PowerShell hangs with high CPU load when running Connect-AzAccount

[maximilianpalm]

Description

I just installed PowerShell and Azure PowerShell for the first time on my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS machine. However, when running Connect-AzAccount, the process hangs and I cannot continue.

Steps to reproduce

Installation of PowerShell in bash

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y wget apt-transport-https software-properties-common
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt-get install -y powershell
sudo pwsh

Installation of Az module

PS /home/user> Install-Module Az -AllowClobber
PS /home/user> Import-Module Az

This opens a window with a password query to unlock the default-keyring.

Reproduce issue

PS /home/user> $DebugPreference='Continue'
PS /home/user> Connect-AzAccount
DEBUG: Sought all Az modules and got latest version 6.2.1
DEBUG: 12:01:11 PM - ConnectAzureRmAccountCommand begin processing with ParameterSet 'UserWithSubscriptionId'.
DEBUG: 12:01:11 PM - Autosave setting from startup session: 'CurrentUser'
DEBUG: 12:01:11 PM - No autosave setting detected in environment variable 'AzContextAutoSave'. 
DEBUG: 12:01:11 PM - Using Autosave scope 'CurrentUser'

After this, nothing else happens, except for the pwsh process consuming 100% of a CPU thread continuously for minutes. I can still abort the process with Ctrl+C. I tried restarting the pwsh and bash shells, with no effect.

user@box:~$ ps aux | grep pwsh
root      179093  0.0  0.0  12372  4996 pts/0    S+   11:35   0:00 sudo pwsh
root      179094 65.7  0.8 4180848 142824 pts/0  SLl+ 11:35   3:43 pwsh
user      179607  0.0  0.0   9372   736 pts/3    S+   11:41   0:00 grep --color=auto pwsh

Environment data

PS /home/user> $PSVersionTable     

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.1.3
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.1.3
OS                             Linux 5.4.0-80-generic #90-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 9 22:49:44 U…
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Module versions

PS /home/user> Get-Module  -ListAvailable

    Directory: /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules

ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name
---------- -------    ---------- ----                               
Script     6.2.1                 Az                                 
Script     2.5.1                 Az.Accounts                        
Script     1.1.1                 Az.Advisor                         
Script     2.2.0                 Az.Aks                             
Script     1.1.4                 Az.AnalysisServices                
Script     2.2.0                 Az.ApiManagement                   
Script     1.0.0                 Az.AppConfiguration                
Script     1.2.0                 Az.ApplicationInsights             
Script     1.7.0                 Az.Automation                      
Script     3.1.0                 Az.Batch                           
Script     2.0.0                 Az.Billing                         
Script     1.7.1                 Az.Cdn                             
Script     1.8.0                 Az.CognitiveServices               
Script     4.15.0                Az.Compute                         
Script     2.1.0                 Az.ContainerInstance               
Script     2.2.3                 Az.ContainerRegistry               
Script     1.3.0                 Az.CosmosDB                        
Script     1.1.0                 Az.DataBoxEdge                     
Script     1.1.0                 Az.Databricks                      
Script     1.13.0                Az.DataFactory                     
Script     1.0.2                 Az.DataLakeAnalytics               
Script     1.3.0                 Az.DataLakeStore                   
Script     1.0.0                 Az.DataShare                       
Script     1.1.0                 Az.DeploymentManager               
Script     3.0.0                 Az.DesktopVirtualization           
Script     1.0.2                 Az.DevTestLabs                     
Script     1.1.2                 Az.Dns                             
Script     1.3.0                 Az.EventGrid                       
Script     1.8.0                 Az.EventHub                        
Script     1.8.0                 Az.FrontDoor                       
Script     3.1.0                 Az.Functions                       
Script     4.3.0                 Az.HDInsight                       
Script     1.3.1                 Az.HealthcareApis                  
Script     2.7.3                 Az.IotHub                          
Script     3.4.5                 Az.KeyVault                        
Script     2.0.0                 Az.Kusto                           
Script     1.5.0                 Az.LogicApp                        
Script     1.1.3                 Az.MachineLearning                 
Script     1.1.1                 Az.Maintenance                     
Script     2.0.0                 Az.ManagedServices                 
Script     1.0.2                 Az.MarketplaceOrdering             
Script     1.1.1                 Az.Media                           
Script     1.0.2                 Az.Migrate                         
Script     2.6.0                 Az.Monitor                         
Script     4.10.0                Az.Network                         
Script     1.1.1                 Az.NotificationHubs                
Script     2.3.0                 Az.OperationalInsights             
Script     1.4.1                 Az.PolicyInsights                  
Script     1.1.2                 Az.PowerBIEmbedded                 
Script     1.0.3                 Az.PrivateDns                      
Script     4.3.0                 Az.RecoveryServices                
Script     1.4.0                 Az.RedisCache                      
Script     1.0.0                 Az.RedisEnterpriseCache            
Script     1.0.3                 Az.Relay                           
Script     1.0.0                 Az.ResourceMover                   
Script     4.2.0                 Az.Resources                       
Script     1.0.0                 Az.Security                        
Script     1.0.0                 Az.SecurityInsights                
Script     1.5.0                 Az.ServiceBus                      
Script     3.0.0                 Az.ServiceFabric                   
Script     1.3.0                 Az.SignalR                         
Script     3.4.0                 Az.Sql                             
Script     1.1.0                 Az.SqlVirtualMachine               
Script     3.9.0                 Az.Storage                         
Script     1.5.0                 Az.StorageSync                     
Script     2.0.0                 Az.StreamAnalytics                 
Script     1.0.0                 Az.Support                         
Script     1.0.4                 Az.TrafficManager                  
Script     2.8.0                 Az.Websites                        

    Directory: /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/Modules

ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name
---------- -------    ---------- ----                               
Manifest   1.2.5                 Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive       
Manifest   7.0.0.0               Microsoft.PowerShell.Host          
Manifest   7.0.0.0               Microsoft.PowerShell.Management    
Manifest   7.0.0.0               Microsoft.PowerShell.Security      
Manifest   7.0.0.0               Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility       
Script     1.4.7                 PackageManagement                  
Script     2.2.5                 PowerShellGet                      
Script     2.0.5                 PSDesiredStateConfiguration        
Script     2.1.0                 PSReadLine                         
Binary     2.0.3                 ThreadJob                          

Error output

PS /home/user> Resolve-AzError            
WARNING: Upcoming breaking changes in the cmdlet 'Resolve-AzError' :
The `Resolve-Error` alias will be removed in a future release.  Please change any scripts that use this alias to use `Resolve-AzError` instead.
Note : Go to https://aka.ms/azps-changewarnings for steps to suppress this breaking change warning, and other information on breaking changes in Azure PowerShell.

   HistoryId: 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'ReservedFunctionAppSettingNames'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'RequiredStorageEndpoints'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'AllowedStorageTypes'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'RuntimeToDefaultOSType'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'SupportedFunctionsVersion'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'FunctionsNoV2Version'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'DefaultFunctionsVersion'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'RuntimeToFormattedName'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'ReservedFunctionAppSettingNames'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'RequiredStorageEndpoints'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'AllowedStorageTypes'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'RuntimeToDefaultOSType'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'SupportedFunctionsVersion'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'FunctionsNoV2Version'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'DefaultFunctionsVersion'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1

Message        : Cannot find a variable with the name 'RuntimeToFormattedName'.
StackTrace     : 
Exception      : System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException
InvocationInfo : {Get-Variable}
Line           :     if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
                 
Position       : At /root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/3.1.0/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1:47 char:15
                 + …   if (-not (Get-Variable $variableName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) …
                 +               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 1


The Azure PowerShell team is listening, please let us know how we are doing: https://aka.ms/azpssurvey?Q_CHL=ERROR.

[dingmeng-xue]

We will try to reproduce this issue. @BethanyZhou

[BethanyZhou]

Hi @maximilianpalm , we have not reproduced this issue yet. That's my environment.

PS /home/beth> Connect-AzAccount                                                                                              
DEBUG: Sought all Az modules and got latest version 6.3.0                                                                     
DEBUG: 02:29:39 - ConnectAzureRmAccountCommand begin processing with ParameterSet 'UserWithSubscriptionId'.                   
WARNING: Interactive authentication is not supported in this session, please run cmdlet 'Connect-AzAccount -UseDeviceAuthentication'.                                                                                                                       
DEBUG: AzureQoSEvent: Module: Az.Accounts:2.5.2; CommandName: Connect-AzAccount; PSVersion: 7.1.3; IsSuccess: True; Duration: 
00:00:00.0275744
DEBUG: Finish sending metric.
DEBUG: 02:29:40 - ConnectAzureRmAccountCommand end processing.

PS /home/beth> $PSVersionTable     

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.1.3
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.1.3
OS                             Linux 5.8.0-1036-azure #38~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 17 14:14:18 UTC 2021
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Could you try Connect-AzAccount -UseDeviceAuthentication and see what happens in next step?

[maximilianpalm]

Hi @BethanyZhou,
I'll try and let you know as soon as I can, probably end of next week.

[maximilianpalm]

Hi @BethanyZhou,
it worked with -UseDeviceAuthentication. Below you can find the (shortened+cleaned) output. This solves my problem, thank you for that. If you want to investigate the issue further and need more info from my machine, just let me know.

PS /home/user> Import-Module Az
PS /home/user> $DebugPreference='Continue'
PS /home/user> Connect-AzAccount -UseDeviceAuthentication
DEBUG: Sought all Az modules and got latest version 6.2.1
DEBUG: 1:05:02 AM - ConnectAzureRmAccountCommand begin processing with ParameterSet 'UserWithSubscriptionId'.
DEBUG: 1:05:02 AM - Autosave setting from startup session: 'CurrentUser'
DEBUG: 1:05:02 AM - No autosave setting detected in environment variable 'AzContextAutoSave'. 
DEBUG: 1:05:02 AM - Using Autosave scope 'CurrentUser'
DEBUG: 1:05:02 AM - [DeviceCodeAuthenticator] Calling DeviceCodeCredential.AuthenticateAsync - TenantId:'', Scopes:'https://management.core.windows.net//.default', AuthorityHost:'https://login.microsoftonline.com/'
DEBUG: DeviceCodeCredential.Authenticate invoked. Scopes: [ https://management.core.windows.net//.default ] ParentRequestId: 
DEBUG: (False) MSAL 4.30.1.0 MSAL.NetCore Linux 5.4.0-81-generic #91-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 15 19:09:17 UTC 2021 [08/18/2021 23:05:02 - ] MSAL MSAL.NetCore with assembly version '4.30.1.0'. CorrelationId(xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx)
DEBUG: (False) MSAL 4.30.1.0 MSAL.NetCore Linux 5.4.0-81-generic #91-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 15 19:09:17 UTC 2021 [08/18/2021 23:05:02 - ] 
=== Request Data ===
Authority Provided? - True
Scopes - https://management.core.windows.net//.default
Extra Query Params Keys (space separated) - 
ApiId - AcquireTokenByDeviceCode
IsConfidentialClient - False
SendX5C - False
LoginHint ? False
IsBrokerConfigured - False
HomeAccountId - False
CorrelationId - xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

DEBUG: (False) MSAL 4.30.1.0 MSAL.NetCore Linux 5.4.0-81-generic #91-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 15 19:09:17 UTC 2021 [08/18/2021 23:05:02 - ] === Token Acquisition (DeviceCodeRequest) started:
	
	Authority Host: login.microsoftonline.com
	
[...]

DEBUG: AzureQoSEvent: CommandName - Connect-AzAccount; IsSuccess - True; Duration - 00:00:40.6643747
DEBUG: Finish sending metric.
DEBUG: 1:05:43 AM - ConnectAzureRmAccountCommand end processing.
Account            SubscriptionName       TenantId                             Environment
-------            ----------------       --------                             -----------
microsoft@npalm.de MaximilianPalmPersonal xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx AzureCloud

PS /home/user> 
PS /home/user> $DebugPreference='SilentlyContinue'
PS /home/user> Get-AzResourceGroup                

ResourceGroupName : xxxxx
Location          : westeurope
ProvisioningState : Succeeded
Tags              : 
ResourceId        : /subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/xxxxx

ResourceGroupName : xxxxx
Location          : westeurope
ProvisioningState : Succeeded
Tags              : 
ResourceId        : /subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/xxxxx


PS /home/user>

[BethanyZhou]

Hi @maximilianpalm , can't better anymore if you can help us to investigate the issue further.

few questions:

• Can you reproduce the issue when you upgrade Az to lastest?
• Do you have a browser in your machine?

[maximilianpalm]

I have Firefox 91.0.1 (64-bit) on my machine and Firefox is the default application to open web URLs. Opening URLs in Firefox from other applications (e.g. from LibreOffice Writer) works.

After updating to the latest PowerShell (7.1.4) and Az (6.3.0), the behaviour is unchanged:

sudo pwsh
PowerShell 7.1.4
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.

https://aka.ms/powershell
Type 'help' to get help.

PS /home/user> Update-Module -Name Az

Untrusted repository
You are installing the modules from an untrusted repository. If you trust this repository, 
change its InstallationPolicy value by running the Set-PSRepository cmdlet. Are you sure you 
want to install the modules from 'PSGallery'?
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "N"): Y

PS /home/user> Import-Module Az
PS /home/user> Get-Module -Name Az                                                                                                                                                          ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name                                ExportedCommands         ---------- -------    ---------- ----                                ----------------         Script     6.3.0                 Az                                                                                                                                                         PS /home/user> $DebugPreference='Continue'
PS /home/user> Connect-AzAccount          
DEBUG: Sought all Az modules and got latest version 6.3.0
DEBUG: 2:53:28 PM - ConnectAzureRmAccountCommand begin processing with ParameterSet 'UserWithSubscriptionId'.
DEBUG: 2:53:28 PM - Autosave setting from startup session: 'CurrentUser'
DEBUG: 2:53:28 PM - No autosave setting detected in environment variable 'AzContextAutoSave'. 
DEBUG: 2:53:28 PM - Using Autosave scope 'CurrentUser'

The pwsh process stays at 100% CPU load, no browser window/pop-up opens and no further output is generated.

[BethanyZhou]

Thanks for quick response.

We need identify whether the issue just occurs in the specified command Connect-AzAccount or in all pop-up commands. Could you try Send-Feedback on your machine? It's another command that can pop up a website by default browser via powershell.

[maximilianpalm]

There we have it! The issue seems to be that I use a sudo-elevated pwsh while firefox is only allowed to be called as regular user in my session.

$ sudo pwsh
[sudo] password for user: 
PowerShell 7.1.4
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.

https://aka.ms/powershell
Type 'help' to get help.

PS /home/user> Import-Module Az           
PS /home/user> Send-Feedback

Want to provide feedback about Azure PowerShell? Take a quick survey and let us know how we are doing: https://aka.ms/azpssurvey?Q_CHL=FEEDBACK. Do you want to open the link? (Y/N)

y

Running Firefox as root in a regular user's session is not supported.  ($XAUTHORITY is /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority which is owned by user.)
Running Firefox as root in a regular user's session is not supported.  ($XAUTHORITY is /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority which is owned by user.)
Running Firefox as root in a regular user's session is not supported.  ($XAUTHORITY is /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority which is owned by user.)
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: iceweasel: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: seamonkey: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: mozilla: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: epiphany: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: konqueror: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: chromium: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: chromium-browser: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: google-chrome: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: www-browser: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: links2: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: elinks: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: links: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: lynx: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: w3m: not found
xdg-open: no method available for opening 'https://aka.ms/azpssurvey?Q_CHL=FEEDBACK'
PS /home/user>

I'm using sudo pwsh after following the Microsoft Learn Module "Automate Azure tasks using scripts with PowerShell". It states that it is necessary to have an elevated pwsh to install modules from the Gallery and then just continues with that session. Later I noticed that I couldn't load the module from a regular pwsh, so I continued using it with sudo.

$ sudo pwsh
[sudo] password for user: 
PowerShell 7.1.4
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.

https://aka.ms/powershell
Type 'help' to get help.

PS /home/user> Import-Module Az
PS /home/user> 

$ pwsh
PowerShell 7.1.4
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.

https://aka.ms/powershell
Type 'help' to get help.

PS /home/user> Import-Module Az
Import-Module: The specified module 'Az' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.
PS /home/user> 

I assume it should be possible to use modules in the regular PowerShell after installing them in the elevated session, right? If so, that's a whole different issue. :-/

[BethanyZhou]

Thanks for your information! To work around:

• Re-install Az in regular pwsh so that we can use Az module in regular pwsh. Then let us see whether we can call Firefox in regular pwsh.
• Or we add or re-install Firefox as root so that we could run Firefox as root. It would be a bad idea, which may cause dangers from a security aspect.

[BethanyZhou]

I assume it should be possible to use modules in the regular PowerShell after installing them in the elevated session, right? If so, that's a whole different issue. :-/

Let's run Get-Module Az.* -ListAvailable to check their installation directories. If there are two different installation directories for elevated pwsh and regular pwsh, I'm afraid we can't share modules from elevated session to regular session since they have different access right.