{"record":{"id":"49cc39abaffa90a6","repo":"decolua/9router","slug":"access-denied","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Access denied","messagePattern":"Access denied","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"warning","filePath":"src/lib/oauth/services/github.js","lineNumber":94,"sourceCode":"        spinner.succeed(\"GitHub authentication successful!\");\n        return {\n          access_token: data.access_token,\n          token_type: data.token_type,\n          scope: data.scope,\n        };\n      } else if (data.error === \"authorization_pending\") {\n        // Continue polling\n        continue;\n      } else if (data.error === \"slow_down\") {\n        // Increase polling interval\n        interval += 5000;\n        continue;\n      } else if (data.error === \"expired_token\") {\n        spinner.fail(\"Device code expired. Please try again.\");\n        throw new Error(\"Device code expired\");\n      } else if (data.error === \"access_denied\") {\n        spinner.fail(\"Access denied by user.\");\n        throw new Error(\"Access denied\");\n      } else {\n        spinner.fail(\"Failed to get access token.\");\n        throw new Error(data.error_description || data.error);\n      }\n    }\n  }\n\n  /**\n   * Get Copilot token using GitHub access token\n   */\n  async getCopilotToken(accessToken) {\n    const response = await fetch(`${GITHUB_CONFIG.copilotTokenUrl}`, {\n      headers: {\n        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`, // GitHub API typically uses Bearer\n        Accept: \"application/json\",\n        \"X-GitHub-Api-Version\": GITHUB_CONFIG.apiVersion,\n        \"User-Agent\": GITHUB_CONFIG.userAgent,\n      },","sourceCodeStart":76,"sourceCodeEnd":112,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/decolua/9router/blob/90b52e06ffd666b7929554211474d01588f6b1f8/src/lib/oauth/services/github.js#L76-L112","documentation":"In the GitHub device flow, after the user visits the verification URL, GitHub reports `error: access_denied` if the user explicitly clicked 'Cancel'/'Deny' on the authorization page. pollAccessToken() detects this, fails the spinner with 'Access denied by user.', and throws \"Access denied\" at github.js:94. The authentication was refused by the human, not by a network or config problem.","triggerScenarios":"The poll loop received `{\"error\":\"access_denied\"}` from the token endpoint because the user clicked the cancel/deny button on the GitHub device-authorization page.","commonSituations":"User was suspicious of the app requesting scopes and denied it; user pressed the wrong button on the confirmation page; a shared machine's user declined authorization for someone else's CLI session.","solutions":["Re-run the authentication flow and click 'Authorize' instead of 'Cancel' on the GitHub page.","Review the requested scopes (GITHUB_CONFIG.scopes) and confirm you're comfortable granting them before starting.","Verify you are authorizing the correct OAuth app shown on the GitHub confirmation screen."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":"function isAccessDenied(data) {\n  return data !== null && typeof data === 'object' && data.error === 'access_denied';\n}","tryCatchPattern":"try {\n  const auth = await service.authenticate();\n} catch (err) {\n  if (err.message === 'Access denied') {\n    console.error('You clicked Deny on the GitHub page. Rerun the flow and click Authorize to continue.');\n    return; // no point retrying automatically — the user must consent\n  }\n  throw err;\n}","preventionTips":["Tell the user up front which scopes will be requested so they are ready to click Authorize.","Don't auto-retry on access_denied — the user must actively consent on the next run.","Verify the app name shown on the GitHub confirmation screen matches what the user expects.","For CI/shared machines, pre-authorize once interactively and store the token instead of re-running the device flow."],"tags":["oauth","github","device-flow","permissions"],"backgroundTag":"oauth-access-denied","analyzedSha":"90b52e06ffd666b7929554211474d01588f6b1f8","analyzedAt":"2026-08-30T21:05:45.952Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-30T23:17:21.991Z"}