jackwener/OpenCLI · error · AuthRequiredError

Amazon review discussion requires an active signed-in Amazon

Error message

Amazon review discussion requires an active signed-in Amazon session in the shared Chrome profile.

What it means

AuthRequiredError thrown by readDiscussionPayload when BOTH the product review page and the product page fallback land on Amazon's sign-in page (/ap/signin or 'Amazon Sign-In' title). This means the shared Chrome profile has no usable Amazon session, so review content cannot be read anonymously. The library distinguishes this from a layout change by detecting the sign-in redirect on both attempts.

Source

Thrown at clis/amazon/discussion.js:74

        body: card.querySelector('[data-hook="review-body"]')?.textContent || '',
        verified: !!card.querySelector('[data-hook="avp-badge"]'),
      })),
    }))()
  `);
}
async function readDiscussionPayload(page, input, limit) {
    const reviewUrl = buildDiscussionUrl(input);
    const reviewState = await gotoAndReadState(page, reviewUrl, 2500, 'discussion');
    assertUsableState(reviewState, 'discussion');
    const reviewPayload = await readCurrentDiscussionPayload(page, limit);
    if (hasDiscussionSummary(reviewPayload)) {
        return reviewPayload;
    }
    const productUrl = buildProductUrl(input);
    const productState = await gotoAndReadState(page, productUrl, 2500, 'discussion');
    assertUsableState(productState, 'discussion');
    if (isSignInState(reviewState) && isSignInState(productState)) {
        throw new AuthRequiredError(amazonHostFromInput(input) ?? DOMAIN, 'Amazon review discussion requires an active signed-in Amazon session in the shared Chrome profile.');
    }
    const productPayload = await readCurrentDiscussionPayload(page, limit);
    if (hasDiscussionSummary(productPayload)) {
        return productPayload;
    }
    if (isSignInState(reviewState)) {
        throw new CommandExecutionError('amazon review page redirected to sign-in and product page fallback did not expose review summary', 'Open the product page in Chrome, verify reviews are visible, and retry.');
    }
    return reviewPayload;
}
cli({
    site: 'amazon',
    name: 'discussion',
    access: 'read',
    description: 'Amazon review summary and sample customer discussion from product review pages',
    domain: 'amazon.com',
    strategy: Strategy.COOKIE,
    navigateBefore: false,

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Solutions

Sign in to amazon.com in the shared Chrome profile (or run the amazon auth login flow) and retry the discussion command
Verify session health with the amazon auth status/verify command before scraping
Open the product reviews page in Chrome manually and confirm reviews render signed-in
If sessions keep expiring, avoid cookie-clearing settings and re-login periodically

Example fix

// before
discussion = await opencli.call('amazon discussion', { input: 'B0FJS72893' });
// throws AuthRequiredError

// after
const auth = await opencli.call('amazon auth status');
if (!auth.logged_in) await opencli.call('amazon auth login');
discussion = await opencli.call('amazon discussion', { input: 'B0FJS72893' });

Defensive patterns

Strategy: try-catch

Validate before calling

const auth = await opencli.call('amazon auth status');
if (!auth.logged_in) await opencli.call('amazon auth login');

Try / catch

try {
  return await opencli.call('amazon discussion', { input: asin });
} catch (e) {
  if (e.name === 'AuthRequiredError' && /signed-in Amazon session/.test(e.message)) {
    await opencli.call('amazon auth login');
    return opencli.call('amazon discussion', { input: asin });
  }
  throw e;
}

Prevention

Run amazon auth status/verify before discussion scraping
Refresh the Amazon session periodically; review pages are heavily login-gated
Avoid cookie purging between runs in the shared profile

When it happens

Trigger: Running the amazon discussion command (payload) for an ASIN/URL where gotoAndReadState on the review URL and on the product URL both return isSignInState true — Amazon redirected both requests to /ap/signin because the session is missing or expired.

Common situations: Expired Amazon session in the shared Chrome profile; running before ever logging in; Amazon increasingly gating review pages behind sign-in; cookies cleared between runs; IP/region triggering forced sign-in walls.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of jackwener/OpenCLI@49907e53dc (2026-08-29). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8041245887af92b4. Report an issue: GitHub.