/login does not switch accounts when already logged in

[ratsch]

Bug Description

Running /login while already logged in to one account does not switch to a different account. The login flow appears to complete successfully ("Login successful"), but ~/.claude.json retains the original oauthAccount and the session continues using the old account.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start Claude Code while logged in to Account A (e.g., personal Max plan)
2. Run /login
3. Select Account B (e.g., a Teams/Standard account)
4. Login reports "Login successful"
5. Check ~/.claude.json — oauthAccount still shows Account A
6. All subsequent CLI operations (including claude -p subprocess calls) continue using Account A

Expected Behavior

/login should overwrite the oauthAccount in ~/.claude.json with the newly selected account and switch the active session to use it.

Workaround

Manually remove the oauthAccount key from ~/.claude.json before running /login:

python3 -c "import json; d=json.load(open('$HOME/.claude.json')); d.pop('oauthAccount',None); json.dump(d, open('$HOME/.claude.json','w'), indent=2)"

Then /login prompts for account selection as expected.

Environment

• Claude Code version: 2.1.34
• OS: macOS (Darwin 25.3.0, arm64)

[github-actions]

Found 2 possible duplicate issues:

1. [BUG] Switching between personal and work Claude Code accounts is abysmal #22872
2. Account switching failure: Server-side session caching prevents switching from Team to personal account #12379

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[anupamchugh]

I got ❯ login
⎿  OAuth token revoked · Please run /login
when tried the above commands. so my two accounts both cannot login despite having paid max pro plans