From 1dc08985a9a2eab40231624f34afca5cec197f61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Languiller <dlanguiller@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:46:35 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] refactor: lazy imports of expensive libs

---
 .vscode/launch.json                       | 27 ++++++-----------------
 src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index c2a47d74891..ae16514a298 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -3,42 +3,34 @@
     "configurations": [
         {
             "name": "Azure CLI Debug (Integrated Console)",
-            "type": "python",
+            "type": "debugpy",
             "request": "launch",
             "python": "${command:python.interpreterPath}",
             "program": "${workspaceRoot}/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/__main__.py",
             "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
             "args": [
-                "--help"
+                "Version"
             ],
             "console": "integratedTerminal",
-            "debugOptions": [
-                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
-                "WaitOnNormalExit",
-                "RedirectOutput"
-            ],
             "justMyCode": false
         },
         {
             "name": "Azure CLI Debug (External Console)",
-            "type": "python",
+            "type": "debugpy",
             "request": "launch",
             "stopOnEntry": true,
             "python": "${command:python.interpreterPath}",
             "program": "${workspaceRoot}/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/__main__.py",
             "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
             "args": [
-                "--help"
+                "VERSION"
             ],
             "console": "externalTerminal",
-            "debugOptions": [
-                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
-                "WaitOnNormalExit"
-            ]
+            "justMyCode": false
         },
         {
             "name": "Azdev Scripts",
-            "type": "python",
+            "type": "debugpy",
             "request": "launch",
             "python": "${command:python.interpreterPath}",
             "program": "${workspaceRoot}/tools/automation/__main__.py",
@@ -47,11 +39,6 @@
                 "--help"
             ],
             "console": "integratedTerminal",
-            "debugOptions": [
-                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
-                "WaitOnNormalExit",
-                "RedirectOutput"
-            ]
         }
     ]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py
index 05f96a575c3..b3c09db185c 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/util.py
@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@
 import binascii
 import getpass
 import json
-import yaml
 import logging
 import os
 import platform
 import re
 import ssl
 import sys
-from urllib.request import urlopen
 
 from knack.log import get_logger
 from knack.util import CLIError, to_snake_case, to_camel_case
@@ -534,6 +532,7 @@ def get_file_json(file_path, throw_on_empty=True, preserve_order=False):
 
 
 def get_file_yaml(file_path, throw_on_empty=True):
+    import yaml
     content = read_file_content(file_path)
     if not content:
         if throw_on_empty:
@@ -1168,6 +1167,7 @@ def _ssl_context():
 
 
 def urlretrieve(url):
+    from urllib.request import urlopen
     req = urlopen(url, context=_ssl_context())
     return req.read()
 

From d363dd0971bd2cf35c1c39d2bfe84f535badcce7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Languiller <dlanguiller@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:27:56 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] refactor: direct return

---
 src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/util/custom.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/util/custom.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/util/custom.py
index ea2f2ea0bd0..17aa71787e9 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/util/custom.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/util/custom.py
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ def rest_call(cmd, url, method=None, headers=None, uri_parameters=None,
 
 def show_version(cmd):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     from azure.cli.core.util import get_az_version_json
-    versions = get_az_version_json()
-    return versions
+    return get_az_version_json()
 
 
 def upgrade_version(cmd, update_all=None, yes=None, allow_preview=None):  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals, too-many-statements, too-many-branches, no-member, unused-argument