_types[windows_service[:startup_type]],
                        delayed_start:      false,
                        binary_path_name:   executable_location,
                        run_as_user:        full_service_account_name,
                        run_as_password:    service_account_password,
                        description:        windows_service[:description]
                    )
                end
            end
        end

Could anyone help me to point out what have I missed out? Thanks so much