router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI · error

failed to read auth dir

Error message

failed to read auth dir: %w

What it means

os.ReadDir on the resolved auth directory failed; the wrapped error carries the OS cause (most commonly 'no such file or directory' or 'permission denied'). The plugin's attempt to enumerate auth files fails at the filesystem level.

Solutions

1. Create the directory: mkdir -p <auth-dir> with ownership matching the server user
2. Check the exact OS error in the wrapped message: ENOENT → create/mount the dir, EACCES → chmod/chown the dir
3. Verify the configured path spelling and that the container/host mounts it
4. Restart or retry once the filesystem is fixed

Example fix

mkdir -p ./auths && chown $(id -u):$(id -g) ./auths

// Pre-flight before listing auth files:
dir := host.ResolvedAuthDir()
if dir == "" {
    return errors.New("auth dir unresolved")
}
if _, err := os.Stat(dir); err != nil {
    if mkErr := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o700); mkErr != nil { return mkErr }
}

When it happens

Trigger: Auth dir path exists in config but is absent on disk (deleted, never created, wrong volume mounted), or the process lacks read/execute permission on it, or it was replaced by a file.

Common situations: Container deployment missing a volume mount for auths/; auth dir removed by cleanup scripts; permissions changed after running as a different user; typo in the configured path.

Related errors

• pluginhost: save command-line auth
• auth directory is unavailable
• failed to create directory
• failed to create directory
• failed to create token file

AI-assisted analysis of router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI@78f0c4079e (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/08d0cce29e6a689e. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at internal/pluginhost/auth_callbacks.go:160

				entries = append(entries, *entry)
			}
		}
		sort.Slice(entries, func(i, j int) bool {
			return strings.ToLower(entries[i].Name) < strings.ToLower(entries[j].Name)
		})
		return entries, nil
	}
	return h.listAuthFilesFromDisk()
}

func (h *Host) listAuthFilesFromDisk() ([]pluginapi.HostAuthFileEntry, error) {
	authDir := h.resolvedAuthDir()
	if authDir == "" {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("auth directory is unavailable")
	}
	entries, errReadDir := os.ReadDir(authDir)
	if errReadDir != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read auth dir: %w", errReadDir)
	}
	files := make([]pluginapi.HostAuthFileEntry, 0)
	for _, entry := range entries {
		if entry.IsDir() {
			continue
		}
		name := entry.Name()
		if !strings.HasSuffix(strings.ToLower(name), ".json") {
			continue
		}
		full := filepath.Join(authDir, name)
		fileEntry := pluginapi.HostAuthFileEntry{
			Name:   name,
			Source: "file",
			Path:   full,
		}
		if info, errInfo := entry.Info(); errInfo == nil {
			fileEntry.Size = info.Size()

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