[BUG] Login is not persistent and google auth is not working.

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?

Claude code logged my out today. When I tried to login via terminal - it did not recognize my credentials. So, I reauthenticated via my google email and that was not recognized by the Claude harness. Then I logged into my Claude harness and I can access that with no problem. Claude told me to reinstall Claude Code - which I did. Then I was able to login and it logged me out in about 1 min again. Then I reauthenticated and it asked me to log in three times. Now it appears to be working but there seems to be an auth persistence issue on your end that is not appearing in status.claude.com. Thanks!

What Should Happen?

I should use /login and be able to use Claude code in a terminal window.

Error Messages/Logs

Last login: Thu Aug  6 22:28:29 on ttys001
jenniferroebuck@Jennifers-MacBook-Pro-3 ~ % npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@latest
npm error code EACCES
npm error syscall rename
npm error path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code
npm error dest /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/.claude-code-1devilah
npm error errno -13
npm error Error: EACCES: permission denied, rename '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code' -> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/.claude-code-1devilah'
npm error     at async Object.rename (node:internal/fs/promises:787:10)
npm error     at async moveFile (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/fs/lib/move-file.js:30:5)
npm error     at async Promise.allSettled (index 0)
npm error     at async [reifyPackages] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:313:11)
npm error     at async Arborist.reify (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:125:5)
npm error     at async Install.exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/install.js:150:5)
npm error     at async Npm.exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:208:9)
npm error     at async module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli/entry.js:67:5) {
npm error   errno: -13,
npm error   code: 'EACCES',
npm error   syscall: 'rename',
npm error   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code',
npm error   dest: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/.claude-code-1devilah'
npm error }
npm error
npm error The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm error It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm error
npm error If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm error permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm error the command again as root/Administrator.
npm notice
npm notice New minor version of npm available! 11.6.2 -> 11.19.0
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v11.19.0
npm notice To update run: npm install -g npm@11.19.0
npm notice
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/jenniferroebuck/.npm/_logs/2026-08-06T21_30_42_441Z-debug-0.log
jenniferroebuck@Jennifers-MacBook-Pro-3 ~ %

Steps to Reproduce

Login to Claude Code.
Try to to anything
Claude Code logs you out
use /login and reautenticate via the browser
Claude does not recognize you.
Reinstall claude code and try again
Then reauth ( three times )
Then it works.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

no idea

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

_No response_