start timer early anyway

launch.py

 from modules import launch_utils
 
-
 args = launch_utils.args
 python = launch_utils.python
 git = launch_utils.git
@@ -26,8 +25,6 @@ start = launch_utils.start
 
 
 def main():
-    from modules import timer
-    timer.startup_timer.record("start")
 
     if not args.skip_prepare_environment:
         prepare_environment()

modules/launch_utils.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from functools import lru_cache
 
 from modules import cmd_args, errors
 from modules.paths_internal import script_path, extensions_dir
+from modules import timer  # noqa:F401
 
 args, _ = cmd_args.parser.parse_known_args()