cursor-agent is not authenticated; run 'agent login' on the

Error message

cursor-agent is not authenticated; run 'agent login' on the OmniRoute host

What it means

Error "cursor-agent is not authenticated; run 'agent login' on the OmniRoute host" thrown in diegosouzapw/OmniRoute.

Source

Thrown at src/lib/providerModels/cursorAgent.ts:215

    }
    throw err;
  }
  let combined = `${result.stdout}\n${result.stderr}`;
  let ids = parseCursorAgentModels(combined);

  // Backward compatibility for releases from before the dedicated catalog interface.
  if (ids.length === 0 && !/Authentication required|Not logged in/i.test(combined)) {
    const remainingTimeoutMs = timeoutMs - (Date.now() - startedAt);
    if (remainingTimeoutMs > 0) {
      result = await runCursorAgent(binary, ["--model", "--help"], remainingTimeoutMs);
      combined = `${result.stdout}\n${result.stderr}`;
      ids = parseCursorAgentModels(combined);
    }
  }

  if (ids.length === 0) {
    if (/Authentication required|Not logged in/i.test(combined)) {
      throw new Error("cursor-agent is not authenticated; run 'agent login' on the OmniRoute host");
    }
    throw new Error("cursor-agent did not return a model catalog from 'agent --list-models'");
  }

  return ids.map((id) => ({
    id,
    name: humanizeCursorModelId(id),
    owned_by: "cursor" as const,
  }));
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/lib/providerModels/cursorAgent.ts:215 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

Authentication and authorization failures — expired tokens, bad credentials, and missing scopes.

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