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Before this change, a dashboard login could stall with no explanation. In the desktop app it was worse: the only fallback link did nothing. PR #6303 fixed that link in the desktop shell. This PR hardens the rest of the sign-in flow.

I compared the flow against current VS Code, GitHub CLI, Codex CLI and Azure CLI behavior, and against RFC 8252 and RFC 8628. Those sources converge on the same UX: say when the browser did not open, keep the URL copyable, let one click copy a device code and open the page, and wait for as long as the code is valid. The gaps closed here:

  • Launch failures are reported. POST /api/oauth/login used to drop the launcher's result (void openUrl(...)), and the GUI ignored the browserLaunch field that /api/codex-auth/login already returned. The generic route now waits for the launcher and returns browserLaunch: started | failed | skipped. Every login surface passes it to LoginHint: the provider workspace, the add-provider modal, the catalog account rows and the Codex account modal. When nothing could be opened, LoginHint now shows "The browser didn't open automatically. Open the sign-in page below or copy the link." The login keeps polling. started only proves that a launcher ran, so the GUI never presents it as success.
  • Device logins get "Copy code & open". One click copies the code and opens the verification page, the same pattern VS Code uses. The copy starts before window.open, so both happen inside the click's user activation. The button only appears for http(s) URLs. In the desktop app the new window goes to the default browser through fix(desktop): open dashboard links in the default browser #6303's handler. Nothing tried to open a browser for a device login or for a login where the user declined the automatic launch, so for those the link reads "Open sign-in page" instead of "Didn't open? Click here".
  • Device grants are no longer cancelled early. The provider pollers gave up after about 200 or 300 seconds, but Copilot, Kimi and Nous codes last 15 minutes and Meta Muse codes up to 30. The pollers still stop at the browser-flow budget until a device code appears. Once one appears, in the POST response or a later status hint, they extend to a backstop defined in gui/src/oauth-login-budget.ts. The provider's own expiry still ends the login first, through the existing status error.
  • Native main-account device reauth is usable. The URL and code used to be plain text. They now render through the shared LoginHint, so both can be copied and the page opened.

Response changes are additive. Three new strings were added to all 10 locale catalogs. docs-site (providers guide and server config reference) and structure/gui-and-management-api.md are updated.

Screenshots come from this branch's proxy, run on port 10199 with an isolated home. open was removed from its PATH so that the server-side launch would really fail.

Browser login where the launch failed (xAI):

Browser launch failed notice

Device login with "Copy code & open" (Kimi):

Device code copy and open

Verification

  • gui: bun test tests reports 2655 pass and 0 fail across 305 files, run before the reviewer fold. The new login-hint-browser-launch.test.tsx and the Codex modal tests were rerun after the fold and pass. bun x tsc -b, bun run lint (oxlint) and bun run build pass.
  • Root: bun run typecheck, structure:check and privacy:scan pass. tests/oauth/oauth-login-open-browser.test.ts gained a started, failed and skipped matrix.
  • Root focused suites: tests/oauth/, codex-auth-api, main-device-reauth, the GUI source contracts, server-kiro-device-login, settings-oauth-open-browser, test-layout and repo-hygiene. They report 966 pass. The two remaining failures come from oauth-account-id-collision: the test-home guard refuses to delete a temporary directory inside the managed ~/.codex worktree. Both tests pass from a /private/tmp export of HEAD.
  • bun run test:changed was not usable locally. It hit the same guard in package-tree tests and was then killed by its time limit (124) while api-keys-routes was blocked by other sessions' test runs. Full-suite coverage comes from this PR's CI.
  • An independent reviewer returned NEAR-PASS with one finding: a restarted Codex login kept the previous launch warning. That is fixed in 6d2cb88dad, with a regression test.
  • The dashboard was checked live: the failed-launch notice on xAI, and "Copy code & open" plus "Open sign-in page" on a Kimi device login. Both logins were then cancelled.

Checklist

  • Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
  • Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
  • Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults. Only http(s) URLs get the open shortcut, provider-supplied URLs still render as text, and no credential or token fields changed.

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  • New Features
    • Login screens now indicate whether the sign-in page opened automatically and provide the link for manual access if it didn’t.
    • Device-code sign-ins offer a combined action to copy the code and open the verification page. The app continues checking while the code is valid.
    • In the desktop app, sign-in links open in your default browser.
  • Documentation
    • Updated provider sign-in guidance and configuration reference to explain browser-launch status and device-code behavior.

Match the standard desktop/CLI sign-in behavior (VS Code, GitHub CLI, Codex CLI):

- POST /api/oauth/login now awaits the proxy-side launcher and returns
  browserLaunch (started | failed | skipped), the contract the Codex account
  login already had. Every dashboard login surface carries it into LoginHint,
  which says so when nothing could be opened and keeps the URL and link.
- Device logins get "Copy code & open": one click copies the code and opens
  the verification page (http/https only). Their link reads "Open sign-in
  page" instead of "Didn't open?", as does a login whose launch was declined.
- The provider pollers stretch their budget once a device code appears, so a
  15-30 minute grant is no longer cancelled by the GUI at 200-300 seconds.
- Native main-account device reauth renders through LoginHint, so its URL and
  code are copyable and openable instead of plain text.
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Walkthrough

OAuth login responses now include browser-launch outcomes. The GUI carries those outcomes into login hints, reports failed launches, and provides device-code copy-and-open actions for valid HTTP(S) URLs. Device-code polling uses an extended attempt budget.

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OAuth Login Flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Browser-launch response contract
src/server/management/oauth-account-routes.ts, gui/src/oauth-browser-launch.ts, tests/oauth/oauth-login-open-browser.test.ts, docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/configuration/server.md
The login route returns started, failed, or skipped. The GUI parser accepts only those values. Tests cover the response outcomes, and the configuration reference describes them.
Login hint state and actions
gui/src/components/*, gui/src/pages/Providers.tsx, gui/src/pages/providers-page-modals.tsx, gui/src/components/provider-catalog/*, gui/src/components/provider-workspace/*, gui/src/i18n/*, gui/src/styles/login-url-block.css, gui/tests/login-hint-browser-launch.test.tsx, docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/providers.md, structure/gui-and-management-api.md
Login state passes browser-launch outcomes to the shared hint renderer. The renderer reports failed launches and provides a copy-code-and-open action when a device code has a valid HTTP(S) URL. Tests cover launch states, URL handling, and state resets; translations and documentation describe the controls and guidance.
Device-code polling budget
gui/src/oauth-login-budget.ts, gui/src/components/use-add-provider-oauth.ts, gui/src/pages/use-providers-oauth.ts, gui/tests/login-hint-browser-launch.test.tsx
Device-code flows use a 31-minute polling budget. Both provider OAuth pollers switch to that budget when a device code appears in the login response or a status hint.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant OAuthLoginRoute
  participant openUrl
  participant GUIOAuthHook
  participant LoginHint
  OAuthLoginRoute->>openUrl: attempt browser launch when eligible
  openUrl-->>OAuthLoginRoute: return launch result
  OAuthLoginRoute-->>GUIOAuthHook: return login details and browserLaunch
  GUIOAuthHook->>LoginHint: pass parsed login hint
  LoginHint-->>GUIOAuthHook: display launch notice and sign-in URL
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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to e27b5

Codex login continues polling through the device-code validity period, and the longer budget supports the other provider login flows. No concrete merge-blocking regression is established; the change is ready to merge with normal checks.

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Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to e27b5

The change affects 5 systems.

Changed systems: gui, docs-site, src, structure, tests

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  • observed — gui (ui) was modified; 31 changed files map to changed impact.
  • observed — docs-site (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.
  • observed — src (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
  • observed — structure (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/providers.md: Added guidance for browser-launch failures, manual and device-login flows, waiting until a device code expires, and link handling in the desktop app.
  • observed — Modified behavior in docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/configuration/server.md: The oauthOpenBrowser description now documents the browserLaunch result for both login routes, including failed when nothing could be opened and the dashboard’s indication of that failure. It also explicitly states that device-code flows never open a browser.
  • observed — Modified behavior in gui/src/components/AddCodexAccountModal.tsx: The waiting step now receives ui.browserLaunch through the browserLaunch prop.
  • observed — Modified behavior in gui/src/components/AddProviderModal.tsx: The file imports the BrowserLaunch type for use in OAuth launch state.
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리뷰 · 우선순위 14 / 80

이 PR은 대시보드 로그인할 때 “브라우저가 안 열렸는데도 그냥 기다리기만 하던” 흐름을 고칩니다. 서버가 브라우저를 열려고 한 결과를 browserLaunch(started / failed / skipped)로 알려 주고, 화면(LoginHint)은 실패했을 때만 짧은 안내를 보여 줍니다. 기기 코드(device code) 로그인에는 “코드 복사 후 열기” 버튼을 넣고, http(s) URL만 엽니다. 예전에는 GUI가 200~300초쯤에 폴링을 끊어서 아직 유효한 코드도 취소했는데, 기기 코드가 보이면 oauth-login-budget.ts의 약 31분 백스톱까지 기다립니다. 네이티브 메인 계정 재인증 화면도 같은 LoginHint를 쓰게 바꿨고, Codex 로그인 재시작 때 이전 실패 경고가 남는 문제도 두 번째 커밋에서 고쳤습니다. base는 dev이고, 응답 필드는 추가만 하며 로케일·문서·테스트도 같이 올라왔습니다.

라인 - gui/src/components/use-add-codex-account-oauth.ts · LOGIN_TIMEOUT_DEVICE_MS = 960_000 (16분) — 프로바이더 폴러는 이번 PR에서 31분 백스톱을 쓰는데, Codex 계정 로그인 쪽 기기 타임아웃은 그대로 16분입니다. Muse처럼 더 긴 grant가 Codex 경로에도 생기면 또 일찍 끊길 수 있습니다. 이번 범위 밖일 수 있지만, 공용 oauth-login-budget과 맞출지 한 번만 보면 좋습니다.
라인 - gui/src/components/provider-workspace/types.ts의 LoginHint / login-hint-visibility.ts의 CatalogLoginHint / login-url-block.tsx의 LoginHintData — browserLaunch가 세 타입에 각각 붙었습니다. 동작은 맞지만, 같은 힌트 모양이 갈라져 있으면 다음 필드 추가 때 또 어긋나기 쉽습니다. 당장 합칠 필요는 없고, 무효·중복 타입이 쌓이면 닫는 편이 낫습니다.
라인 - gui/src/components/login-url-block.tsx · copyAndOpen — 클립보드 복사를 await하지 않고 바로 window.open합니다. 클릭 제스처 안에 둘 다 넣으려는 의도는 분명하고 테스트도 있습니다. 다만 클립보드가 막힌 환경에서는 열기만 되고 복사는 실패할 수 있으니, 실패 피드백이 복사 버튼 쪽에만 남는 점은 알고 가면 됩니다.

메인테이너의 판단이 필요한 지점

Codex 기기 로그인 타임아웃(16분)을 이번 공용 31분 예산에 맞출지, 아니면 ChatGPT 기기 코드 TTL만 보므로 그대로 둘지. 프로바이더 쪽 예산 변경의 핵심 이득은 이미 이 PR에 들어 있습니다.

너의 추천

머지해도 됩니다. 서버는 openUrl을 최대 약 400ms만 기다리고, browserLaunch는 좁혀서 읽고, 실패 안내·복사 후 열기·폴링 예산·재시작 시 경고 제거까지 테스트로 잡혀 있습니다. Codex 타임아웃 정렬은 후속 이슈로 남겨도 충분합니다.

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Review comments at @gui/src/components/add-provider-modal-reducer.ts:
- Around line 151-155: Reset oauthBrowserLaunch to undefined in the
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alongside oauthUrl, oauthDeviceCode, and oauthInstructions.

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  • gui/src/components/add-provider-oauth-pane.tsx
  • gui/src/components/codex-account-pool-main-card.tsx
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  • gui/src/components/provider-catalog/CatalogAccountRow.tsx
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  • gui/src/oauth-browser-launch.ts
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This PR is integrated into dev under the MAINTAINERS.md dev-only exception. It is maintainer integration, not a self-approval or an independent review.

Exact-head verification ran on e27b5dba28965bd36c12861fc1a96e6f2ff9d464. Every executed check passed; the others were path-skipped.

  • Cross-platform CI run 36698037776 passed test shards 1–4, gates, docker smoke, api usage, storage policy, structure gate, docs site build, both npm-global jobs and the keyring jobs.
  • React Doctor run 36698037844 passed. The warning from an earlier head (js-cache-property-access in use-add-provider-oauth.ts) was fixed in ed0f27a.
  • hygiene and enforce-target passed. The screenshots are in the description and are linked by pr-assets commit SHA.
  • CodeRabbit left two trivial findings. The oauthBrowserLaunch reset was fixed in e27b5db. The popup-block feedback finding was rebutted, and CodeRabbit withdrew it. Codex review had no findings. The independent reviewer's NEAR-PASS finding, the stale Codex launch warning after a restart, was fixed in 6d2cb88.
  • No maintainer change requests are outstanding. No auth, credential, token or workflow file changed. The new open shortcut is limited to http(s) URLs.

Commits after the description's verification list: 6d2cb88 (Codex restart reset plus test), ed0f27a (react-doctor fix) and e27b5db (add-provider reset plus test). For each, the GUI tests covering that change, tsc -b, oxlint and react-doctor --scope changed passed locally before the push.

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