Import-Module -Name Az now causes "There is no active Azure PowerShell session" error due to recent changes

[lee27350]

Description

Running a simple, explicit

Import-Module -Name Az

now causes a "There is no active Azure PowerShell session. Please run 'Connect-AzAccount'" error.

https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/blob/a7e8e7f4874babf70a277bdaef4f2d1c8981fb12/src/Functions/Functions.Autorest/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1 is calling SetLinuxandWindowsSupportedRuntimes when the module is imported, which is calling GetFunctionAppStackDefinition, which since the 569ebf5 commit is now doing the following:

Make sure there is an active Azure session

$context = Get-AzContext -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if (-not $context)
{
    $errorMessage = "There is no active Azure PowerShell session. Please run 'Connect-AzAccount'"
    $exception = [System.InvalidOperationException]::New($errorMessage)
    ThrowTerminatingError -ErrorId "LoginToAzureViaConnectAzAccount" `
                          -ErrorMessage $errorMessage `
                          -ErrorCategory ([System.Management.Automation.ErrorCategory]::InvalidOperation) `
                          -Exception $exception
}

It should be possible to run Import-Module -Name Az without it trying to do things with a connected account.

Issue script & Debug output

Import-Module -Name Az

Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.4.0
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.4.0
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.22621
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Module versions

ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ---------- ----                                ----------------
Script     11.0.0                Az
Script     2.13.2                Az.Accounts                         {Add-AzEnvironment, Clear-AzConfig, Clear-AzConte…
Script     2.0.0                 Az.Advisor                          {Disable-AzAdvisorRecommendation, Enable-AzAdviso…
Script     6.0.0                 Az.Aks                              {Disable-AzAksAddOn, Enable-AzAksAddOn, Get-AzAks…
Script     1.1.4                 Az.AnalysisServices                 {Add-AzAnalysisServicesAccount, Export-AzAnalysis…
Script     4.0.2                 Az.ApiManagement                    {Add-AzApiManagementApiToGateway, Add-AzApiManage…
Script     1.0.0                 Az.App                              {Disable-AzContainerAppRevision, Enable-AzContain…
Script     1.3.0                 Az.AppConfiguration                 {Clear-AzAppConfigurationDeletedStore, Get-AzAppC…
Script     2.2.2                 Az.ApplicationInsights              {Get-AzApplicationInsights, Get-AzApplicationInsi…
Script     1.0.0                 Az.ArcResourceBridge                {Get-AzArcResourceBridge, Get-AzArcResourceBridge…
Script     2.0.0                 Az.Attestation                      {Add-AzAttestationPolicySigner, Get-AzAttestation…
Script     1.0.0                 Az.Automanage                       {Get-AzAutomanageBestPractice, Get-AzAutomanageCo…
Script     1.9.1                 Az.Automation                       {Export-AzAutomationDscConfiguration, Export-AzAu…
Script     3.5.0                 Az.Batch                            {Disable-AzBatchAutoScale, Disable-AzBatchCompute…
Script     2.0.3                 Az.Billing                          {Get-AzBillingAccount, Get-AzBillingInvoice, Get-…
Script     3.1.1                 Az.Cdn                              {Clear-AzCdnEndpointContent, Clear-AzFrontDoorCdn…
Script     2.0.0                 Az.CloudService                     {Get-AzCloudService, Get-AzCloudServiceInstanceVi…
Script     1.14.1                Az.CognitiveServices                {Add-AzCognitiveServicesAccountNetworkRule, Get-A…
Script     7.0.0                 Az.Compute                          {Add-AzImageDataDisk, Add-AzVhd, Add-AzVMAddition…
Script     1.0.0                 Az.ConfidentialLedger               {Get-AzConfidentialLedger, New-AzConfidentialLedg…
Script     4.0.0                 Az.ContainerInstance                {Add-AzContainerInstanceOutput, Get-AzContainerGr…
Script     4.1.2                 Az.ContainerRegistry                {Connect-AzContainerRegistry, Get-AzContainerRegi…
Script     1.13.0                Az.CosmosDB                         {Get-AzCosmosDBAccount, Get-AzCosmosDBAccountKey,…
Script     1.1.0                 Az.DataBoxEdge                      {Get-AzDataBoxEdgeBandwidthSchedule, Get-AzDataBo…
Script     1.7.1                 Az.Databricks                       {Get-AzDatabricksAccessConnector, Get-AzDatabrick…
Script     1.17.1                Az.DataFactory                      {Add-AzDataFactoryV2DataFlowDebugSessionPackage, …
Script     1.0.3                 Az.DataLakeAnalytics                {Add-AzDataLakeAnalyticsDataSource, Add-AzDataLak…
Script     1.3.0                 Az.DataLakeStore                    {Add-AzDataLakeStoreFirewallRule, Add-AzDataLakeS…
Script     2.1.0                 Az.DataProtection                   {Backup-AzDataProtectionBackupInstanceAdhoc, Edit…
Script     1.0.1                 Az.DataShare                        {Get-AzDataShare, Get-AzDataShareAccount, Get-AzD…
Script     1.1.0                 Az.DeploymentManager                {Get-AzDeploymentManagerArtifactSource, Get-AzDep…
Script     4.2.0                 Az.DesktopVirtualization            {Disconnect-AzWvdUserSession, Expand-AzWvdMsixIma…
Script     1.0.0                 Az.DevCenter                        {Deploy-AzDevCenterUserEnvironment, Get-AzDevCent…
Script     1.0.2                 Az.DevTestLabs                      {Get-AzDtlAllowedVMSizesPolicy, Get-AzDtlAutoShut…
Script     1.2.0                 Az.Dns                              {Add-AzDnsRecordConfig, Get-AzDnsRecordSet, Get-A…
Script     1.6.0                 Az.EventGrid                        {Enable-AzEventGridPartnerTopic, Get-AzEventGridC…
Script     4.2.0                 Az.EventHub                         {New-AzEventHubAuthorizationRuleSASToken, Approve…
Script     1.10.0                Az.FrontDoor                        {Disable-AzFrontDoorCustomDomainHttps, Enable-AzF…
Script     6.0.2                 Az.HDInsight                        {Add-AzHDInsightClusterIdentity, Add-AzHDInsightC…
Script     2.0.0                 Az.HealthcareApis                   {Get-AzHealthcareApisService, Get-AzHealthcareApi…
Script     2.7.5                 Az.IotHub                           {Add-AzIotHubCertificate, Add-AzIotHubConfigurati…
Script     5.0.0                 Az.KeyVault                         {Add-AzKeyVaultCertificate, Add-AzKeyVaultCertifi…
Script     2.3.0                 Az.Kusto                            {Add-AzKustoClusterLanguageExtension, Add-AzKusto…
Script     1.0.0                 Az.LoadTesting                      {Get-AzLoad, New-AzLoad, Remove-AzLoad, Update-Az…
Script     1.5.0                 Az.LogicApp                         {Get-AzIntegrationAccount, Get-AzIntegrationAccou…
Script     1.1.3                 Az.MachineLearning                  {Add-AzMlWebServiceRegionalProperty, Export-AzMlW…
Script     1.0.0                 Az.MachineLearningServices          {Get-AzMLServiceQuota, Get-AzMLServiceUsage, Get-…
Script     1.4.0                 Az.Maintenance                      {Get-AzApplyUpdate, Get-AzConfigurationAssignment…
Script     1.1.1                 Az.ManagedServiceIdentity           {Get-AzFederatedIdentityCredentials, Get-AzSystem…
Script     3.0.0                 Az.ManagedServices                  {Get-AzManagedServicesAssignment, Get-AzManagedSe…
Script     2.0.0                 Az.MarketplaceOrdering              {Get-AzMarketplaceTerms, Invoke-AzMarketplaceSign…
Script     1.1.2                 Az.Media                            {Get-AzMediaService, Get-AzMediaServiceKey, Get-A…
Script     2.2.0                 Az.Migrate                          {Get-AzMigrateDiscoveredServer, Get-AzMigrateJob,…
Script     5.0.0                 Az.Monitor                          {Add-AzLogProfile, Add-AzMetricAlertRule, Add-AzM…
Script     1.1.1                 Az.MySql                            {Get-AzMySqlConfiguration, Get-AzMySqlConnectionS…
Script     7.0.0                 Az.Network                          {Add-AzApplicationGatewayAuthenticationCertificat…
Script     1.0.0                 Az.NetworkCloud                     {Deploy-AzNetworkCloudCluster, Disable-AzNetworkC…
Script     1.1.2                 Az.NotificationHubs                 {Get-AzNotificationHub, Get-AzNotificationHubAuth…
Script     3.2.0                 Az.OperationalInsights              {Disable-AzOperationalInsightsIISLogCollection, D…
Script     1.6.4                 Az.PolicyInsights                   {Get-AzPolicyAttestation, Get-AzPolicyEvent, Get-…
Script     1.1.0                 Az.PostgreSql                       {Get-AzPostgreSqlConfiguration, Get-AzPostgreSqlC…
Script     2.0.0                 Az.PowerBIEmbedded                  {Get-AzPowerBIEmbeddedCapacity, New-AzPowerBIEmbe…
Script     1.0.4                 Az.PrivateDns                       {Add-AzPrivateDnsRecordConfig, Get-AzPrivateDnsRe…
Script     6.6.1                 Az.RecoveryServices                 {Add-AzRecoveryServicesAsrReplicationProtectedIte…
Script     1.8.1                 Az.RedisCache                       {Export-AzRedisCache, Get-AzRedisCache, Get-AzRed…
Script     1.2.0                 Az.RedisEnterpriseCache             {Export-AzRedisEnterpriseCache, Get-AzRedisEnterp…
Script     2.0.0                 Az.Relay                            {Get-AzRelayAuthorizationRule, Get-AzRelayHybridC…
Script     1.2.0                 Az.ResourceMover                    {Add-AzResourceMoverMoveResource, Get-AzResourceM…
Script     6.12.0                Az.Resources                        {Export-AzResourceGroup, Export-AzTemplateSpec, G…
Script     1.5.0                 Az.Security                         {Add-AzSecurityAdaptiveNetworkHardening, Add-AzSe…
Script     3.1.1                 Az.SecurityInsights                 {Get-AzSentinelAlertRule, Get-AzSentinelAlertRule…
Script     3.0.0                 Az.ServiceBus                       {New-AzServiceBusAuthorizationRuleSASToken, Test-…
Script     3.3.0                 Az.ServiceFabric                    {Add-AzServiceFabricClientCertificate, Add-AzServ…
Script     2.0.0                 Az.SignalR                          {Get-AzSignalR, Get-AzSignalRKey, Get-AzSignalRUs…
Script     4.11.0                Az.Sql                              {Add-AzSqlDatabaseToFailoverGroup, Add-AzSqlElast…
Script     2.1.0                 Az.SqlVirtualMachine                {Get-AzAvailabilityGroupListener, Get-AzSqlVM, Ge…
Script     2.2.3                 Az.StackHCI                         {Add-AzStackHCIVMAttestation, Disable-AzStackHCIA…
Script     6.0.0                 Az.Storage                          {Add-AzRmStorageContainerLegalHold, Add-AzStorage…
Script     1.2.0                 Az.StorageMover                     {Get-AzStorageMover, Get-AzStorageMoverAgent, Get…
Script     2.1.0                 Az.StorageSync                      {Get-AzStorageSyncCloudEndpoint, Get-AzStorageSyn…
Script     2.0.0                 Az.StreamAnalytics                  {Get-AzStreamAnalyticsCluster, Get-AzStreamAnalyt…
Script     1.0.0                 Az.Support                          {Get-AzSupportProblemClassification, Get-AzSuppor…
Script     3.0.4                 Az.Synapse                          {Add-AzSynapseDataFlowDebugSessionPackage, Add-Az…
Script     1.2.2                 Az.TrafficManager                   {Add-AzTrafficManagerCustomHeaderToEndpoint, Add-…
Script     3.1.2                 Az.Websites                         {Add-AzWebAppAccessRestrictionRule, Add-AzWebAppT…

Error output

> Resolve-AzError

   HistoryId: 2

Message        : There is no active Azure PowerShell session. Please run 'Connect-AzAccount'
StackTrace     :    at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.ThrowTerminatingError(ErrorRecord errorRecord)
Exception      : System.InvalidOperationException
InvocationInfo : {}
Line           :     throw $errorRecord

Position       : At C:\Users\[redacted]\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\Az.Functions\4.0.7\custom\HelperFunctions.ps1:869
                 char:5
                 +     throw $errorRecord
                 +     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HistoryId      : 2

[isra-fel]

Thanks for the feedback. @dolauli can you try to reproduce the issue? Let's discuss for a solution to this.

As a temporary work-around, Import-Module Az.Accounts; Connect-AzAccount before importing Az.

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

Thanks for the feedback! We are routing this to the appropriate team for follow-up. cc @AnatoliB, @Francisco-Gamino, @shreyabatra4.

[jackmtpt]

It looks like this is caused by the Az.Functions module:

at ThrowTerminatingError, /azp/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/4.0.7/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1: line 869
at GetFunctionAppStackDefinition, /azp/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/4.0.7/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1: line 1734
at SetLinuxandWindowsSupportedRuntimes, /azp/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/4.0.7/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1: line 2118
at <ScriptBlock>, /azp/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az.Functions/4.0.7/custom/HelperFunctions.ps1: line 2171
at <ScriptBlock>, /azp/.local/share/powershell/Modules/Az/11.2.0/Az.psm1: line 135
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1

[jklotzsche-msft]

Same issue applies for pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions). Cannot import Az.Functions module in build process anymore. Connect-AzAccount is not possible, as I don't want to authenticate in this process.

[isra-fel]

Cannot import Az.Functions module in build process anymore...as I don't want to authenticate in this process.

@jklotzsche-msft could you please share what you import Az.Functions (without authentication) for?

[jklotzsche-msft]

@isra-fel, sure. There are two reasons:

1. We want to detect broken dependencies for any module we reuse in our build scripts. Using Import-Module, we have to import the dependencies of Az.Functions (and others) as well and could detect any issues with that in the build process.
2. The newest version of the module is imported automatically.

We reuse our build scripts not only for DevOps/GitHub, but also for local packaging. If there are multiple versions of the same module installed locally, we want to make sure to use the latest version for the packaging process.

You can have a look at the script we use to obtain the required dependencies in the PSModuleDevelopment module on GitHib