jackwener/OpenCLI · error · AuthRequiredError

Yuanbao opened a login gate instead of accepting the prompt.

Error message

Yuanbao opened a login gate instead of accepting the prompt. ${SESSION_HINT}

What it means

The prompt send attempt failed, and when the CLI re-checked the page it found a login gate — meaning the send was rejected because the session was not authenticated. This distinguishes auth-related send failures from other send failures (which use sendFailure).

Source

Thrown at clis/yuanbao/ask.js:337

        const prompt = kwargs.prompt;
        const timeout = kwargs.timeout;
        if (!Number.isInteger(timeout) || timeout < 1) {
            throw new ArgumentError('--timeout must be a positive integer (seconds)');
        }
        const useSearch = normalizeBooleanFlag(kwargs.search, true);
        const useThink = normalizeBooleanFlag(kwargs.think, false);
        await ensureYuanbaoPage(page);
        if (await hasLoginGate(page)) {
            throw authRequired('Yuanbao opened a login gate before sending the prompt.');
        }
        await setYuanbaoInternetSearch(page, useSearch);
        await setYuanbaoDeepThink(page, useThink);
        const beforeAssistantMessages = await getYuanbaoAssistantMessages(page);
        const beforeLines = await getYuanbaoTranscriptLines(page);
        const sendResult = await sendYuanbaoMessage(page, prompt);
        if (!sendResult?.ok) {
            if (await hasLoginGate(page)) {
                throw authRequired('Yuanbao opened a login gate instead of accepting the prompt.');
            }
            throw sendFailure(sendResult?.reason, sendResult?.detail);
        }
        const response = await waitForYuanbaoResponse(page, beforeAssistantMessages.length, beforeLines, prompt, timeout);
        if (response === 'blocked') {
            throw authRequired('Yuanbao opened a login gate instead of returning a chat response.');
        }
        if (!response) {
            throw new TimeoutError('yuanbao ask', timeout, 'No Yuanbao response was observed before the timeout. Retry with --timeout, and verify the current browser session is still interactive.');
        }
        return [
            { Role: 'User', Text: prompt },
            { Role: 'Assistant', Text: response },
        ];
    },
});
export const __test__ = {
    collectYuanbaoTranscriptAdditions,

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Solutions

Log into Yuanbao in the automation browser profile, then retry the command
Clear cookies for the Yuanbao domain and complete a fresh login
Check whether the account/agent requires special access and use an authorized account
Retry shortly after re-login to avoid another mid-flow expiry

Example fix

// before: treating all send failures the same
if (!sendResult.ok) throw sendFailure(sendResult.reason);
// after: catch AUTH_REQUIRED and re-authenticate
try { await yuanbaoAsk(prompt); }
catch (e) { if (e.code === 'AUTH_REQUIRED') { await yuanbaoLogin(); } else { throw e; } }

Defensive patterns

Strategy: try-catch

Validate before calling

await ensureYuanbaoPage(page);
if (await hasLoginGate(page)) await yuanbaoLogin(page); // pre-send check mirrors the library's post-failure check

Type guard

function isSendOk(r) {
  return !!r && r.ok === true;
}

Try / catch

try {
  return await yuanbaoAsk(page, prompt);
} catch (e) {
  if (e.code === 'AUTH_REQUIRED') { await yuanbaoLogin(page); return yuanbaoAsk(page, prompt); }
  if (e.code === 'COMMAND_EXEC') { /* inspect e.message for send reason */ }
  throw e;
}

Prevention

Distinguish AUTH_REQUIRED from COMMAND_EXEC errors in your handler
Keep sessions alive during long flows; re-check the gate after each navigation
Update selectors if send failures become constant (DOM drift)
Retry sends once after a short wait before giving up

When it happens

Trigger: sendYuanbaoMessage returns {ok:false} and a subsequent hasLoginGate(page) check is true during the yuanbao ask flow.

Common situations: Session expired between page load and prompt send; Yuanbao invalidated the cookie mid-session; anonymous users blocked from sending prompts on this agent.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of jackwener/OpenCLI@49907e53dc (2026-08-29). Data as JSON: /api/errors/15e591fcb7c3c481. Report an issue: GitHub.