5 people reported
All time, since Sep 21, including 1 thumbs-up on GitHub.
OAuth refresh lost when process exits before saving tokens
“invalid_grant”
Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.
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I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/claude-code/issues/3560/file Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.
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Short-lived commands or session shutdown exit mid-refresh; the next process gets invalid_grant and blanks the stored credential.
Is this your bug?
File my report- Where
- OAuth credentials
- Error text
invalid_grant- Versions
- 2.1.277 to 2.1.299
- Platforms
- Linux, macOS
- How bad
- Breaks a normal workflow.
Not quite your bug?
Original reports4, newest first
- Headless Linux server loses its OAuth login every 1–2 days when many Claude Code processes share ~/.claude/.credentials.json#102985
- Short-lived subcommand (claude plugin validate) exits mid OAuth refresh: the rotated refresh token is never saved, the next process gets invalid_grant and blanks the login#102265
- MCP OAuth refresh started during session shutdown is abandoned, and the server ends up logged out#99539
- Short-lived commands (
claude auth status,claude --bg …) start an OAuth refresh at init and exit without saving it, leaving the profile with a spent refresh token#95822