multica-ai/multica · error

you are not logged in. Run '%s' first, then start the daemon

Error message

you are not logged in. Run '%s' first, then start the daemon

What it means

Error "you are not logged in. Run '%s' first, then start the daemon" thrown in multica-ai/multica.

Source

Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_daemon.go:537

// requireDaemonAuth fails fast when the user never ran `multica login`. The
// daemon child performs the same check (resolveAuth) and dies immediately,
// but the background parent can't see that exit — it would poll the health
// port for the full 45s readiness window and then print a vague "check logs"
// warning. Checking before spawning turns that silent stall into an
// immediate, actionable error. Mirrors daemon.resolveAuth: the daemon only
// authenticates via the stored config token, never MULTICA_TOKEN.
func requireDaemonAuth(profile string) error {
	cfg, err := cli.LoadCLIConfigForProfile(profile)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("load CLI config: %w", err)
	}
	if cfg.Token == "" {
		loginHint := "multica login"
		if profile != "" {
			loginHint = fmt.Sprintf("multica login --profile %s", profile)
		}
		return fmt.Errorf("you are not logged in. Run '%s' first, then start the daemon", loginHint)
	}
	return nil
}

func runDaemonStart(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
	if err := requireHumanLocalCommand("daemon start"); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	foreground, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("foreground")
	if foreground {
		return runDaemonForeground(cmd)
	}
	return runDaemonBackground(cmd)
}

func runDaemonBackground(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
	profile := resolveProfile(cmd)
	healthPort := healthPortForProfile(profile)

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Solutions

1. Run 'multica login' first, then start the daemon.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/cmd/multica/cmd_daemon.go:537 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of multica-ai/multica@2c0912b6ec (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/4b0249ea8fe2154f. Report an issue: GitHub.