jackwener/OpenCLI · error · CommandExecutionError

LinkedIn Learning whoami failed: ${result.detail}

Error message

LinkedIn Learning whoami failed: ${result.detail}

What it means

The whoami probe wraps its page-side logic in try/catch and reports failures as { kind:'exception', detail }; the command surfaces this as CommandExecutionError 'LinkedIn Learning whoami failed: <detail>'. It means the page-side JavaScript itself threw (network failure inside the page, undefined variable, JSON parsing issue) rather than returning an auth/http verdict.

Source

Thrown at clis/linkedin-learning/auth.js:44

      const mini = d && d.miniProfile;
      if (!mini || !mini.publicIdentifier) {
        return { kind: 'auth', detail: 'LinkedIn /voyager/api/me 200 but miniProfile missing' };
      }
      const firstName = (mini.firstName && (mini.firstName.text || mini.firstName)) || '';
      const lastName = (mini.lastName && (mini.lastName.text || mini.lastName)) || '';
      return {
        ok: true,
        public_id: String(mini.publicIdentifier),
        plain_id: String(d.plainId || ''),
        name: String((firstName + ' ' + lastName).trim()),
      };
    } catch (e) {
      return { kind: 'exception', detail: String(e && e.message || e) };
    }
  })()`);
  if (result?.kind === 'auth') throw new AuthRequiredError('linkedin.com', result.detail);
  if (result?.kind === 'http') throw new CommandExecutionError(`HTTP ${result.httpStatus} from /voyager/api/me`);
  if (result?.kind === 'exception') throw new CommandExecutionError(`LinkedIn Learning whoami failed: ${result.detail}`);
  if (!result?.ok) throw new CommandExecutionError(`Unexpected LinkedIn Learning probe: ${JSON.stringify(result)}`);
  return { public_id: result.public_id, plain_id: result.plain_id, name: result.name };
}

registerSiteAuthCommands({
  site: 'linkedin-learning',
  domain: 'linkedin.com',
  loginUrl: 'https://www.linkedin.com/login?session_redirect=%2Flearning%2F',
  columns: ['public_id', 'plain_id', 'name'],
  quickCheck: hasLinkedinSessionCookie,
  verify: verifyLinkedinLearningIdentity,
  poll: async (page) => {
    if (!await hasLinkedinSessionCookie(page)) {
      throw new AuthRequiredError('linkedin.com', 'Waiting for LinkedIn li_at cookie');
    }
    return verifyLinkedinLearningIdentity(page);
  },
});

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Solutions

1. Read result.detail in the error message to identify the underlying exception (TypeError vs network failure).
2. Re-run after reloading the LinkedIn Learning page — transient in-page fetch failures resolve on retry.
3. If it's a shape change, update the probe to defensively read the new /voyager/api/me response structure.
4. Verify the page is actually on linkedin.com (not an error/interstitial page) before probing.

Example fix

// before
const included = json.included[0]; // throws when shape changes
// after
const included = json?.included?.[0];
if (!included) return { kind: 'auth', detail: 'unexpected /voyager/api/me shape' };

// Ensure we are on a real LinkedIn Learning page before evaluating
if (!page.url().includes('linkedin.com/learning')) await page.goto('https://www.linkedin.com/learning/');

function isExceptionKindResult(r) { return r?.kind === 'exception' && typeof r.detail === 'string'; }

try {
  const identity = await verifyLinkedinLearningIdentity(page);
} catch (e) {
  if (e.message.includes('whoami failed')) {
    await page.reload(); // transient in-page failure
    return verifyLinkedinLearningIdentity(page);
  }
  throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: page.evaluate callback throws — e.g. fetch to /voyager/api/me rejects (network/TLS error in page), reading response JSON throws, or firstName/lastName fields are absent causing a TypeError.

Common situations: LinkedIn changed the /voyager/api/me response shape (renamed fields), so `.included[0]` access throws; navigation interrupted the fetch; LinkedIn served an unexpected HTML interstitial that broke JSON parsing.

Related errors

• HTTP ${result.httpStatus} from /voyager/api/me
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• LinkedIn Learning searchV2 returned malformed payload: missi
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• LinkedIn Learning feedRecommendationGroups returned malforme

AI-assisted analysis of jackwener/OpenCLI@49907e53dc (2026-08-29). Data as JSON: /api/errors/c5d63cec33836671. Report an issue: GitHub.