Imagr Error startosinstall return code 194

I have a simple workflow, just add a admin account, and a QuickAdd.pkg for JAMF, no wireless, no scripts, no MDM, simple…

But i consistently get the above error with Imagr
-bash-3.2# /Volumes/Image\ Volume/run


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  • System Information *

Model Identifier: MacBookPro12,1
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-5257U CPU @ 2.70GHz
RAM: 16GB
Serial Number: C02QM0QGFVH6


Network is up

Starting up Imagr, please be patient…
2020-02-05 21:09:02.023 Imagr[642:38034] TISFileInterrogator updateSystemInputSources false but old data invalid: currentCacheHeaderPtr nonNULL? 0, ->cacheFormatVersion 0, ->magicCookie 00000000, inputSourceTableCountSys 0
Keyboard Layouts: duplicate keyboard layout identifier -14934.
Keyboard Layouts: keyboard layout identifier -14934 has been replaced with -28673.
2020-02-05 21:09:07.144 Imagr[642:38246] [C02QM0QGFVH6] Imagr is starting up…
2020-02-05 21:09:25.424 Imagr[642:38034] [C02QM0QGFVH6] Preparing to run workflow Mojave…
2020-02-05 21:09:25.642 Imagr[642:38692] [C02QM0QGFVH6] Erasing volume with name spamacp017
2020-02-05 21:09:25.642 Imagr[642:38692] Detected non-filevaulted APFS - unmount and mounting all partitions to make sure nothing is holding on to them prior to erasing
2020-02-05 21:09:27.312 Imagr[642:38692] Removing APFS volumes
2020-02-05 21:09:27.663 Imagr[642:38692] deleting volumes
2020-02-05 21:09:28.505 Imagr[642:38692] adding volume named spamacp017 to container UUID FEDF963E-0BAD-4400-BF95-5DAE73974228
2020-02-05 21:09:29.558 Imagr[642:38692] finding first volume in container FEDF963E-0BAD-4400-BF95-5DAE73974228
2020-02-05 21:09:30.240 Imagr[642:38692] [C02QM0QGFVH6] Running script 4.0
2020-02-05 21:09:39.526 Imagr[642:38692] [C02QM0QGFVH6] starting macOS install: file:///Volumes/Image Volume/Deploy/macOS/Install macOS Mojave.app
2020-02-05 21:09:39.533 Imagr[642:38692] additional packages complete
2020-02-05 21:09:39.533 Imagr[642:38692] “/Volumes/Image Volume/Deploy/macOS/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall” “–agreetolicense” “–rebootdelay” “5” “–pidtosignal” “642” “–volume” “/Volumes/spamacp017” “–nointeraction” “–installpackage” “/Volumes/Image Volume/Deploy/Workflows/Mojave-1a39b38e513368/Packages/000-com.twocanoes.mds.createuser-ia.pkg” “–installpackage” “/Volumes/Image Volume/Deploy/Workflows/Mojave-1a39b38e513368/Packages/001-com.twocanoes.mds.pre-scripts.pkg” “–installpackage” “/Volumes/Image Volume/Deploy/Workflows/Mojave-1a39b38e513368/Packages/QuickAdd-7091951.pkg” “–installpackage” “/Volumes/Image Volume/Deploy/Workflows/Mojave-1a39b38e513368/Packages/zz_com.twocanoes.mds.scripts.pkg”
2020-02-05 21:09:43.447 Imagr[642:38692] Error: The specified file is not a valid product archive (/Volumes/Image Volume/Deploy/Workflows/Mojave-1a39b38e513368/Packages/QuickAdd-7091951.pkg).
2020-02-05 21:09:43.447 Imagr[642:38692] Please see the usage guide for more information.
2020-02-05 21:09:43.456 Imagr[642:38692] ##### startosinstall error #####
2020-02-05 21:09:43.456 Imagr[642:38692] startosinstall failed with return code 194. Please verify that the recovery partition is not older than the macOS you are trying to install, and verify that the certificate used to sign the install package is not expired.
2020-02-05 21:09:43.659 Imagr[642:38034] [C02QM0QGFVH6] Finished running Mojave.
2020-02-05 21:09:44.048 Imagr[642:38034] [C02QM0QGFVH6] startosinstall failed with return code 194. Please verify that the recovery partition is not older than the macOS you are trying to install, and verify that the certificate used to sign the install package is not expired.
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I think this was resolved on Slack. Downgrading to 2.0 fixed it. It will be fixed with a 2.1 release.

tim

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How do you downgrade Imagr when MDS downloads and installs Imagr when creating the DMG?

When you save resources, MDS checks the version of Imagr matched to that version of MDS, and will download the older one.

tim