Az login hangs for professional accounts

usabilityActiveRising

The az login command hangs when trying to select a professional account, preventing users from logging in seamlessly.

Opportunity Score (Heuristic (unvalidated)):65 · High · heuristic
First seen: 9/23/2026
Last seen: 9/29/2026

Score Breakdown

Heuristic ranking from public discussion signals — not a validated prediction of commercial opportunity, demand, or willingness to pay.

Composite 65/100 (High, unvalidated). Top driver: Severity (25% weight, 20 pts).

Frequency · 25% · 11.3 pts · XPS relevance45

Heuristic only — often urgency map or random scaffolding on ingest, not measured mention frequency. Maps to XPS relevance (with market size).

Severity · 25% · 20 pts · XPS quality80

LLM/mock judgment of intensity from title/summary text — not ops or ticket data. Maps to XPS quality (with willingness to pay).

Willingness to pay · 30% · 19.5 pts · XPS quality65

LLM/mock purchase-intent guess from text — not invoices, surveys, or paid seats. Maps to XPS quality.

Trend · 10% · 6.6 pts · XPS novelty66

Heuristic/scaffold (often random or fixed on insert) — not a verified mention trajectory. Maps to XPS novelty.

Market size · 10% · 7.9 pts · XPS relevance79

Heuristic/scaffold (often random or fixed) — not TAM research. Maps to XPS relevance (with frequency).

Catalog notes (not predictive analysis)

Az login hangs for professional accounts (usability). Catalog heuristic opportunity score: 65/100 — a chosen formula over discussion-signal facets, not evidence of demand, conversion, or willingness to pay. Treat as browsing rank, not a commercial prediction.

The az login command hangs when trying to select a professional account, preventing users from logging in seamlessly.

Source Examples

azure/azure-cli Issues·Sep 23, 2026
“Az login on Web Account Manager (WAM) does nto work for professional accounts ### Describe the bug When using the new WAM if you select a professional account when there is none associated on windows the modal where you select a professional account you are not being redirected to select which professional/corporate email, it just hangs forcing you to pass the device code command to have an alternative way to connect to azure on cli ### Related command `az login` ### Errors There is no traceback, it just hangs with nothing happening ### Issue script & Debug output ``` PS C:\Users\Pedro Lopes\source\repos\gs1pt-mono-associated-area> az login --debug cli.knack.cli: Command arguments: ['login', '--debug'] cli.knack.cli: __init__ debug log: Enable color in terminal. Enable VT mode. cli.knack.cli: Event: Cli.PreExecute [] cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandParser.OnGlobalArgumentsCreate [<function CLILogging.on_global_arguments at 0x000002294CA89B10>, <function OutputProducer.on_global_arguments at 0x000002294CF90A90>, <function CLIQuery.on_global_arguments at 0x000002294CFBF110>] cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableCreate [] cli.azure.cli.core: Using packaged command index for profile 'latest'. cli.azure.cli.core: Found installed extension 'automation' (azext_automation). cli.azure.cli.core: Blending packaged core index with local extension index. cli.azure.cli.core: Modules found from index for 'login': ['azure.cli.command_modules.profile'] cli.azure.cli.core: Loading command modules... cli.azure.cli.core: Name Load Time Groups Commands cli.azure.cli.core: profile 0.004 2 8 cli.azure.cli.core: Loaded command modules: cli.azure.cli.core: Total (1) 0.004 2 8 cli.azure.cli.core: These extensions are not installed and will be skipped: ['azext_ai_examples', 'azext_next'] cli.azure.cli.core: Loading extensions: cli.azure.cli.core: Name Load Time Groups Commands Directory cli.azure.cli.core: Total (0) 0.000 0 0 cli.azure.cli.core: Loaded 2 groups, 8 commands. cli.azure.cli.core: Found a match in the command table. cli.azure.cli.core: Raw command : login cli.azure.cli.core: Command table: login cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableTruncate [<function AzCliLogging.init_command_file_logging at 0x000002294D1838A0>] cli.azure.cli.core.azlogging: metadata file logging enabled - writing logs to 'C:\Users\Pedro Lopes\.azure\commands\2026-09-23.08-54-49.login.16468.log'. az_command_data_logger: command args: login --debug cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreArgumentLoad [<function register_global_subscription_argument.<locals>.add_subscription_parameter at 0x000002294D095A60>] cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostArgumentLoad [] cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostCommandTableCreate [<function register_ids_argument.<locals>.add_ids_arguments at 0x000002294D096090>, <function register_global_policy_argument.<locals>.add_global_policy_argument at 0x000002294D1D0460>, <function register_cache_arguments.<locals>.add_cache_arguments at 0x000002294D1D0510>, <function register_upcoming_breaking_change_info.<locals>.update_breaking_change_info at 0x000002294D1D05C0>] cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnCommandTableLoaded [] cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreParseArgs [] cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostParseArgs [<function OutputProducer.handle_output_argument at 0x000002294CF90B40>, <function CLIQuery.handle_query_parameter at 0x000002294CFBF1C0>, <function register_ids_argument.<locals>.parse_ids_arguments at 0x000002294D1D03B0>] cli.azure.cli.core.auth.persistence: build_persistence: location='C:\\Users\\Pedro Lopes\\.azure\\msal_token_cache.bin', encrypt=True cli.azure.cli.core.auth.binary_cache: load: C:\Users\Pedro Lopes\.azure\msal_http_cache.bin urllib3.util.retry: Converted retries value: 1 -> Retry(total=1, connect=None, read=No”
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Competitive Landscape

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Recommended Next Steps

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Related Pain Points

Target Customers

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