`contentful --help` took 36 sec

[lkurzyniec]

Execution of any basic commands, like -v or --help, is taking longer than 30 sec.

Expected Behavior

Response should be immediate.

Actual Behavior

Context

I'm not logged in.

Environment

• Node: v22.4.0
• NPM: 10.8.1
• Operating System: Linux 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 Refactor/upgrades #1 SMP Fri Mar 29 23:14:13 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
• Package Version: 3.3.3

[0x1ad2]

Hi Łukasz Kurzyniec.pl (@lkurzyniec),

I've conducted some benchmarks using a similar environment to yours, and the results suggest that the issue might not stem directly from the Contentful CLI. Here's what I found:

Benchmarks

I ran hyperfine to measure the execution time of the contentful --help command in your environment, e.g. hyperfine --warmup 1 --runs 10 'contentful --help'

Run 1

• Node: v22.4.0
• NPM: 10.8.1

Benchmark 1: contentful --help
Time (mean ± σ): 252.3 ms ± 2.5 ms [User: 243.4 ms, System: 45.7 ms]
Range (min … max): 249.7 ms … 257.7 ms  10 runs

Run 2

• Node: v23.5.0
• NPM: 11.0.0

Benchmark 1: contentful --help
  Time (mean ± σ):     281.0 ms ±   2.0 ms    [User: 271.8 ms, System: 53.1 ms]
  Range (min … max):   279.1 ms … 285.2 ms    10 runs

Using a newer setup (Node v23.5.0, NPM 11.0.0), I observed slightly higher execution times, but nothing close to the 30+ seconds delay you're reporting.

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Further Troubleshooting

1. Network Influence: Could your WSL2 environment be experiencing networking issues? Sometimes, CLI commands check for updates or dependencies that require internet access. You might try running the command offline (e.g., disconnect from the network) to confirm this.

2. Filesystem Performance: WSL2 occasionally suffers from filesystem latency. Does the issue persist if you run the CLI in a non-WSL Linux environment or directly on a physical Linux machine?

3. Global Dependencies: Ensure no conflicting or outdated global dependencies are interfering. A clean installation of Node/NPM with a fresh global setup might help isolate the issue.

[lkurzyniec]

It's working fine on Windows (PowerShell), but it's taking much longer on Linux (WSL2). It might be related to filesystem performance, but in such case I would like to ask - why such simple commands like either help or version would require so heavy filesystem operation and/or internet connection. Those two simple commands should be superfast.