diff --git a/changelog/18084.txt b/changelog/18084.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d8d87950325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/18084.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+secrets/azure: add WAL to clean up role assignments if errors occur
+```
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5cf134cc69d3..2af1c2ab9a59 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ require (
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diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e451ec747ba0..6764e8aebfe7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
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