{"record":{"id":"72dbba1d8c61af5c","repo":"xai-org/grok-build","slug":"no-upload-credentials-run-grok-login-or-set-a-d","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"No upload credentials. Run `grok login` or set a deployment key. See {} for upload overrides.","messagePattern":"No upload credentials\\. Run `grok login` or set a deployment key\\. See (.+?) for upload overrides\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/codegen/xai-grok-pager/src/trace_cmd.rs","lineNumber":444,"sourceCode":"    session_id: &str,\n    output: Option<&Path>,\n    json: bool,\n    agent_config: &AgentConfig,\n) -> Result<()> {\n    let session_dir = find_session_dir(session_id)?;\n    if !json {\n        eprintln!(\"Found session at: {}\", session_dir.display());\n    }\n\n    let upload_method = resolve_upload_method(agent_config).await;\n    let upload_method = match upload_method {\n        Some(method) => method,\n        None => {\n            tracing::warn!(\n                session_id = %session_id,\n                \"trace_cmd: no upload credentials available\"\n            );\n            anyhow::bail!(\n                \"No upload credentials. Run `grok login` or set a deployment key. \\\n                 See {} for upload overrides.\",\n                crate::util::display_user_grok_path(\"docs/user-guide\")\n            );\n        }\n    };\n\n    if !json {\n        eprintln!(\"Building session trace archive...\");\n    }\n    let archive = build_session_tar(&session_dir, session_id, agent_config)?;\n    let archive_size = archive.len();\n\n    // Proxy-mode uploads don't need a bucket (the proxy owns the destination); direct GCS uploads do\n    let bucket_url = agent_config\n        .endpoints\n        .resolve_trace_bucket_url()\n        .map(|r| r.value);","sourceCodeStart":426,"sourceCodeEnd":462,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build/blob/bc7f02eddd3d84085849dc19ed216f11c23b0571/crates/codegen/xai-grok-pager/src/trace_cmd.rs#L426-L462","documentation":"The trace upload command requires credentials to authenticate uploads. When no upload method can be resolved (no login session and no deployment key), it warns and bails, directing the user to docs for override configuration. Without credentials the CLI cannot authenticate an upload request.","triggerScenarios":"Running `grok trace upload` (run_upload) in an environment where no `grok login` session exists and no deployment key is configured, so the upload-method resolution returns None.","commonSituations":"CI/CD containers without an interactive login; fresh machines; running as a service user without the auth state; expired login state treated as absent.","solutions":["Run `grok login` to establish credentials.","Set a deployment key in the environment for non-interactive use.","Consult the docs path printed in the error (docs/user-guide, resolved via the user grok path) for upload override options."],"exampleFix":"// before\ngrok trace upload ...\n// error: No upload credentials\n// after (CI)\nexport GROK_DEPLOYMENT_KEY=...  # or pre-run `grok login`\ngrok trace upload ...","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"// ensure credentials exist before uploading\nif !std::path::Path::new(&grok_auth_path()).exists()\n    && std::env::var(\"GROK_DEPLOYMENT_KEY\").is_err()\n{\n    return Err(\"run `grok login` or set a deployment key before trace upload\".into());\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"match cmd.status() {\n    Err(e) => eprintln!(\"trace upload failed: {e}\"),\n    Ok(s) if !s.success() => eprintln!(\"trace upload failed (missing credentials?) — run `grok login`\"),\n    Ok(_) => {}\n}","preventionTips":["Run `grok login` on new machines/containers before uploading traces.","Provision a deployment key in CI instead of interactive login.","Persist auth state for service users running the CLI."],"tags":["auth","cli","upload"],"backgroundTag":"missing-credentials","analyzedSha":"bc7f02eddd3d84085849dc19ed216f11c23b0571","analyzedAt":"2026-08-31T04:59:42.031Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-31T09:17:48.483Z"}