acli auth login ✗ Error: authentication failed

Robert Anthony Rodriguez

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✗ Error: To get started, authenticate your Atlassian account:

1. Create a Rovo Dev scoped API token: https://go.atlassian.com/rovo-dev-api-token
2. Authenticate with: 'acli rovodev auth login'
3. Start using ‘acli rovodev run'

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󰂄 0% ❯ acli auth login
✗ Error: authentication failed

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it open a firefox browser page and it tell me acces denined even so i have rovodev account ..

Prasanna Ravichandran

Hi, 

Simple steps to fix “acli auth login – authentication failed (Access Denied)”

1. Make sure you created the Rovo Dev–scoped API token (not a regular Atlassian API token).

2. Log out of all Atlassian accounts in your browser, then log in only with the account that has Rovo Dev access.

3. Run the correct command:

   acli rovodev auth login
   

   (Don’t use acli auth login.)

4. When the browser opens, confirm you are signed in to the same account that has Rovo Dev enabled.

5. If you still see “Access denied,” your account likely does not have Rovo Dev permission — ask your org admin to enable access.

6. Try again using a private/incognito window or a different browser to avoid cached sessions.

Quick check:
If the command fails immediately after browser login, it’s usually a permission issue or wrong account session.