Azure Firewall Extension Using deprecated pkg_resources in pip package SetupTools

[vandre]

Describe the bug

Whenever any az network firewall commands are run a warning is displayed about using a deprecated API

Related command

az network firewall list -g $firewallRg

Errors

.azure\cliextensions\azure-firewall\azext_firewall\vendored_sdks_init_.py:6: UserWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html. The pkg_resources package is slated for removal as early as 2025-11-30. Refrain from using this package or pin to Setuptools<81. import('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(name)

Issue script & Debug output

cli.knack.cli: Command arguments: ['network', 'firewall', 'list', '-g', 'My-Firewall-Rg', '--debug'] cli.knack.cli: init debug log: Enable color in terminal. cli.knack.cli: Event: Cli.PreExecute [] cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandParser.OnGlobalArgumentsCreate [<function CLILogging.on_global_arguments at 0x0000027B251044A0>, <function OutputProducer.on_global_arguments at 0x0000027B25299800>, <function CLIQuery.on_global_arguments at 0x0000027B252EF740>] cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableCreate [] cli.azure.cli.core: Modules found from index for 'network': ['azure.cli.command_modules.network', 'azure.cli.command_modules.privatedns', 'azext_firewall'] cli.azure.cli.core: Loading command modules: cli.azure.cli.core: Name Load Time Groups Commands cli.azure.cli.core: network 2.419 120 480 cli.azure.cli.core: privatedns 0.109 14 60 cli.azure.cli.core: Total (2) 2.528 134 540 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: azure-firewall 0.221 21 67 C:\Users\user.azure\cliextensions\azure-firewall cli.azure.cli.core: Total (1) 0.221 21 67
cli.azure.cli.core: Loaded 153 groups, 607 commands. cli.azure.cli.core: Found a match in the command table. cli.azure.cli.core: Raw command : network firewall list cli.azure.cli.core: Command table: network firewall list cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableTruncate [<function AzCliLogging.init_command_file_logging at 0x0000027B276BD080>] cli.azure.cli.core.azlogging: metadata file logging enabled - writing logs to 'C:\Users\user.azure\commands\2025-11-07.16-24-49.network_firewall_list.36744.log'. az_command_data_logger: command args: network firewall list -g {} --debug cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreArgumentLoad [<function register_global_subscription_argument..add_subscription_parameter at 0x0000027B27F025C0>] C:\Users\user.azure\cliextensions\azure-firewall\azext_firewall\vendored_sdks_init_.py:6: UserWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html. The pkg_resources package is slated for removal as early as 2025-11-30. Refrain from using this package or pin to Setuptools<81. import('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(name) cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostArgumentLoad []

Expected behavior

No warnings are shown

Environment Summary

azure-cli 2.79.0

core 2.79.0 telemetry 1.1.0

Extensions: account 0.2.5 azure-devops 1.0.2 azure-firewall 2.0.0 connectedmachine 2.0.0b2 scheduled-query 1.0.0b1 ssh 2.0.6

Dependencies: msal 1.34.0b1 azure-mgmt-resource 23.3.0

Python location 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\python.exe' Config directory 'C:\Users\user.azure' Extensions directory 'C:\Users\user.azure\cliextensions'

Python (Windows) 3.13.9 (tags/v3.13.9:8183fa5, Oct 14 2025, 14:09:13) [MSC v.1944 64 bit (AMD64)]

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Additional context

I'm aware of similar tickets with the same error for other extensions. It looks like it needs to be fixed in all extensions that use setuptools

[yonzhan]

Thank you for opening this issue, we will look into it.