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login problem

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
node.js, typescript

Research direction

Start by running the hackmd-cli login entry point with the token that succeeds against GET https://api.hackmd.io/v1/me via curl, and compare the CLI request with that working request. Use the reported versions as reproduction targets; done means login succeeds with the same valid token instead of retrying and reporting invalid credentials.

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Description

hackmd-cli login
Retrying request... attempt #1 after delay of 200ms
Retrying request... attempt #2 after delay of 400ms
Retrying request... attempt #3 after delay of 800ms
Login failed
    Error: Please ensure your credentials are correct

from curl, token woking fine:

curl -v https://api.hackmd.io/v1/me \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HMD_API_ACCESS_TOKEN"
> GET /v1/me HTTP/2
> Host: api.hackmd.io
> User-Agent: curl/8.18.0
> Accept: */*
> Authorization: Bearer 4.........................
> 
* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/2 200 
< date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:13:40 GMT
< content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< content-length: 236
< content-language: dev
< set-cookie: locale=dev; path=/; expires=Sat, 21 Aug 2027 23:13:40 GMT
< x-hackmd-api-version: 1.0.0
< x-target-scope: user
< x-target-id: 8..............
< x-ratelimit-userlimit: 400
< x-ratelimit-userremaining: 400
< x-ratelimit-userreset: 1788220799999
< etag: W/"ec-hTX............."
< 
* Connection #0 to host api.hackmd.io:443 left intact
{"id":"8.........","name":"A..........","email":"d............@g.................","userPath":"j2B-..................","photo":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/......?s=96","teams":[],"upgraded":false}

versions: 2.4.0, 2.5.0 and @hackmd/hackmd-cli/2.5.0-beta.20260527230745.bf73672 linux-x64 node-v22.22.1

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