OAuth Authentication is needed after each command invocation

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 5, 2026 by 9uapaw Closed Apr 3, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

For each command invocation it seems that the OAuth authentication token is not persisted and Claude requires constant authentication on the subsequent parts. Tried reinstalling, logging out, nuking the entire config etc..

What Should Happen?

Authentication should not disrupt the workflow by opening new browser tabs.

Error Messages/Logs

⏺ Bash(...)
  ⎿  If browser window does not open automatically, open it by clicking on the link:
     http://127.0.0.1:....
     ERROR: no target host specified
⏺ Bash(...)
  ⎿  If browser window does not open automatically, open it by clicking on the link:
     http://127.0.0.1:....
     ERROR: no target host specified
⏺ Bash(...)
  ⎿  If browser window does not open automatically, open it by clicking on the link:
     http://127.0.0.1:....
     ERROR: no target host specified

Steps to Reproduce

This is happening consistently on every Claude session

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.63

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

The authentication browser tags are opened up as the logs show.

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