garrytan/gstack · error · Error

Authentication failed

Error message

Authentication failed

What it means

Error "Authentication failed" thrown in garrytan/gstack.

Source

Thrown at browse/src/cli.ts:555

  try {
    const resp = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${state.port}/command`, {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${state.token}`,
      },
      body,
      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30000),
    });

    if (resp.status === 401) {
      // Token mismatch — server may have restarted
      console.error('[browse] Auth failed — server may have restarted. Retrying...');
      const newState = readState();
      if (newState && newState.token !== state.token) {
        return sendCommand(newState, command, args);
      }
      throw new Error('Authentication failed');
    }

    const text = await resp.text();

    if (resp.ok) {
      process.stdout.write(text);
      if (!text.endsWith('\n')) process.stdout.write('\n');
    } else {
      // Try to parse as JSON error
      try {
        const err = JSON.parse(text);
        console.error(err.error || text);
        if (err.hint) console.error(err.hint);
      } catch {
        console.error(text);
      }
      process.exit(1);
    }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at browse/src/cli.ts:555 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

AI-assisted analysis of garrytan/gstack@94993f7401 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6853d019b1c7478d. Report an issue: GitHub.