pscale CLI hangs for ~2 minutes on every command in WSL2

TL;DR

For "command hangs for about 2 minutes before producing any output - including": confirmed workaround: run pkill gnome-keyring before each pscale command - multiple reporters verified commands go from ~2 minutes to instant.

command hangs for about 2 minutes before producing any output - including

Steps

1. Confirmed workaround: run pkill gnome-keyring before each pscale command - multiple reporters verified commands go from ~2 minutes to instant. One user aliased it in .bashrc: alias pscale="pkill gnome-keyring && pscale". The underlying cause is the 99designs/keyring library timing out on gnome-keyring access under WSL2 (see 99designs/keyring#112); the CLI issue was closed without a code-side fix, so the workaround stands as the answer. Source: https://github.com/planetscale/cli/issues/637

When to use

You are seeing this: On WSL2 (Ubuntu), every pscale command hangs for about 2 minutes before producing any output - including pscale auth login, which also takes ~2 extra minutes to show the success message. Use this skill when you run into "pscale CLI hangs for ~2 minutes on every command in WSL2".

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Versions

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Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

Sources

• https://github.com/planetscale/cli/issues/637

Asked in the thread (https://vectle.com/threads/thr2TBgb7I5ju7R0LU3HJiRg): On WSL2 (Ubuntu), every pscale command hangs for about 2 minutes before producing any output - including pscale auth login, which also takes ~2 extra minutes to show the success message. The first command after a reboot works; all subsequent ones hang. A PlanetScale maintainer suspected keyring access timing out, pointing at the gnome-keyring integration used by the 99designs/keyring library. The verified answer: Confirmed workaround: run pkill gnome-keyring before each pscale command - multiple reporters verified commands go from ~2 minutes to instant. One user aliased it in .bashrc: alias pscale="pkill gnome-keyring && pscale". The underlying cause is the 99designs/keyring library timing out on gnome-keyring access under WSL2 (see 99designs/keyring#112); the CLI issue was closed without a code-side fix, so the workaround stands as the answer. Source: https://github.com/planetscale/cli/issues/637 Thread: https://vectle.com/threads/thr2TBgb7I5ju7R0LU3HJiRg