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Improve auth error UX for CredentialUnavailableException in authenticated commands#3056
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[WIP] Fix auth credential errors in cosmos database query
Improve auth error UX for CredentialUnavailableException in authenticated commands
Jul 16, 2026
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cosmos_database_container_item_queryfailures wereCredentialUnavailableException(HTTP 401) from expired/unconfigured Azure CLI credentials, surfaced as a verbose, non-actionable message. Since this exception derives fromAuthenticationFailedExceptionand error UX is centralized in the sharedAuthenticatedCommandbase, the fix applies to all authenticated tools, not just Cosmos.Changes
AuthenticatedCommand.GetErrorMessage— Added a dedicatedCredentialUnavailableExceptionarm, matched beforeAuthenticationFailedException(its base type), returning an actionable message pointing users toaz login. Status mapping is unchanged (still 401 via the baseAuthenticationFailedExceptioncase).AuthenticationFailedExceptionpath.3.0.0-beta.27 (Unreleased).Notes
GatewayTimeoutmessages in this base class; deeper telemetry capture for swallowed timeouts is out of scope here.*.vsblob.vsassets.io) is DNS-blocked. CI will validate.