load experiments earlier (#9797)

bkendall · web-flow · commit 0324c1f247fc · 2026-01-23T11:18:02.000-08:00
* load experiments earlier

this allows them to be used once the CLI is imported, when everything starts loading and checking.

* changelog
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Loads experiments earlier in CLI startup so they can be used earlier. (#9797)
diff --git a/src/bin/cli.ts b/src/bin/cli.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@ import * as fs from "node:fs";
 import { configstore } from "../configstore";
 import { errorOut } from "../errorOut";
 import { logger, useFileLogger } from "../logger";
+
+import { enableExperimentsFromCliEnvVariable } from "../experiments";
+enableExperimentsFromCliEnvVariable();
+
 import * as client from "..";
 import * as fsutils from "../fsutils";
 import * as utils from "../utils";
 
-import { enableExperimentsFromCliEnvVariable } from "../experiments";
 import { fetchMOTD } from "../fetchMOTD";
 
 import { isCommandModule } from "../command";
@@ -45,7 +48,6 @@ export function cli(pkg: any) {
   logger.debug("-".repeat(70));
   logger.debug();
 
-  enableExperimentsFromCliEnvVariable();
   fetchMOTD();
 
   process.on("exit", (code) => {

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