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Red Alpha
US
Last activity: 30 Apr 2025 16:41 EDT
`npm run authenticate` succeeds in browser but quits process in CLI without success message
I'm using the custom-dx-components CLI to authenticate with my Pega environment. When I run `npm run authenticate`, it launches a browser window, I successfully login with my credentials, and the browser shows a success message. However, the CLI process exits without confirming success, and any subsequent command (like `npm run publish`) tells me I still need to authenticate. Key Details: 1. The issue seems to only be occurring from my machine. Other team members of mine have been able to authenticate with their credentials on their machines but not mine. 2. The operator account used is valid and has 'allow rule check out' set to true. 3. I read another post detailing a similar issue where the user had other content trailing '/prweb' in their server property in tasks.config.json. This is not the issue for me as I ensured that I have nothing trailing '/prweb'. Any help with this issue would be much appreciated, thanks!
HCA Healthcare
US
@LukeC17175513 The issue you're facing where npm run authenticate opens the browser and shows success but the CLI exits without confirming likely points to a local machine-specific problem. Since it works for your teammates and your credentials are valid, it may be related to a local environment issue such as a misconfigured browser default, blocked callback from the browser to CLI, or a firewall/antivirus blocking localhost communication. When the browser completes login, it typically sends a token or response back to the CLI via a localhost server (often on a port like 3000 or 8000), and if that connection fails, the CLI won’t know authentication succeeded. Try the following: (1) temporarily disable firewall/antivirus, (2) ensure you're using Chrome or Edge as the default browser, (3) check if any browser extension blocks localhost calls, and (4) try running the CLI with admin privileges. Also, delete and regenerate your .pega or .custom-dx folder if present and retry the process. Let me know if you want a step-by-step for any of these. Please let me know if you need any more info. Thanks