feat: implement device authentication (no browser)#105
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We need a way to authentication the datumctl even when a browser is not available. For example inside a container or in a server. OAuth cover this scenario with device authentication. Zitadel supports device auth and it is documented here: https://zitadel.com/docs/guides/integrate/login/oidc/device-authorization This commit implements this flow when `--no-browser` is passed to `datumctl auth login`
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TODO: I think I need to revert the staging client id for zitadel when the official one will be correctly configured |
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@gianarb does the new client ID support both device code and PKCE authentication? We may need to select which client to use based on the |
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It does not, I thought somehow you could have clients with both method
enabled at the same time. If not yep we need to do the switch on code.
Let me add it
…On Wed Feb 18, 2026 at 1:06 AM CET, Scot Schuchert-Wells wrote:
scotwells left a comment (datum-cloud/datumctl#105)
@gianarb does the new client ID support both device code and PKCE authentication? We may need to select which client to use based on the `--no-browser` flag.
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We need a way to authentication the datumctl even when a browser is not
available. For example inside a container or in a server.
OAuth cover this scenario with device authentication.
Zitadel supports device auth and it is documented here:
https://zitadel.com/docs/guides/integrate/login/oidc/device-authorization
This commit implements this flow when
--no-browseris passed todatumctl auth loginFixed #104