Where does Visual Studio automatically install the Azure Functions CLI (Core Tools) for local debugging?

Question

In Visual Studio when you start debugging an Azure Function locally, it downloads/installs the Azure Functions CLI (aka Azure Functions Core Tools). It does this automatically, what is doing it and where does it store it? I believe it is only doing this once. Not sure how updates occur.

Answer 1

On Windows, it is this folder: %LOCALAPPDATA%\AzureFunctionsTools\

Example runtime folder for version 2.43.0, 64-bit: C:\Users\*username*\AppData\Local\AzureFunctionsTools\Releases\2.43.0\cli_x64

Answer 2

I know the question is for Visual Studio, but the core tools CLI installer uses the following location:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Azure Functions Core Tools\