plandex-ai/plandex · error

error writing auth: auth not loaded

Error message

error writing auth: auth not loaded

What it means

Sentinel guard in writeCurrentAuth: the package-global Current session pointer is nil, so there is no loaded auth session to persist. Callers invoked writeCurrentAuth (directly or via setAuth/RefreshAuth) before loadCurrentAuth/initialization ran.

Source

Thrown at app/cli/auth/state.go:91

	bytes, err := json.Marshal(accounts)

	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error marshalling accounts: %v", err)
	}

	err = os.WriteFile(fs.HomeAccountsPath, bytes, os.ModePerm)

	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error writing accounts: %v", err)
	}

	return nil
}

func writeCurrentAuth() error {
	if Current == nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error writing auth: auth not loaded")
	}

	bytes, err := json.Marshal(Current)

	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error marshalling auth: %v", err)
	}

	err = os.WriteFile(fs.HomeAuthPath, bytes, os.ModePerm)

	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error writing auth: %v", err)
	}

	return nil
}

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Solutions

1. Ensure auth state is loaded (loadCurrentAuth) before any write path runs
2. Guard callers so they skip persisting when the user is not signed in
3. Initialize Current to a non-nil session at CLI startup

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at app/cli/auth/state.go:91 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of plandex-ai/plandex@e2d772072e (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/25988461926f9d2f. Report an issue: GitHub.