`auth export` doesn't export credentials

[diwakergupta]

I've successfully authorized 2 accounts on my laptop:

$ gws auth list
{
  "accounts": [
    {
      "added": "2026-03-05T16:02:46.903076+00:00",
      "email": "<redacted>",
      "is_default": false
    },
    {
      "added": "2026-03-05T16:02:16.168759+00:00",
      "email": "<redacted>",
      "is_default": true
    }
  ],
  "count": 2,
  "default": "<redacted>"
}

I want to use gws on a server, so I followed instructions at https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli?tab=readme-ov-file#headless--ci-export-flow

I ran gws auth export --unmasked > credentials.json which seems to succeed -- no errors or logs. But credentials.json has:

{
  "error": {
    "code": 401,
    "message": "No encrypted credentials found. Run 'gws auth login' first.",
    "reason": "authError"
  }
}

Expected behavior

gws auth export should work as described.

[jadbox]

Same, my log:

❯ gws auth login
Open this URL in your browser to authenticate:

[CENSOR]

{
"account": "[CENSOR]",
"credentials_file": "/home/jdunlap/.config/gws/[CENSOR]",
"encryption": "AES-256-GCM (key secured by OS Keyring or local `.encryption_key`)",
"message": "Authentication successful. Encrypted credentials saved.",
"scopes": [
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/tasks",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform",
"openid",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email"
],
"status": "success"
}

~/github/gemini_config 27s
❯ gws auth export --unmasked > credentials.json

~/github/gemini_config
❯ cat credentials.json
{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "No encrypted credentials found. Run 'gws auth login' first.",
"reason": "authError"
}
}

[jadbox]

After updating, it's still broken but I get a new error every time I am successfully logged in:

❯ gws auth export --unmasked > gws.json

~/.ssh
❯ cat gws.json
{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Failed to decrypt credentials: Decryption failed. Credentials may have been created on a different machine. Run `gws auth logout` and `gws auth login` to re-authenticate.. May have been created on a different machine.",
"reason": "authError"
}
}

[chadmyers]

Same issue on Windows.

[WilkoMarketing]

same

[chadmyers]

UPDATE: 0.10.0 just came out a few hours ago. I was using 0.9.x. The 0.10.0 version fixed this issue for me.

[WilkoMarketing]

Thanks @chadmyers !