Chef fails with inspec 6.6

[valodzka]

Description

chef-client run fails with inspec 6.6 (works with 5.22.3 version).

Chef Version

18.3

Platform Version

debian stable

Replication Case

install chef (gem install chef-bin), run chef-client --local-mode

Client Output

ffi-libarchive could not be loaded, libarchive is probably not installed on system, archive_file will not be available
[2023-11-28T14:31:18+01:00] WARN: No config file found or specified on command line. Using command line options instead.
Chef Infra Client, version 18.3.0
Patents: https://www.chef.io/patents
Infra Phase starting
Resolving cookbooks for run list: [...]
Synchronizing cookbooks:...
Installing cookbook gem dependencies:
Compiling cookbooks...

Running handlers:
[2023-11-28T14:31:19+01:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
Running handlers complete
[2023-11-28T14:31:19+01:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
Infra Phase failed. 0 resources updated in 01 seconds
[2023-11-28T14:31:19+01:00] FATAL: LoadError: cannot load such file -- ast

Stacktrace

[2023-11-28T14:31:19+01:00] FATAL: LoadError: cannot load such file -- ast
<internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in `require'
<internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in `require'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/inspec-core-6.6.0/lib/inspec/utils/profile_ast_helpers.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
<internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in `require'
<internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in `require'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/inspec-core-6.6.0/lib/inspec/profile.rb:18:in `<top (required)>'
<internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in `require'
<internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in `require'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/inspec-core-6.6.0/lib/inspec.rb:10:in `<top (required)>'
<internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in `require'
<internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:85:in `require'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/compliance/runner.rb:26:in `enabled?'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/compliance/runner.rb:81:in `run_failed'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/event_dispatch/dispatcher.rb:78:in `call'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/event_dispatch/dispatcher.rb:78:in `block in call_subscribers'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/event_dispatch/dispatcher.rb:68:in `each'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/event_dispatch/dispatcher.rb:68:in `call_subscribers'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/event_dispatch/dispatcher.rb:91:in `process_events_until_done'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/event_dispatch/dispatcher.rb:38:in `enqueue'
(eval):2:in `run_failed'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/client.rb:321:in `rescue in run'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/client.rb:312:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:305:in `run_with_graceful_exit_option'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:281:in `block in run_chef_client'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/local_mode.rb:42:in `with_server_connectivity'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:264:in `run_chef_client'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application/base.rb:354:in `run_application'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:67:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/3.1.0/gems/chef-bin-18.3.0/bin/chef-client:25:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/bin/chef-client:25:in `load'
/usr/local/bin/chef-client:25:in `<main>

[e100]

Experienced same issue on OpenBSD 7.4.
Both inspec-core 6.6 and 5.22.36 caused this error.

Using 5.22.29 seems to work without issue.