diegosouzapw/OmniRoute · error · Error

A fresh ChatGPT Cookie is required for browser validation

Error message

A fresh ChatGPT Cookie is required for browser validation

What it means

Error "A fresh ChatGPT Cookie is required for browser validation" thrown in diegosouzapw/OmniRoute.

Source

Thrown at open-sse/executors/chatgpt-web-codex/storageState.ts:161

        authenticated: true,
        verifiedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
        storageStateFingerprint: fingerprint,
        pendingBrowserVerification: false,
      })}\n`
    );
    return paths.storageStatePath;
  }
  if (!credential.cookie) throw new Error("ChatGPT browser credentials are missing");
  return ensureConnectionStorageState(connectionId, credential.cookie);
}

export function finalizeValidatedChatGptWebCodexSecrets(
  encodedCredential: string,
  validationId: string
): { encodedCredential: string; storageState: Record<string, unknown> } {
  const parsed = JSON.parse(encodedCredential) as Record<string, unknown>;
  const rawCookie = typeof parsed.cookie === "string" ? cookieHeaderValue(parsed.cookie) : "";
  if (!rawCookie) throw new Error("A fresh ChatGPT Cookie is required for browser validation");
  if (!/^validation-[a-f0-9]{24}$/.test(validationId)) {
    throw new Error("ChatGPT browser validation reference is invalid");
  }
  const paths = connectionRuntimePaths(validationId);
  const markerPath = loginVerificationMarkerPath(paths.storageStatePath);
  const marker = JSON.parse(readFileSync(markerPath, "utf8")) as Record<string, unknown>;
  if (
    marker.version !== 1 ||
    marker.authenticated !== true ||
    marker.pendingBrowserVerification === true ||
    marker.cookieFingerprint !== cookieFingerprint(rawCookie)
  ) {
    throw new Error("ChatGPT browser validation does not match the supplied Cookie");
  }
  const storageState = readConnectionStorageState(paths.storageStatePath);
  const runtimeKey = typeof parsed.runtimeKey === "string" ? parsed.runtimeKey.trim() : "";
  const next = JSON.stringify({
    version: 2,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at open-sse/executors/chatgpt-web-codex/storageState.ts:161 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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