#15870·gitbutler

CLI: Cannot forge auth on headless Linux machines via CLI

Author: anaisbettsCreated Sep 9, 2026Updated Sep 9, 2026
Labelsbugos:linuxCLI

Version

0.22.3

Operating System

Linux

Distribution Method

deb (Linux)

Describe the issue

GitButler CLI seems to use Secret Storage on Linux which doesn't work on many headless CLI setups. Furthermore the error is pretty inscruitable:

Error: Authentication failed

Caused by: 0: Failed to persist access token 1: Platform secure storage failure: DBus error: The name is not activatable 2: DBus error: The name is not activatable 3: The name is not activatable

How to reproduce (Optional)

  1. SSH into a headless Linux box
  2. but config forge auth

Expected behavior (Optional)

It would be nice if I could say "It's Fine Actually, just save it to a dotfile"

Relevant log output (Optional)

bash