Frequent re-authentication required (multiple times per day)

[sloemoe]

Description

Claude Code requires re-authentication via /login multiple times per day. Today I had to re-authenticate twice within a single working session. This has been happening daily for at least the past week.

Environment

• Platform: macOS (Darwin 24.1.0, Apple Silicon)
• Claude Code version: Latest (installed via Anthropic)
• Usage context: Long interactive sessions (2-4 hours) with MCP servers connected (Notion, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Pipedrive, Asana)

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start a Claude Code session
2. Work normally for 1-2 hours
3. Session becomes unresponsive or returns an auth error
4. Must run /login to re-authenticate
5. Repeat within the same day

Expected Behavior

Authentication should persist for at least a full working day (8+ hours) without requiring re-login.

Actual Behavior

Authentication expires after approximately 1-2 hours, requiring /login mid-session. This disrupts workflow, especially during multi-step processes where context continuity matters.

Impact

• Breaks flow during complex multi-step tasks
• Risk of losing unsaved conversational context
• Happening consistently (daily) rather than occasionally

[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [Bug] Excessive re-authentication required - token/session expiration too frequent #17189
2. [BUG] need to reauth every hour... #26865
3. [Bug] OAuth token expiration causing repeated 401 authentication errors during active sessions #18225

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[jean-humann]

Did it appear after you setup a plugin / an mcp server, took a long time for me too discover that, but was do to that for me cf. #28541

[sloemoe]

Did it appear after you setup a plugin / an mcp server, took a long time for me too discover that, but was do to that for me cf. #28541

There doesn't seem to be a connection between the plugin or the MCP server. It's "just happening."

[github-actions]

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