Auth URL wrapped in table formatting breaks terminal URL detection
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 12, 2026 by ns-gsatpathy Closed Mar 15, 2026
Problem
During the authentication flow, the login URL is displayed inside a terminal table/box with pipe characters (|) as borders. When the URL is long enough to wrap across multiple lines, terminal URL detection (e.g. Ctrl+Click in Windows Terminal) only recognizes the first fragment — up to the first line break — making it non-clickable as a whole.
Users are then forced to manually copy the multi-line text, strip the | characters and newlines, and reconstruct the URL before pasting it in a browser.
Expected Behavior
The auth URL should be presented in a way that is directly usable:
- Display as a plain single-line URL without table formatting, or
- Provide a "Press Enter to open in browser" prompt, or
- Auto-copy the clean URL to the clipboard with a notification
Environment
- OS: Linux (WSL2)
- Terminal: Windows Terminal
Additional Context
This is a minor but recurring friction point in the auth flow, especially on narrow terminal windows.
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