Claude login failed .credentials.json > config.json

[synapticmeta]

I tried to start the tool, but my Claude login was never accepted. However, I was logged into Claude Code itself. So I checked the code with Claude Code and found that .credentials.json is no longer checked by the current Claude Code version. It is now config.json.

in start.bat
WIndows
"CLAUDE_CONFIG=%USERPROFILE%.claude\config.json"

in start.sh
Mac/Linux
"CLAUDE_CONFIG=$HOME.claude\config.json"

[faalbue]

Actually it might have changed again. I asked claude to debug where the credentials were. I received this:
⏺ Based on the Claude Code documentation, there isn't actually a config.json file. Instead, Claude Code uses ~/.claude.json for global state including OAuth
authentication.

Configuration File Locations

On your macOS system, you'll find:

~/.claude.json — Global state (theme, OAuth, MCP servers, allowed tools)

• Location: /Users/xxxxxxx/.claude.json

~/.claude/settings.json — User settings (permissions, hooks, model overrides)

• Location: /Users/xxxxxx/.claude/settings.json

To check your authentication:

You can verify if the OAuth configuration exists:

cat ~/.claude.json

So on the mac I made the correction in ./start.sh to be: "CLAUDE_CONFIG=$HOME/.claude.json"