AWS cli suddenly so slow

[sov-msaeed]

Describe the bug

I am using AWS cli with AWS EKS to get token and recently (most probably after an upgrade) the kubectl get commands are absolutely slow and after investigation, turned out the issue is caused byaws eks get-token command in the kubeconfig.

but the issue actually seems to be with aws cli command itself, not getting the token. when I am trying even aws --version it takes almost 4 seconds to show the version. and when i run it with debug option, most of the wasted time is actually the time when no messages printed which i am wondering what is exactly happening in this time

this is my version, it's latest

aws --version
aws-cli/2.30.2 Python/3.13.7 Darwin/25.0.0 source/arm64

Regression Issue

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Expected Behavior

aws --version to return results in milisecs

Current Behavior

aws --version to return results in 3-4 seconds

Reproduction Steps

run aws --version

Possible Solution

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Additional Information/Context

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CLI version used

2.30.2

Environment details (OS name and version, etc.)

macOS Apple M3

[adev-code]

Hello @sov-msaeed, thanks for reaching out. We would like to clarify and need information:

1. Is this after fresh install or is this ran after multiple command and retry of aws --version?
2. Is this ran in application or EKS cluster or just in local machine (macOS Apple M3)?
3. Also, could you run: time aws --version and please share us the output?

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