Hmbown/CodeWhale · error · anyhow::Error

Codex credential file {} is not valid credential JSON

Error message

Codex credential file {} is not valid credential JSON

What it means

Error "Codex credential file {} is not valid credential JSON" thrown in Hmbown/CodeWhale.

Source

Thrown at crates/tui/src/oauth.rs:111

            // 60-second safety margin
            now + 60 >= exp
        }
        // If we can't prove freshness, fail closed. External credentials are
        // never refreshed by Codewhale.
        None => true,
    }
}

/// Load Codex credentials from the auth file.
///
/// Returns `Ok(None)` if the file doesn't exist or has no usable tokens.
/// Returns `Err` only on parse/IO errors that aren't "file not found".
fn load_credentials(grant: &ExternalCredentialReadGrant) -> Result<Option<CodexCredentials>> {
    let Some(contents) = crate::external_credentials::read_to_string(grant)? else {
        return Ok(None);
    };
    let auth: CodexAuthFile = serde_json::from_str(&contents).map_err(|_| {
        anyhow::anyhow!(
            "Codex credential file {} is not valid credential JSON",
            codewhale_config::quote_os_path(grant.path())
        )
    })?;
    let tokens = match auth.tokens {
        Some(t) => t,
        None => return Ok(None),
    };
    let access_token = match tokens.access_token {
        Some(t) if !t.trim().is_empty() => t,
        _ => return Ok(None),
    };
    Ok(Some(CodexCredentials {
        access_token,
        account_id: tokens.account_id,
    }))
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 8880682c63)

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/tui/src/oauth.rs:111 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Hmbown/CodeWhale@8880682c63 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e39fdf19a72860f2. Report an issue: GitHub.