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cant start az interactive #32035
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Reacted by Tatsat (Tats) Mishra 🐉Hi VigelandzoonR, could you please run
az interactive --debugand share the output? That’ll help us better understand the issue.cli.knack.cli: Command arguments: ['interactive', '--debug']
cli.knack.cli: init debug log:
Enable color in terminal.
cli.knack.cli: Event: Cli.PreExecute []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandParser.OnGlobalArgumentsCreate [<function CLILogging.on_global_arguments at 0x00000182A1CFB2E0>, <function OutputProducer.on_global_arguments at 0x00000182A209C040>, <function CLIQuery.on_global_arguments at 0x00000182A20C1440>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableCreate []
cli.azure.cli.core: Modules found from index for 'interactive': ['azure.cli.command_modules.interactive']
cli.azure.cli.core: Loading command modules:
cli.azure.cli.core: Name Load Time Groups Commands
cli.azure.cli.core: interactive 0.005 1 1
cli.azure.cli.core: Total (1) 0.005 1 1
cli.azure.cli.core: Loaded 1 groups, 1 commands.
cli.azure.cli.core: Found a match in the command table.
cli.azure.cli.core: Raw command : interactive
cli.azure.cli.core: Command table: interactive
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableTruncate [<function AzCliLogging.init_command_file_logging at 0x00000182A4399940>]
cli.azure.cli.core.azlogging: metadata file logging enabled - writing logs to 'C:\Users\Rafae.azure\commands\2025-09-02.14-00-17.interactive.21316.log'.
az_command_data_logger: command args: interactive --debug
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreArgumentLoad [<function register_global_subscription_argument..add_subscription_parameter at 0x00000182A43DF1A0>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostArgumentLoad []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostCommandTableCreate [<function register_ids_argument..add_ids_arguments at 0x00000182A4411300>, <function register_cache_arguments..add_cache_arguments at 0x00000182A4411440>, <function register_upcoming_breaking_change_info..update_breaking_change_info at 0x00000182A44114E0>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnCommandTableLoaded []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreParseArgs []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostParseArgs [<function OutputProducer.handle_output_argument at 0x00000182A209C0E0>, <function CLIQuery.handle_query_parameter at 0x00000182A20C14E0>, <function register_ids_argument..parse_ids_arguments at 0x00000182A44113A0>]
This command is in preview and under development. Reference and support levels: https://aka.ms/CLI_refstatus
cli.azure.cli.command_modules.interactive.custom: Installing the Interactive extension...
cli.azure.cli.core.extension.operations: Default enabled including preview versions for extension installation now. Disabled in future release. Use '--allow-preview true' to enable it specifically if needed. Use '--allow-preview false' to install stable version only.
urllib3.connectionpool: Starting new HTTPS connection (1): aka.ms:443
urllib3.connectionpool: https://aka.ms:443 "GET /azure-cli-extension-index-v1 HTTP/1.1" 301 0
urllib3.connectionpool: Starting new HTTPS connection (1): azcliextensionsync.blob.core.windows.net:443
urllib3.connectionpool: https://azcliextensionsync.blob.core.windows.net:443 "GET /index1/index.json HTTP/1.1" 200 5437093
cli.azure.cli.core.extension._resolve: Candidates ['interactive-0.4.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl']
cli.azure.cli.core.extension._resolve: Candidates ['interactive-0.4.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl']
cli.azure.cli.core.extension._resolve: Candidates ['interactive-0.4.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl']
cli.azure.cli.core.extension._resolve: Skipping 'interactive-0.4.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl' as not compatible with this version of the CLI. Extension compatibility result: is_compatible=False cli_core_version=2.66.0 ext_version=0.4.1 min_core_required=2.0.50.dev0 max_core_required=2.0.61 min_ext_required=None
cli.azure.cli.core.extension._resolve: Candidates ['interactive-0.4.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.4.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-0.5.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl']
cli.azure.cli.core.extension._resolve: Chosen {'downloadUrl': 'https://azcliprod.blob.core.windows.net/cli-extensions/interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'filename': 'interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl', 'metadata': {'azext.isPreview': True, 'azext.minCliCoreVersion': '2.0.62', 'classifiers': ['Development Status :: 4 - Beta', 'Intended Audience :: Developers', 'Intended Audience :: System Administrators', 'Programming Language :: Python', 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2', 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7', 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3', 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4', 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5', 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6'], 'extensions': {'python.details': {'contacts': [{'email': 'azpycli@microsoft.com', 'name': 'Microsoft Corporation', 'role': 'author'}], 'document_names': {'description': 'DESCRIPTION.rst'}, 'project_urls': {'Home': 'https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli-extensions/tree/main/src/interactive'}}}, 'extras': [], 'generator': 'bdist_wheel (0.30.0)', 'license': 'MIT', 'metadata_version': '2.0', 'name': 'interactive', 'run_requires': [{'requires': ['prompt-toolkit (=1.0.15)', 'prompt_toolkit=1.0.15']}], 'summary': 'Microsoft Azure Command-Line Interactive Shell', 'version': '1.0.0b1'}, 'sha256Digest': '08ebc70e1bec8a010431894c43684714ace35fb5b0764c1f4fd89deb3f928fbc'}
cli.azure.cli.core.extension.operations: Extension source is url? True
cli.azure.cli.core.extension.operations: Downloading https://azcliprod.blob.core.windows.net/cli-extensions/interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl to C:\Users\Rafae\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpvfc_alma\interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
urllib3.connectionpool: Starting new HTTPS connection (1): azcliprod.blob.core.windows.net:443
urllib3.connectionpool: https://azcliprod.blob.core.windows.net:443 "GET /cli-extensions/interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl HTTP/1.1" 200 68474
cli.azure.cli.core.extension.operations: Downloaded to C:\Users\Rafae\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpvfc_alma\interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
cli.azure.cli.core.extension.operations: Validating the extension C:\Users\Rafae\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpvfc_alma\interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
cli.azure.cli.core.extension.operations: Checksum of C:\Users\Rafae\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpvfc_alma\interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl is OK
cli.azure.cli.core.extension.operations: Validation successful on C:\Users\Rafae\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpvfc_alma\interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
cli.azure.cli.core.extension.operations: Executing pip with args: ['install', '--target', 'C:\Users\Rafae\.azure\cliextensions\interactive', 'C:\Users\Rafae\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpvfc_alma\interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl']
cli.azure.cli.core.extension.operations: Running: ['C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\python.exe', '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--target', 'C:\Users\Rafae\.azure\cliextensions\interactive', 'C:\Users\Rafae\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpvfc_alma\interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl', '-vv', '--disable-pip-version-check', '--no-cache-dir']
cli.azure.cli.core.extension.operations:
cli.azure.cli.core.extension.operations: Command '['C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\python.exe', '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--target', 'C:\Users\Rafae\.azure\cliextensions\interactive', 'C:\Users\Rafae\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpvfc_alma\interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl', '-vv', '--disable-pip-version-check', '--no-cache-dir']' returned non-zero exit status 3221225477.
cli.azure.cli.core.extension.operations: Pip failed so deleting anything we might have installed at C:\Users\Rafae.azure\cliextensions\interactive
cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/command_modules/interactive/custom.py", line 22, in start_shell
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/extension/init.py", line 340, in get_extension
azure.cli.core.extension.ExtensionNotInstalledException: The extension interactive is not installed. Please install the extension viaaz extension add -n interactive.During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/cli.py", line 233, in invoke
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 666, in execute
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 733, in _run_jobs_serially
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 703, in _run_job
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 336, in call
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/command_operation.py", line 121, in handler
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/command_modules/interactive/custom.py", line 30, in start_shell
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/extension/operations.py", line 349, in add_extension
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/extension/operations.py", line 172, in _add_whl_ext
knack.util.CLIError: An error occurred. Pip failed with status code 3221225477. Use --debug for more information.cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: An error occurred. Pip failed with status code 3221225477. Use --debug for more information.
az_command_data_logger: An error occurred. Pip failed with status code 3221225477. Use --debug for more information.
cli.knack.cli: Event: Cli.PostExecute [<function AzCliLogging.deinit_cmd_metadata_logging at 0x00000182A4399BC0>]
az_command_data_logger: exit code: 1
cli.main: Command ran in 22.766 seconds (init: 1.088, invoke: 21.678)
telemetry.main: Begin splitting cli events and extra events, total events: 1
telemetry.client: Accumulated 0 events. Flush the clients.
telemetry.main: Finish splitting cli events and extra events, cli events: 1
telemetry.save: Save telemetry record of length 3855 in cache file under C:\Users\Rafae.azure\telemetry\20250902140038987
telemetry.main: Begin creating telemetry upload process.
telemetry.process: Creating upload process: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\python.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\azure\cli\telemetry_init_.pyc C:\Users\Rafae.azure C:\Users\Rafae.azure\telemetry\20250902140038987"
telemetry.process: Return from creating process 21320
telemetry.main: Finish creating telemetry upload process.Could you please try downloading the extension manually from the following link:
https://azcliprod.blob.core.windows.net/cli-extensions/interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Then install it using the command:az extension add --source <wheel_path>?If that doesn't work, please try the following command instead:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\python.exe -m pip install --target C:\Users\Rafae\.azure\cliextensions\interactive <wheel_path> -vv --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir
Let me know what error you get, if any. Thank you!PS C:\Users\Rafae\Downloads> az extension add --source .\interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
The default value of '--allow-preview' will be changed to 'false' from 'true' in next breaking change release(2.67.0).
Are you sure you want to install this extension? (y/n): y
Default enabled including preview versions for extension installation now. Disabled in future release. Use '--allow-preview true' to enable it specifically if needed. Use '--allow-preview false' to install stable version only.
An error occurred. Pip failed with status code 3221225477. Use --debug for more information.
PS C:\Users\Rafae\Downloads> az extension add --source ./interactive-1.0.0b1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
The default value of '--allow-preview' will be changed to 'false' from 'true' in next breaking change release(2.67.0).
Are you sure you want to install this extension? (y/n): y
Default enabled including preview versions for extension installation now. Disabled in future release. Use '--allow-preview true' to enable it specifically if needed. Use '--allow-preview false' to install stable version only.
An error occurred. Pip failed with status code 3221225477. Use --debug for more information.Any update on this?
Sorry for the late reply. Please try the following workaround #30700 (comment)
Describe the bug
I cant start interactive session the other day it worked fine i uninstall/installed azure cli
Related command
az interactive
Errors
An error occurred. Pip failed with status code 3221225477. Use --debug for more information.
Issue script & Debug output
cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: An error occurred. Pip failed with status code 3221225477. Use --debug for more information.
az_command_data_logger: An error occurred. Pip failed with status code 3221225477. Use --debug for more information.
Expected behavior
i just want interactive to work so i can practice
Environment Summary
{
"azure-cli": "2.76.0",
"azure-cli-core": "2.76.0",
"azure-cli-telemetry": "1.1.0",
"extensions": {}
}
Additional context
No response