SF Project Retrieval Stalls After few Seconds, Causing Terminal to Become Unresponsive

[Somanath-Kaseya]

Expected result

Should retrieve the component in package.xml

Actual result

Retrieval stalls and terminal becomes unresponsive.

Additional information

System Information

CLI:
@salesforce/cli/2.73.9 win32-x64 node-v22.9.0

Plugin Version:
@oclif/plugin-autocomplete 3.2.17 (core)
@oclif/plugin-commands 4.1.16 (core)
@oclif/plugin-help 6.2.21 (core)
@oclif/plugin-not-found 3.2.35 (core)
@oclif/plugin-plugins 5.4.25 (core)
@oclif/plugin-search 1.2.18 (core)
@oclif/plugin-update 4.6.23 (core)
@oclif/plugin-version 2.2.20 (core)
@oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available 3.1.30 (core)
@oclif/plugin-which 3.2.25 (core)
@salesforce/cli 2.73.9 (core)
apex 3.6.8 (core)
api 1.3.3 (core)
auth 3.6.87 (core)
data 4.0.1 (core)
deploy-retrieve 3.17.7 (core)
info 3.4.32 (core)
limits 3.3.44 (core)
marketplace 1.3.7 (core)
org 5.2.23 (core)
packaging 2.9.12 (core)
schema 3.3.46 (core)
settings 2.4.10 (core)
signups 2.5.12 (user)
sobject 1.4.49 (core)
telemetry 3.6.29 (core)
templates 56.3.35 (core)
trust 3.7.55 (core)
user 3.6.6 (core)
@salesforce/sfdx-scanner 4.3.2 (user)
sfdmu 4.36.0 (user)
sfdx-browserforce-plugin 4.1.2 (user)
sfdx-git-delta 5.44.0 (user)

SF ENV. VARS.
SF_AUTOUPDATE_DISABLE,true
SF_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE,true
SF_UPDATE_INSTRUCTIONS,Use "npm update --global @salesforce/cli" to update npm-based installations.

Windows: true
Shell: powershell
Channel: stable

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Diagnostics

✅ pass - salesforcedx plugin isn’t installed
✅ pass - you don't have any linked plugins
✅ pass - [@salesforce/plugin-trust] can ping: https://registry.npmjs.org
✅ pass - [@salesforce/plugin-trust] can ping: https://registry.yarnpkg.com
✅ pass - [@salesforce/plugin-trust] can ping: https://registry.npmjs.org/
❌ fail - using latest or latest-rc CLI version
✅ pass - [@salesforce/plugin-deploy-retrieve] sourceApiVersion matches apiVersion
❌ warn - [@salesforce/plugin-deploy-retrieve] sourceApiVersion matches default target org max apiVersion
✅ pass - can access: https://test.salesforce.com
✅ pass - can access: https://appexchange.salesforce.com/services/data
✅ pass - can access: https://developer.salesforce.com/media/salesforce-cli/sf/channels/stable/sf-win32-x64-buildmanifest
❌ fail - [@salesforce/plugin-auth] CLI supports v2 crypto
✅ pass - [@salesforce/plugin-auth] CLI using stable v1 crypto