Starting Selenium EdgeDriver from Jenkins job on ECS machine

Question

This is my C# script to initialise the EdgeDriver I am using to automate my WebView2 (I did not use EdgeDriverManager, since the driverManager had issues installing the edgeDriver compatible to the browser)

        public IWebDriver InitializeEdgeDriver()
        {            
            string webView2Args = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("WEBVIEW2_ADDITIONAL_BROWSER_ARGUMENTS");
            Console.WriteLine($"WEBVIEW2_ADDITIONAL_BROWSER_ARGUMENTS: {webView2Args}");   //checked that remote-debugging-port flag is set in env variable 
            var edgeService = EdgeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
            edgeService.Start();
            var edgeOptions = new EdgeOptions();
            edgeOptions.UseWebView = UseWebView;
            edgeOptions.DebuggerAddress = DebuggerAddress;
            foreach (var argument in IDSDKUIAutomationConfig.EdgeDriver.Arguments)
            {
                edgeOptions.AddArgument(argument);
            }
            return new EdgeDriver(@"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\msedgedriver.exe", edgeOptions);
        }

I am able to run the same script locally without issues, but when I run it though a Jenkins pipeline job, I receive the error below in the logs:

Starting Microsoft Edge WebDriver 125.0.2535.67 (626a82df5fa7d0d88fbb990d069c0dd83672d0dc) on port 57920
To submit feedback, report a bug, or suggest new features, please visit https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/EdgeWebDriver
Only local connections are allowed.
Please see https://aka.ms/WebDriverSecurity for suggestions on keeping Microsoft Edge WebDriver safe.
Microsoft Edge WebDriver was started successfully.
Starting Microsoft Edge WebDriver 124.0.2478.51 (e23a9b7d0a14cd45f7a5324b61f0c57561757bb3) on port 57932
To submit feedback, report a bug, or suggest new features, please visit https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/EdgeWebDriver
Only local connections are allowed.
Please see https://aka.ms/WebDriverSecurity for suggestions on keeping Microsoft Edge WebDriver safe.
Microsoft Edge WebDriver was started successfully.
Unhandled exception. OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException: The HTTP request to the remote WebDriver server for URL http://localhost:57932/session timed out after 60 seconds.
 ---> System.Threading.Tasks.TaskCanceledException: The request was canceled due to the configured HttpClient.Timeout of 60 seconds elapsing.
 ---> System.TimeoutException: The operation was canceled.
 ---> System.Threading.Tasks.TaskCanceledException: The operation was canceled.
 ---> System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
 ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (995): The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource<System.Int32>.GetResult(Int16 token)
   at System.Net.Http.HttpConnection.InitialFillAsync(Boolean async)
   at System.Net.Http.HttpConnection.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Net.Http.HttpConnection.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.SendWithVersionDetectionAndRetryAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, Boolean doRequestAuth, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Http.RedirectHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Http.HttpClient.<SendAsync>g__Core|83_0(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpCompletionOption completionOption, CancellationTokenSource cts, Boolean disposeCts, CancellationTokenSource pendingRequestsCts, CancellationToken originalCancellationToken)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Net.Http.HttpClient.HandleFailure(Exception e, Boolean telemetryStarted, HttpResponseMessage response, CancellationTokenSource cts, CancellationToken cancellationToken, CancellationTokenSource pendingRequestsCts)
   at System.Net.Http.HttpClient.<SendAsync>g__Core|83_0(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpCompletionOption completionOption, CancellationTokenSource cts, Boolean disposeCts, CancellationTokenSource pendingRequestsCts, CancellationToken originalCancellationToken)
   at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.HttpCommandExecutor.MakeHttpRequest(HttpRequestInfo requestInfo)
   at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.HttpCommandExecutor.<>c__DisplayClass33_0.<<Execute>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.HttpCommandExecutor.Execute(Command commandToExecute)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.HttpCommandExecutor.Execute(Command commandToExecute)
   at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.DriverServiceCommandExecutor.Execute(Command commandToExecute)
   at OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriver.Execute(String driverCommandToExecute, Dictionary`2 parameters)
   at OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriver.StartSession(ICapabilities capabilities)
   at OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriver..ctor(ICommandExecutor executor, ICapabilities capabilities)
   at OpenQA.Selenium.Chromium.ChromiumDriver..ctor(ChromiumDriverService service, ChromiumOptions options, TimeSpan commandTimeout)
   at OpenQA.Selenium.Edge.EdgeDriver..ctor(EdgeDriverService service, EdgeOptions options, TimeSpan commandTimeout)
   at OpenQA.Selenium.Edge.EdgeDriver..ctor(String edgeDriverDirectory, EdgeOptions options, TimeSpan commandTimeout)
   at OpenQA.Selenium.Edge.EdgeDriver..ctor(String edgeDriverDirectory, EdgeOptions options)
   at UIAutomation.AutomationActions.InitializeEdgeDriver() in E:\ui_tests\builds\scripts\win\
UIAutomation
\IMScreenAutomation\AutomationActions.cs:line 69
   at IDSDKUIAutomation.IMScreenAutomation.<Main>g__Test2|3_1() in 
E:\ui_tests\builds\scripts\win\UIAutomation\IMScreenAutomation\IMScreenAutomation.cs:line 48
   at IDSDKUIAutomation.IMScreenAutomation.Main(String[] args) in 
E:\ui_tests\builds\scripts\win\UIAutomation\IMScreenAutomation\IMScreenAutomation.cs:line 27

From the logs, I believe the WebDriver was started correctly but timed out. Two web drivers are started, 124.0.2478.51 and 125.0.2535.67 on different ports. Why is that so?