"winget list --name xy" executes VERY SLOW when using broad filter (for the first time?)

[RobertK66]

Brief description of your issue

when I execute "winget list" I do get a result with 376 entries. This command takes apr. 2.5 sec to execute and show.

when I execute "winget list --name My" I do get 4 lines and it takes apr. 4.5 sec.

when I execute "winget list --name Mi" I do get 134 lines (all containing Microsoft ;-) ). This took about 2:40 minutes to show the first time I called it. After the successful call the same command takes now apr. 10 sec. (Also if executed in new Command window)

when executing "winget list --name A" I never was able to get any result until now....

Note: the spinning '|' indicator in all cases stops after some seconds and a 'normal blinking console cursor' is shown for the rest of the time.

Steps to reproduce

• open normal cmd window with 'run as admin'.
• type "winget list --name A"

Expected behavior

there should a result be presented after some decent time.

Actual behavior

the example from "steps to reproduce" never gave any results after keeping the command window open for more than 15 minutes....

Environment

Windows-Paket-Manager v1.8.1911
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Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22631.3880
Systemarchitektur: X64
Paket: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.23.1911.0

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[RobertK66]

Ok after authoring and reviewing this issue (and the hinted #2104, #855, #1259) the cmd "winget list --name A" now finished after 26 minutes 😄 with plausible 271 entries ....

Now a repeat of this executes in acceptable 6 seconds in the same session and about 40 seconds in a new command window....

I am not sure why this strange behavior exists but it seems that the name search does have some other source of basic data than the list without filter. At least a timeout with some hints about what could be wrong with the 'installed data' would help in the first case here...