[BUG] OAuth login fails with 500 error and 15s timeout — cannot authenticate via browser flow

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And not even possible to submit the issue via /feedback.

Maybe stop releasing garbage new features at warp-speed, and focus on stability for paying users? Just a thought.

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THIS IS GETTING OLD!!! Fix the auth issues!

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Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/44252
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/33226
3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/44267

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same issue - cannot use Claude Code in VS code

same issue when using terminal.

same issue here, cannot login. always OAuth error: timeout of 15000ms exceeded or OAuth error: Request failed with status code 500

Seeing issues here as well. Can't login with vs code, or console. I use Google ad the login credentials, and get error 500, or sometimes 401. Sometimes on anthropic site I get a failure, I retry and it says it's working, but it didn't on console or vs code.

same here, not working neither in terminal nor in VS Code

Same issue !

I have same issue.
claude make the bug report below.

Title: Claude Code VS Code Extension OAuth login fails with 401/500/timeout after Node.js reinstall on Windows
Environment:

OS: Windows 10 (26100.3194)
Claude Code Extension: v2.1.92
Node.js: v24.0.1
npm: v11.11.0
IDE: VS Code

Summary:
Claude Code VS Code extension worked fine until Node.js was reinstalled. After reboot, OAuth authentication consistently fails. The extension was working the day before with no config changes other than a Node.js installation.
Symptoms (in order of occurrence):

VS Code Output log: 401 - OAuth token has expired
After clearing auth: 500 - Internal Server Error during OAuth flow
CLI: OAuth error: timeout of 15000ms exceeded
After full config reset: Auth error: No API key available

Steps already attempted (all failed):

Uninstall & reinstall Claude Code VS Code extension
Full PC reboot
Cleared auth config: del %USERPROFILE%\.claude.json / rmdir /s /q %USERPROFILE%\.claude
Reinstalled Claude Code CLI: npm uninstall -g + npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
Ran claude auth login → browser opened → completed OAuth approval → returned "You are all set" → CLI still timed out with timeout of 15000ms exceeded
Set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY environment variable → VS Code restarted

Key observation:
Everything worked fine before Node.js was reinstalled. The issue began immediately after Node.js installation and system reboot. The OAuth browser flow appears to complete successfully on the browser side ("You are all set"), but the callback to the CLI times out, suggesting the local port/callback listener is not receiving the response.
Suspected cause:
Node.js reinstall may have changed PATH or port binding behavior, causing the OAuth callback listener to fail silently on Windows.

Same issue here with visual studio code extension

Same issue here with Claude Code

Same issue here with Claude Code

We need you Claude ! Please don't abandon us.

same here, in the middle of research project, didn't know if I can hook my latest .md

Yo, same issue here. just installed claude code v2.1.92 and geting this error.

Welcome to Claude Code v2.1.92
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 OAuth error: Request failed with status code 500


 Press Enter to retry.

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Same problem.. Either 500 or timeout, there is no option for a code, just the authorize button that spins for a while and then let's you try again. It usually eventually says it succeeds in the browser, but as soon as that pops up, the console reports a timeout failure

Same here, using Claude code in Pycharm, Ubuntu.

nslookup auth.anthropic.com fails with NXDOMAIN. (Also on 8.8.8.8.)
nslookup api.anthropic.com works, tho. But that's not what I need.

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it seems there are problems on their end, you can check this
https://status.claude.com/#

This is happening to me.
macOS: 15.7.4 (24G517)
It won't auth correctly to my "claude.ai Max" subscription, from:
Cursor (Identifier: anthropic.claude-code, Version: 2.1.92) or
Warp Terminal (v0.2026.04.01.08.39.stable_02)

Try again, I just did 0951 PST and it looks like it's working

same here

Hey guys I was having the same problem and this guy @gyrusdentatus saved me with his post https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/33269.

For macOS users, here's an additional fix:

The standard sed approach doesn't work on macOS because:

1. macOS sed requires sed -i '' syntax
2. The Claude binary in 2.1.92 is a compiled Mach-O executable, not a JS file, so sed throws illegal byte sequence
3. After patching, macOS Gatekeeper kills the process due to invalid code signature

Working fix for macOS:

# 1. Patch the timeout using perl (handles binary files)
perl -pi -e 's/timeout:15000/timeout:90000/g' ~/.local/share/claude/versions/2.1.92

# 2. Re-sign the binary (required or macOS will kill the process)
codesign --sign - --force ~/.local/share/claude/versions/2.1.92

# 3. Login
claude auth login

Tested on macOS with Claude Code 2.1.92. Hope this can help you as well!

same issue here

Appears to be working now for me after Claude status update https://status.claude.com/

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working for me again as well

Not working again. timeout of 15000ms or 500 error

Same here, timeout of 15000ms or 500 error.

Same here, 2nd day in a row

Same here.

Tested on macOS with Claude Code 2.1.92. Hope this can help you as well!

Worked for me on about the 10th attempt (linux). Thank you

Having same issue on multiple systems (linux)

This happened to me yesterday morning, and is happening again today.

Please fix.

I thought it was just a problem with my linux and while testing I ended up logging out of every single one.
debian, arch, windows, mac.. fix it plz :(

And now it work! what?