diff --git a/.nextchanges/air/7153.md b/.nextchanges/air/7153.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f163925bc66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nextchanges/air/7153.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* `air run` now spends less time before submitting: it fetches only the user name from SCIM. ([#7153](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/7153))
diff --git a/cmd/air/runlaunch.go b/cmd/air/runlaunch.go
index 5566ec98ca5..a888d80d85d 100644
--- a/cmd/air/runlaunch.go
+++ b/cmd/air/runlaunch.go
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ const userWorkspaceDirEnv = "DATABRICKS_INTERNAL_USER_WORKSPACE_DIR"
 
 // currentUserEmail returns the authenticated user's email (works for any domain).
 func currentUserEmail(ctx context.Context, w *databricks.WorkspaceClient) (string, error) {
-	me, err := w.CurrentUser.Me(ctx, iam.MeRequest{})
+	// Only userName is needed; the full response also resolves groups and entitlements.
+	me, err := w.CurrentUser.Me(ctx, iam.MeRequest{Attributes: "userName"})
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve current user: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/air/runlaunch_test.go b/cmd/air/runlaunch_test.go
index 7654e544964..edb4803ba65 100644
--- a/cmd/air/runlaunch_test.go
+++ b/cmd/air/runlaunch_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/filer"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/testserver"
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go"
+	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/service/iam"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -45,6 +46,25 @@ func TestUserWorkspaceDir(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "/Workspace/custom", dir)
 }
 
+func TestUserWorkspaceDirRequestsOnlyUserName(t *testing.T) {
+	server := testserver.New(t)
+	t.Cleanup(server.Close)
+	var attributes []string
+	server.Handle("GET", "/api/2.0/preview/scim/v2/Me", func(req testserver.Request) any {
+		attributes = append(attributes, req.URL.Query().Get("attributes"))
+		return iam.User{UserName: "me@example.com"}
+	})
+	testserver.AddDefaultHandlers(server)
+	w, err := databricks.NewWorkspaceClient(&databricks.Config{Host: server.URL, Token: "token"})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Setenv(userWorkspaceDirEnv, "")
+
+	dir, err := userWorkspaceDir(t.Context(), w)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "/Workspace/Users/me@example.com", dir)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"userName"}, attributes)
+}
+
 func TestUserWorkspaceDirProfilePrecedence(t *testing.T) {
 	configPath := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), ".databrickscfg")
 	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(configPath, []byte(`