azure-functions-python-worker: cannot import 'run' (aio_compat.py) (only fails in my local environment using VSCode)

I have a very simple azure function that gets a parameter (please see the code at the bottom) and returns a HttpResponse, after running it it fails with:

cannot import name 'run'
  File "c:\users\saul.cruz\appdata\roaming\npm\node_modules\azure-functions-core-tools\bin\workers\python\deps\azure\functions_worker\aio_compat.py", line 84, in <module>
    from asyncio import run, get_running_loop  # NoQA
  File "c:\users\saul.cruz\appdata\roaming\npm\node_modules\azure-functions-core-tools\bin\workers\python\deps\azure\functions_worker\main.py", line 6, in <module>
    from . import aio_compat
  File "c:\users\saul.cruz\appdata\roaming\npm\node_modules\azure-functions-core-tools\bin\workers\python\worker.py", line 5, in <module>
    from azure.functions_worker.main import main

This only happens locally, the deployed function is working appropriately in the azure function service

Investigative information

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• Timestamp: 2019-07-08T19:05:00
• Function App name: HttpTriggerFTPCheck
• Function name(s) (as appropriate):
• Core Tools version: win-x64.2.7.1373
• Python version : Python 3.6.7 :: Anaconda, Inc.

Repro steps

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I only have a very simple function that gets a parameter and returns a JSON response with that parameter’s value…

1. Debug __init__.py

It’s been working for almost one week and suddenly the following error started happening: This only happens in my local environment (PC), not the actual azure function that is deployed already. Not sure about what is going on, I’ve seen this when there are circular dependencies, but I’m not sure about this case.

Expected behavior

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Response with:

"result": "saul"

Actual behavior

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It’s been working for almost one week and suddenly the following error started happening:

cannot import name 'run'
  File "c:\users\saul.cruz\appdata\roaming\npm\node_modules\azure-functions-core-tools\bin\workers\python\deps\azure\functions_worker\aio_compat.py", line 84, in <module>
    from asyncio import run, get_running_loop  # NoQA
  File "c:\users\saul.cruz\appdata\roaming\npm\node_modules\azure-functions-core-tools\bin\workers\python\deps\azure\functions_worker\main.py", line 6, in <module>
    from . import aio_compat
  File "c:\users\saul.cruz\appdata\roaming\npm\node_modules\azure-functions-core-tools\bin\workers\python\worker.py", line 5, in <module>
    from azure.functions_worker.main import main

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Related information

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• Links to source
• Contents of the requirements.txt file
• Bindings used

#__init__.py
import logging
import json
import azure.functions as func


def main(req: func.HttpRequest) -> func.HttpResponse:
    logging.info('Python HTTP trigger function processed a request.')

    name = req.params.get('name')
    if not name:
        try:
            req_body = req.get_json()
        except ValueError:
            pass
        else:
            name = req_body.get('name')

    if name:
        return func.HttpResponse(json.dumps({'result': name}))
    else:
        return func.HttpResponse(
             "Please pass a name on the query string or in the request body",
             status_code=400
        )

azure-functions==1.0.0a4
azure-functions-worker==1.0.0a4
grpcio==1.14.2
grpcio-tools==1.14.2
protobuf==3.6.1
six==1.11.0

functions.json

{
  "scriptFile": "__init__.py",
  "bindings": [
    {
      "authLevel": "function",
      "type": "httpTrigger",
      "direction": "in",
      "name": "req",
      "methods": [
        "get",
        "post"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "http",
      "direction": "out",
      "name": "$return"
    }
  ]
}