gcloud: Reauthentication failed / invalid_grant Google Cloud / Firebase Origin: Platform & cloud OSI layer 7 · Application Last updated 4 Nov 2026

gcloud: ERROR: (gcloud.auth.print-access-token) There was a problem refreshing your current auth tokens: Reauthentication failed. cannot prompt during non-interactive execution

Your cached Google credentials expired or require a fresh login (session control or password change), and gcloud can't prompt.

Exact message you may see Reauthentication failed. cannot prompt during non-interactive executionThere was a problem refreshing your current auth tokensinvalid_grant: Bad Request gcloudReauthentication required. Please run: gcloud auth logingoogle.auth.exceptions.RefreshError: ('invalid_grant: Token has been expired or revoked.'
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Seen on: Google Cloud

Meaning

Run gcloud auth login (and gcloud auth application-default login for ADC). Organisations set session length (e.g. 16 hours) so tokens must be refreshed. In CI use a service account or Workload Identity Federation, not user credentials.

Common causes

  • Org session-length policy expired the login
  • Password/2SV change revoked tokens
  • Non-interactive CI using a user account
  • Refresh token revoked or unused for long
  • Multiple accounts with the wrong one active

⚡ Quick fix

  1. gcloud auth login and gcloud auth application-default login
  2. In CI use google-github-actions/auth or a service account
  3. gcloud auth list and gcloud config set account ...

Detailed fix by platform

gcloud

  1. gcloud auth revoke --all && gcloud auth login

How to diagnose

  1. Context — Interactive or CI?
  2. Policy — Session length?
  3. Account — Right one?

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