up the blokcing tasks

src/Cli/StellaOps.Cli/Program.cs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ using StellaOps.Cli.Telemetry;
 using StellaOps.AirGap.Policy;
 using StellaOps.Configuration;
 using StellaOps.Policy.Scoring.Engine;
+using StellaOps.ExportCenter.Client;
 
 namespace StellaOps.Cli;
 
@@ -124,6 +125,16 @@ internal static class Program
             }
         }).AddEgressPolicyGuard("stellaops-cli", "backend-api");
 
+        services.AddHttpClient<IExportCenterClient, ExportCenterClient>(client =>
+        {
+            client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(options.BackendUrl) &&
+                Uri.TryCreate(options.BackendUrl, UriKind.Absolute, out var exportCenterUri))
+            {
+                client.BaseAddress = exportCenterUri;
+            }
+        }).AddEgressPolicyGuard("stellaops-cli", "export-center-api");
+
         services.AddHttpClient<IConcelierObservationsClient, ConcelierObservationsClient>(client =>
         {
             client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);