Stale relogin

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?

The exact error: session_stale_relogin, 403, “Session is not fresh enough to grant elevated access”
• Both request IDs you’ve gotten so far: req_011Cdic2BnabPRsK1MCHDqWD and req_011CdicAKSS1g7mTss73HfjG
• That it recurs across fresh login attempts, not just a one-time expired token
• Your claude --version output and OS
• That /logout + re-login and clearing ~/.claude/.credentials.json didn’t resolve it

What Should Happen?

I should be able to log in and send a message

Error Messages/Logs

The exact error: session_stale_relogin, 403, “Session is not fresh enough to grant elevated access”
	•	Both request IDs you’ve gotten so far: req_011Cdic2BnabPRsK1MCHDqWD and req_011CdicAKSS1g7mTss73HfjG
	•	That it recurs across fresh login attempts, not just a one-time expired token
	•	Your claude --version output and OS
	•	That /logout + re-login and clearing ~/.claude/.credentials.json didn’t resolve it

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run claude to start a new session
2. Authentication fails immediately with a 403 before any command runs
3. Ran /logout then /login, completed the full browser OAuth flow successfully
4. Started a new session again, same 403 recurs with a new request ID
5. Cleared ~/.claude/.credentials.json and repeated the login flow from scratch
6. Same 403 recurs again

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

That /logout + re-login and clearing ~/.claude/.credentials.json

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

_No response_