atuinsh/atuin · error

You are not logged in to a sync server - cannot show sync…

Error message

You are not logged in to a sync server - cannot show sync status

What it means

`atuin sync status` requires an authenticated session with a sync server. If settings indicate the user is not logged in (no token/identity), the command bails early because it cannot query sync state.

Solutions

1. Run `atuin register` to create an account or `atuin login` with existing credentials
2. Import your atuin key (`atuin key` output from the old machine) and log in
3. Skip `sync status` when offline/not registered - guard scripts with a login check

Example fix

// before
atuin sync status   # fails when not logged in
// after
atuin login -u <username> && atuin sync status

if !settings.logged_in().await? {
    eprintln!("skipping: not logged in");
    return Ok(());
}

match atuin_sync_status().await {
    Err(e) if e.to_string().contains("not logged in") => eprintln!("not logged in, skipping"),
    other => other?,
}

When it happens

Trigger: Running `atuin sync status` before ever running `atuin register` or `atuin login`, or after the local key/session was removed.

Common situations: Fresh machine without importing the atuin key, cleared config directory, or a CI/environment where atuin was never registered.

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AI-assisted analysis of atuinsh/atuin@900007c480 (2026-09-19). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6c0dfd34574b3af3. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at crates/atuin/src/command/client/sync/status.rs:11

use atuin_client::api_client;
use atuin_client::settings::Settings;
use atuin_common::time::DurationExt;
use colored::Colorize;
use eyre::{Result, bail};

use crate::{SHA, VERSION};

pub async fn run(settings: &Settings) -> Result<()> {
    if !settings.logged_in().await? {
        bail!("You are not logged in to a sync server - cannot show sync status");
    }

    let caps = api_client::caps_client(settings)?;
    let client = api_client::Client::new(
        settings.sync_address.clone(),
        &settings.sync_auth_token().await?,
        settings.network_connect_timeout,
        settings.network_timeout,
        &settings.extra_headers,
        caps,
    )?;

    let me = client.me().await?;
    let last_sync = Settings::last_sync().await?;

    println!("Atuin v{VERSION} - Build rev {SHA}\n");

    println!("{}", "[Local]".green());

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