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PowerShell Hangs when running Connect-AzAccount After Creating Windows Form Object

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Description

## Description
I am a having a freezing issue when trying to connect to Azure with PowerShell after creating a new windows form object variable. The freezing occurs after completing the sign in window.

This appears to have been reported before (https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/issues/8566) but was closed in favor of an existing, but seemingly unrelated ticket).

I can currently work around this by using -UseDeviceAuthentication
Connect-AzAccount -UseDeviceAuthentication

## Script/Steps for Reproduction
```powershell
$object = New-object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox
Connect-AzAccount
```

## Environment data
```powershell
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 5.1.18362.145
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.18362.145
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
```

## Module versions

```powershell
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
---------- ------- ---- ----------------
Manifest 1.0.0.0 AppBackgroundTask {Disable-AppBackgroundTaskDiagnosticLog, Enable-AppBackgroundTaskDiagnosticLog, Set-AppBackgroundTaskResourcePolicy, Unregister-AppBackgroundTask...}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 AppLocker {Get-AppLockerFileInformation, Get-AppLockerPolicy, New-AppLockerPolicy, Set-AppLockerPolicy...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 AppvClient {Add-AppvClientConnectionGroup, Add-AppvClientPackage, Add-AppvPublishingServer, Disable-Appv...}
Manifest 2.0.1.0 Appx {Add-AppxPackage, Get-AppxPackage, Get-AppxPackageManifest, Remove-AppxPackage...}
Script 1.0.0.0 AssignedAccess {Clear-AssignedAccess, Get-AssignedAccess, Set-AssignedAccess}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 BitLocker {Unlock-BitLocker, Suspend-BitLocker, Resume-BitLocker, Remove-BitLockerKeyProtector...}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 BitsTransfer {Add-BitsFile, Complete-BitsTransfer, Get-BitsTransfer, Remove-BitsTransfer...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 BranchCache {Add-BCDataCacheExtension, Clear-BCCache, Disable-BC, Disable-BCDowngrading...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 CimCmdlets {Get-CimAssociatedInstance, Get-CimClass, Get-CimInstance, Get-CimSession...}
Manifest 1.0 ConfigCI {Get-SystemDriver, New-CIPolicyRule, New-CIPolicy, Get-CIPolicy...}
Manifest 1.0 ConfigDefender {Get-MpPreference, Set-MpPreference, Add-MpPreference, Remove-MpPreference...}
Manifest 1.0 Defender {Get-MpPreference, Set-MpPreference, Add-MpPreference, Remove-MpPreference...}
Manifest 1.0.2.0 DeliveryOptimization {Delete-DeliveryOptimizationCache, Get-DeliveryOptimizationStatus, Set-DeliveryOptimizationStatus, Get-DeliveryOptimizationPerfSnap...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 DirectAccessClientComponents {Disable-DAManualEntryPointSelection, Enable-DAManualEntryPointSelection, Get-DAClientExperienceConfiguration, Get-DAEntryPointTableItem...}
Script 3.0 Dism {Add-AppxProvisionedPackage, Add-WindowsDriver, Add-WindowsCapability, Add-WindowsImage...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 DnsClient {Resolve-DnsName, Clear-DnsClientCache, Get-DnsClient, Get-DnsClientCache...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 EventTracingManagement {Start-EtwTraceSession, New-EtwTraceSession, Get-EtwTraceSession, Update-EtwTraceSession...}
Manifest 1.0.0.1 HostNetworkingService {Remove-HnsNamespace, Remove-HnsEndpoint, Get-HnsEndpoint, Remove-HnsPolicyList...}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 International {Get-WinDefaultInputMethodOverride, Set-WinDefaultInputMethodOverride, Get-WinHomeLocation, Set-WinHomeLocation...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 iSCSI {Get-IscsiTargetPortal, New-IscsiTargetPortal, Remove-IscsiTargetPortal, Update-IscsiTargetPortal...}
Script 1.0.0.0 ISE {New-IseSnippet, Import-IseSnippet, Get-IseSnippet}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 Kds {Add-KdsRootKey, Get-KdsRootKey, Test-KdsRootKey, Set-KdsConfiguration...}
Manifest 1.0.1.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive {Compress-Archive, Expand-Archive}
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics {Get-WinEvent, Get-Counter, Import-Counter, Export-Counter...}
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Host {Start-Transcript, Stop-Transcript}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts {Add-LocalGroupMember, Disable-LocalUser, Enable-LocalUser, Get-LocalGroup...}
Manifest 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Management {Add-Content, Clear-Content, Clear-ItemProperty, Join-Path...}
Script 1.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.ODataUtils Export-ODataEndpointProxy
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Security {Get-Acl, Set-Acl, Get-PfxCertificate, Get-Credential...}
Manifest 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility {Format-List, Format-Custom, Format-Table, Format-Wide...}
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.WSMan.Management {Disable-WSManCredSSP, Enable-WSManCredSSP, Get-WSManCredSSP, Set-WSManQuickConfig...}
Manifest 1.0 MMAgent {Disable-MMAgent, Enable-MMAgent, Set-MMAgent, Get-MMAgent...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 MsDtc {New-DtcDiagnosticTransaction, Complete-DtcDiagnosticTransaction, Join-DtcDiagnosticResourceManager, Receive-DtcDiagnosticTransaction...}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 NetAdapter {Disable-NetAdapter, Disable-NetAdapterBinding, Disable-NetAdapterChecksumOffload, Disable-NetAdapterEncapsulatedPacketTaskOffload...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetConnection {Get-NetConnectionProfile, Set-NetConnectionProfile}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetDiagnostics Get-NetView
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetEventPacketCapture {New-NetEventSession, Remove-NetEventSession, Get-NetEventSession, Set-NetEventSession...}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 NetLbfo {Add-NetLbfoTeamMember, Add-NetLbfoTeamNic, Get-NetLbfoTeam, Get-NetLbfoTeamMember...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetNat {Get-NetNat, Get-NetNatExternalAddress, Get-NetNatStaticMapping, Get-NetNatSession...}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 NetQos {Get-NetQosPolicy, Set-NetQosPolicy, Remove-NetQosPolicy, New-NetQosPolicy}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 NetSecurity {Get-DAPolicyChange, New-NetIPsecAuthProposal, New-NetIPsecMainModeCryptoProposal, New-NetIPsecQuickModeCryptoProposal...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetSwitchTeam {New-NetSwitchTeam, Remove-NetSwitchTeam, Get-NetSwitchTeam, Rename-NetSwitchTeam...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetTCPIP {Get-NetIPAddress, Get-NetIPInterface, Get-NetIPv4Protocol, Get-NetIPv6Protocol...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetworkConnectivityStatus {Get-DAConnectionStatus, Get-NCSIPolicyConfiguration, Reset-NCSIPolicyConfiguration, Set-NCSIPolicyConfiguration}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetworkSwitchManager {Disable-NetworkSwitchEthernetPort, Enable-NetworkSwitchEthernetPort, Get-NetworkSwitchEthernetPort, Remove-NetworkSwitchEthernetPortIPAddress...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetworkTransition {Add-NetIPHttpsCertBinding, Disable-NetDnsTransitionConfiguration, Disable-NetIPHttpsProfile, Disable-NetNatTransitionConfiguration...}
Script 4.2.3 NTFSSecurity {Add-NTFSAccess, Clear-NTFSAccess, Disable-NTFSAccessInheritance, Enable-NTFSAccessInheritance...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 PcsvDevice {Get-PcsvDevice, Start-PcsvDevice, Stop-PcsvDevice, Restart-PcsvDevice...}
Binary 1.0.0.0 PersistentMemory {Get-PmemDisk, Get-PmemPhysicalDevice, Get-PmemUnusedRegion, New-PmemDisk...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 PKI {Add-CertificateEnrollmentPolicyServer, Export-Certificate, Export-PfxCertificate, Get-CertificateAutoEnrollmentPolicy...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 PnpDevice {Get-PnpDevice, Get-PnpDeviceProperty, Enable-PnpDevice, Disable-PnpDevice}
Manifest 1.1 PrintManagement {Add-Printer, Add-PrinterDriver, Add-PrinterPort, Get-PrintConfiguration...}
Binary 1.0.11 ProcessMitigations {Get-ProcessMitigation, Set-ProcessMitigation, ConvertTo-ProcessMitigationPolicy}
Script 3.0 Provisioning {Install-ProvisioningPackage, Export-ProvisioningPackage, Install-TrustedProvisioningCertificate, Export-Trace...}
Manifest 1.1 PSDesiredStateConfiguration {Set-DscLocalConfigurationManager, Start-DscConfiguration, Test-DscConfiguration, Publish-DscConfiguration...}
Script 1.0.0.0 PSDiagnostics {Disable-PSTrace, Disable-PSWSManCombinedTrace, Disable-WSManTrace, Enable-PSTrace...}
Binary 1.1.0.0 PSScheduledJob {New-JobTrigger, Add-JobTrigger, Remove-JobTrigger, Get-JobTrigger...}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 PSWorkflow {New-PSWorkflowExecutionOption, New-PSWorkflowSession, nwsn}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 PSWorkflowUtility Invoke-AsWorkflow
Manifest 1.0.0.0 ScheduledTasks {Get-ScheduledTask, Set-ScheduledTask, Register-ScheduledTask, Unregister-ScheduledTask...}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 SecureBoot {Confirm-SecureBootUEFI, Set-SecureBootUEFI, Get-SecureBootUEFI, Format-SecureBootUEFI...}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 SmbShare {Get-SmbShare, Remove-SmbShare, Set-SmbShare, Block-SmbShareAccess...}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 SmbWitness {Get-SmbWitnessClient, Move-SmbWitnessClient, gsmbw, msmbw...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 StartLayout {Export-StartLayout, Import-StartLayout, Export-StartLayoutEdgeAssets, Get-StartApps}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 Storage {Add-InitiatorIdToMaskingSet, Add-PartitionAccessPath, Add-PhysicalDisk, Add-StorageFaultDomain...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 StorageBusCache {Clear-StorageBusDisk, Disable-StorageBusCache, Disable-StorageBusDisk, Enable-StorageBusCache...}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 TLS {New-TlsSessionTicketKey, Enable-TlsSessionTicketKey, Disable-TlsSessionTicketKey, Export-TlsSessionTicketKey...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 TroubleshootingPack {Get-TroubleshootingPack, Invoke-TroubleshootingPack}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 TrustedPlatformModule {Get-Tpm, Initialize-Tpm, Clear-Tpm, Unblock-Tpm...}
Binary 2.1.639.0 UEV {Clear-UevConfiguration, Clear-UevAppxPackage, Restore-UevBackup, Set-UevTemplateProfile...}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 VpnClient {Add-VpnConnection, Set-VpnConnection, Remove-VpnConnection, Get-VpnConnection...}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 Wdac {Get-OdbcDriver, Set-OdbcDriver, Get-OdbcDsn, Add-OdbcDsn...}
Manifest 2.0.0.0 Whea {Get-WheaMemoryPolicy, Set-WheaMemoryPolicy}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 WindowsDeveloperLicense {Get-WindowsDeveloperLicense, Unregister-WindowsDeveloperLicense, Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration}
Script 1.0 WindowsErrorReporting {Enable-WindowsErrorReporting, Disable-WindowsErrorReporting, Get-WindowsErrorReporting}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 WindowsSearch {Get-WindowsSearchSetting, Set-WindowsSearchSetting}
Manifest 1.0.0.0 WindowsUpdate Get-WindowsUpdateLog
Manifest 1.0.0.2 WindowsUpdateProvider {Get-WUAVersion, Get-WULastInstallationDate, Get-WULastScanSuccessDate, Get-WUIsPendingReboot...}
```

## Debug output

```
PS U:\> $DebugPreference='Continue' PS U:\> $object = New-object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox PS U:\> Connect-AzAccount DEBUG: 16:04:02 - ConnectAzureRmAccountCommand begin processing with ParameterSet 'UserWithSubscriptionId'.
DEBUG: 16:04:02 - using account id 'Ollie.Slark@pythagoras.co.uk'...
DEBUG: 16:04:02 - Autosave setting from startup session: 'CurrentUser'
DEBUG: 16:04:02 - No autosave setting detected in environment variable 'AzContextAutoSave'.
DEBUG: 16:04:02 - Using Autosave scope 'CurrentUser'
```

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported sequence in Windows PowerShell 5.1: create a System.Windows.Forms.TextBox with New-Object, then run Connect-AzAccount and complete the sign-in window. Compare this with Connect-AzAccount -UseDeviceAuthentication and review the related issue 8566. Done means the normal sign-in flow no longer freezes after the Windows Forms object is created.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
azure, powershell
Domain
authentication, cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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