Not prompted for authentication upon launch

[tombiddulph]

The docs state that

When you launch Cosmos DB Shell, it prompts you for authentication.

When the tool is launched via cosmosdbshell I am not prompted for authentcation and there do not appear to be any commands available to authenticate hence the tool is currently not usable.

I'm using

Cosmos Shell version: 1.0.273-preview
Dotnet: 10.0.203
MacOS: 26.4.1

And I installed the tool via dotnet tool update --global CosmosDBShell --prerelease

[mkrueger]

you need to use connect with a connection string.

Like:

connect https://USERNAME.documents.azure.com:443/

But connect should give a better description when called without args.

[tombiddulph]

Thanks @mkrueger, I've managed to connect vie entra id auth now.

[sevoku]

Thanks for clarification @mkrueger , however I think the docs are wrong here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/shell/get-started#connect-to-your-account. @sajeetharan we should update the docs and clarify the flow. It only authenticates when being run with the --connect argument, otherwise it starts disconnected and you must use the connect command.

[sajeetharan]

Fixed https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/nosql-docs-pr/pull/294