Claude code getting API error 401 authentication error...
Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Jul 10, 2025 by kmaurinjones Closed Jul 10, 2025
Bug Description
Claude code getting API error 401 authentication error invalid OAuth token But this doesn't make any sense since I have logged in and out successfully and uninstalled and reinstalled Claude code, and still nothing is working. And I'm on the max subscription plan.
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: cursor
- Version: 1.0.45
- Feedback ID: 5414a5f0-d500-4f9d-b565-749154d3a03d
Errors
[{"error":"Error: Command failed: security find-generic-password -a $USER -w -s \"Claude Code\"\nsecurity: SecKeychainSearchCopyNext: The specified item could not be found in the keychain.\n\n at genericNodeError (node:internal/errors:983:15)\n at wrappedFn (node:internal/errors:537:14)\n at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:882:11)\n at execSync (node:child_process:954:15)\n at qD (file:///Users/kmaurinjones/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:702:3921)\n at file:///Users/kmaurinjones/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:623:9350\n at Q (file:///Users/kmaurinjones/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:526:14406)\n at mC (file:///Users/kmaurinjones/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:623:8496)\n at uC (file:///Users/kmaurinjones/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:623:7361)\n at zB (file:///Users/kmaurinjones/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:623:11970)","timestamp":"2025-07-10T01:12:19.876Z"},{"error":"RangeError [ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER]: stdout maxBuffer length exceeded\n at Socket.onChildStdout (node:child_process:481:14)\n at Socket.emit (node:events:507:28)\n at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:559:12)\n at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:510:3)\n at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:390:5)\n at Pipe.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:189:23)","timestamp":"2025-07-10T01:12:20.402Z"},{"error":"Error: 401 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"authentication_error\",\"message\":\"Invalid OAuth token. The provided token was not found or is malformed.\"}}\n at D6.generate (file:///Users/kmaurinjones/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1305:12612)\n at pq.makeStatusError (file:///Users/kmaurinjones/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1322:2100)\n at pq.makeRequest (file:///Users/kmaurinjones/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1322:5311)\n at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)","timestamp":"2025-07-10T01:13:08.079Z"}]This issue has 5 comments on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗