I encountered an issue where I couldn't sign in to ChatGPT Subscription on Windows: ``` ChatGPT subscription sign-in failed to persist credentials: Failed to write credentials to Windows Credential Manager: 占位程序接收到错误数据。 (0x800706F7) ``` Interestingly, only one of my three ChatGPT accounts had this problem — the other two signed in successfully. ## What I Found After investigating, I noticed that the OAuth scope in `openai_subscribed.rs` requests 6 permissions: ``` openid profile email offline_access api.connectors.read api.connectors.invoke ``` I wrote a test script to measure token sizes and found that: - With 6 scopes: my problematic account's token was **2578 bytes** - With 4 scopes (removing `api.connectors.read` and `api.connectors.invoke`): the same token was **2516 bytes** Since Windows Credential Manager has a 2560-byte limit (`CRED_MAX_CREDENTIAL_BLOB_SIZE`), this could explain why some accounts fail while others succeed — it depends on the base token size. ## My Hypothesis The issue seems to be that: - Error code `0x800706F7` = `RPC_X_BAD_STUB_DATA` (size limit, not format) - Accounts with larger base tokens exceed the limit when the extra 48 chars are added - Accounts with smaller base tokens still fit, which is why this isn't universally reproducible I'm not 100% certain this is the root cause, but the evidence seems to point in this direction. ## Proposed Fix I removed `api.connectors.read` and `api.connectors.invoke` from the OAuth scope, since: - These scopes don't appear to be used by Zed's current ChatGPT integration - OpenCode (another tool using the same OAuth provider) successfully uses only 4 scopes - This fix allowed my problematic account to sign in However, I'd like to ask the maintainers: - Are there plans to use OpenAI Connectors API in the future? - Are there security or compliance reasons for requesting these extra scopes? If the answer is yes to either, we'd need a different approach (e.g., splitting credentials, using encrypted file storage, or checking token size before storage). ## Testing - [x] Verified my problematic account now signs in successfully - [x] Verified my other accounts still work - [x] Ran `cargo check -p language_models` (compilation successful) - [ ] Would appreciate help testing on macOS/Linux ## Questions 1. Does this analysis make sense? 2. Are there any other considerations I'm missing? 3. Would it be helpful to add a size check with a clearer error message for future cases? I'm happy to adjust this approach based on your feedback. Release Notes: - Fixed ChatGPT Subscription sign-in failing on Windows for some accounts by removing unused OAuth scopes (`api.connectors.read`, `api.connectors.invoke`) that pushed JWT tokens over Windows Credential Manager's limit. --------- Co-authored-by: Smit Barmase <heysmitbarmase@gmail.com>
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