WAM broker fails with window_handle_required on 3rd auth call in console apps
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Description
I wrote a detailed report covering the root cause (3 auth calls, pinned account ID breaks WAM on call 3), repro steps, environment info, all the workarounds we tried, and a suggested fix (fall back to OperatingSystemAccount sentinel when the pinned account gets AccountNotFound).
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the issue's repro steps and environment details, then trace the WAM authentication path used by console apps across the three calls. Reproduce the third-call window_handle_required failure and verify that the proposed account fallback allows all three authentication calls to complete.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- authentication, cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100