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What Changed

Add a GitHub CLI account setting for the environment and individual projects. T3 Code runs GitHub commands with the selected login’s token without changing the active gh login, and reports an error if the selected account is signed out.

Why

People who use multiple GitHub accounts can choose the right identity for each project while leaving the CLI’s active login unchanged for terminals and other apps.

UI Changes

Adds a GitHub CLI account selector to Settings → Source Control when multiple signed-in accounts are available, with project overrides and a signed-out status. Before/after screenshots were not provided.

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  • New Features

    • Choose a GitHub CLI account for your default settings or individual projects. GitHub actions use that account without changing your active gh login.
    • View available signed-in GitHub accounts in Source Control settings, reset to the active login, or see a warning if a selected account is no longer signed in.
    • If the selected account is unavailable, GitHub actions report an error instead of falling back to another account.
  • Documentation

    • Updated GitHub setup and project settings guidance with account selection details.

- Run GitHub commands with the selected account’s token without switching `gh`’s active login
- Add environment and project account settings, discovery, and guidance
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Baseline: f5ef0dd · PR result: 0209974 · Source CI: success

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The change adds GitHub CLI account settings at global and project scopes. Server code resolves an account for each working directory and uses its token for GitHub commands without switching the active gh login. Provider discovery and the settings interface expose signed-in accounts.

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GitHub CLI account selection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Account and settings contracts
packages/contracts/src/sourceControl.ts, packages/contracts/src/settings.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/SourceControlProviderDiscovery.ts, apps/server/src/serverSettings.ts, packages/shared/src/serverSettings.ts
Contracts add the account type and nullable project-scoped setting. Provider discovery reports authenticated accounts, and settings patch handling preserves the selected account value.
Resolve accounts by working directory
apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCliAccountSelection.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCliAccountSelection.test.ts
The selection layer resolves account settings for project roots and thread worktrees, with environment defaults for unmatched paths. Tests cover project overrides and opting into the active CLI login.
Use selected accounts for GitHub CLI commands
apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.ts, apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.test.ts, apps/server/src/server.ts, apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestProviderRegistry.ts
GitHub CLI commands retrieve and use tokens for selected accounts. Server layers provide account selection to GitHub CLI consumers. Tests cover token lookup and unavailable accounts.
Configure accounts in settings
apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingInheritance.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/SourceControlSettings.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts, docs/user/project-settings.md, docs/user/source-control.md
The settings interface displays signed-in and previously selected accounts, supports selecting an account or the active gh login, and adds a search entry. Documentation describes account selection.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Settings
  participant GitHubCli
  participant AccountSelection
  participant gh
  Settings->>AccountSelection: Configure account for project or environment
  GitHubCli->>AccountSelection: Resolve account for command cwd
  GitHubCli->>gh: Request selected account token
  gh-->>GitHubCli: Return token
  GitHubCli->>gh: Run command with selected account token
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Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 02099

When projects use different GitHub accounts on the same host, one account's rate limit or quota can pause or mis-gate another account's pull request reads. Separately, an enterprise account's token can be offered to a different enterprise host when the command target is unverified. Both should be addressed before merge unless explicitly accepted.

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In `@apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.ts`:
- Around line 496-501: In the credential-selection flow using `commandHosts` and
`tokenEnv`, inject the selected account token only when
`commandHosts(input.args)` returns at least one host and every target matches
the normalized `account.host`; otherwise use `input.env` unchanged. Do not rely
on setting `GH_HOST` when the command target is unknown.
- Around line 477-493: Update GitHubCli.execute to resolve the selected account
before quota and rate-limit guards, then use its stable host-and-login identity
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  • apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestProviderRegistry.ts
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  • apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.ts
  • apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCliAccountSelection.test.ts
  • apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCliAccountSelection.ts
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Comment on lines +477 to +493
const account = credential === null ? yield* accountSelection.forCwd(input.cwd) : null;
const accountToken =
account === null
? null
: yield* Cache.get(accountTokens, `${account.host.toLowerCase()}\0${account.login}`).pipe(
// Only the token is kept. Never attach credential lookup output to an error.
Effect.mapError(
() =>
new GitHubCliAccountUnavailableError({
command: "gh",
cwd: input.cwd,
host: account.host,
login: account.login,
cause: new Error("`gh auth token --user` did not return a token."),
}),
),
);

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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rg -n 'limits\.|quota|budget\.observe|CredentialScope|recordRateLimit|process\.cwd|rate_limit' apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.ts
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rg -n -C 6 'class GitHubCliAccountSelection|forCwd:|forCwd\(|CredentialScope|class SourceControlRateLimit|namespace SourceControlRateLimit|recordRateLimit|check\(|class GitHubGraphQlBudget|observe\(|query\(' apps/server/src
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#!/bin/bash
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printf '%s\n' '--- account selection ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- rate-limit key implementation ---'
sed -n '1,180p' apps/server/src/sourceControl/SourceControlRateLimit.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- GraphQL budget key implementation ---'
sed -n '1,220p' apps/server/src/sourceControl/githubGraphQlBudget.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- GitHubCli scope providers and selected-account callers ---'
rg -n -C 5 'provideService\(SourceControlRateLimit\.CredentialScope|CredentialScope|GitHubCli\.execute|GitHubCli\.GitHubCli|GitHubCliAccountSelection' apps/server/src --glob '*.ts'

Repository: codemode-studio/t3code

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Scope quota and rate-limit state to the selected account.

SourceControlRateLimit and GitHubGraphQlBudget support credential-scoped state, but GitHubCli.execute does not derive CredentialScope from the selected account. For an unpinned command, it uses the ambient scope, which defaults to "". The rate-limit key therefore remains shared across selected accounts on the same host.

The quota cache also uses only the host for unpinned accounts. Its rate_limit probe calls executeRaw with cwd: globalThis.process.cwd(), so account selection uses the environment cwd instead of input.cwd. The probe can observe one account's quota, while the command later runs with the account selected for its project.

Resolve the selected account before the guards. Use its stable identity, such as host\0login, in the quota key and SourceControlRateLimit.CredentialScope. Run the rate_limit probe with the command's cwd and selected account. This prevents one account's quota or rate-limit pause from gating another account.

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In `@apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.ts` around lines 477 - 493, Update
GitHubCli.execute to resolve the selected account before quota and rate-limit
guards, then use its stable host-and-login identity for both the quota cache key
and SourceControlRateLimit.CredentialScope. Run the rate_limit probe through
executeRaw with input.cwd and the same selected account so its quota reflects
the account used by the command.

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Comment on lines +496 to +501
? account === null || accountToken === null
? input.env
: {
...tokenEnv(account.host.toLowerCase(), Redacted.value(accountToken)),
...input.env,
}

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🛡️ Detected with Advanced Tier | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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rg -nP -C3 'GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN|isEnterprise|TokenForHost' --glob '*.go' . 2>/dev/null | head -50
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<title>GitHub CLI | Take GitHub to the command line</title> https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_help_environment GitHub CLI | Take GitHub to the command line ## gh environment `GH_TOKEN`, `GITHUB_TOKEN` (in order of precedence): an authentication token that will be used when a command targets either `github.com` or a subdomain of `ghe.com`. Setting this avoids being prompted to authenticate and takes precedence over previously stored credentials. `GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN`, `GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN` (in order of precedence): an authentication token that will be used when a command targets a GitHub Enterprise Server host. `GH_HOST`: specify the GitHub hostname for commands where a hostname has not been provided, or cannot be inferred from the context of a local Git repository. If this host was previously authenticated with, the stored credentials will be used. Otherwise, setting `GH_TOKEN` or `GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN` is required, depending on the targeted host. `GH_REPO`: specify the GitHub repository in the `[HOST/]OWNER/REPO` format for commands that otherwise operate on a local repository. `GH_EDITOR`, `GIT_EDITOR`, `VISUAL`, `EDITOR` (in order of precedence): the editor tool to use for authoring text. `GH_BROWSER`, `BROWSER` (in order of precedence): the web browser to use for opening links. `GH_DEBUG`: set to a truthy value to enable verbose output on standard error. Set to `api` to additionally log details of HTTP traffic. `DEBUG` (deprecated): set to `1`, `true`, or `yes` to enable verbose output on standard error. `GH_PAGER`, `PAGER` (in order of precedence): a terminal paging program to send standard output to, e.g. `less`. `GLAMOUR_STYLE`: the style to use for rendering Markdown. See https://github.com/charmbracelet/glamour#styles `NO_COLOR`: set to any value to avoid printing ANSI escape sequences for color output. `CLICOLOR`: set to `0` to disable printing ANSI colors in output. `CLICOLOR_FORCE`: set to a value other than `0` to keep ANSI colors in output even when the output is piped. `GH_COLOR_LABELS`: set to any value to display labels using their RGB hex color codes in terminals that support truecolor. `GH_ACCESSIBLE_COLORS` (preview): set to a truthy value to use customizable, 4-bit accessible colors. `GH_FORCE_TTY`: set to any value to force terminal-style output even when the output is redirected. When the value is a number, it is interpreted as the number of columns available in the viewport. When the value is a percentage, it will be applied against the number of columns available in the current viewport. `GH_NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER`: set to any value to disable GitHub CLI update notifications. When any command is executed, gh checks for new versions once every 24 hours. If a newer version was found, an upgrade notice is displayed on standard error. `GH_NO_EXTENSION_UPDATE_NOTIFIER`: set to any value to disable GitHub CLI extension update notifications. When an extension is executed, gh checks for new versions for the executed extension once every 24 hours. If a newer version was found, an upgrade notice is displayed on standard error. `GH_CONFIG_DIR`: the directory where gh will store configuration files. If not specified, the default value will be one of the following paths (in order of precedence): - `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gh` (if `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is set), - `$AppData/GitHub CLI` (on Windows if `$AppData` is set), or - `$HOME/.config/gh`. `GH_PROMPT_DISABLED`: set to any value to disable interactive prompting in the terminal. `GH_PATH`: set the path to the gh executable, useful for when gh can not properly determine its own path such as in the cygwin terminal. `GH_MDWIDTH`: default maximum width for markdown render wrapping. The max width of lines wrapped on the terminal will be taken as the lesser of the terminal width, this value, or 120 if not specified. This value is used, for example, with `pr view` subcommand. `GH_ACCESSIBLE_PROMPTER` (preview): set to a truthy value to enable prompts that are more compatible with speech synthesis and braille screen readers. `GH_TELEMETRY`: set to `log` to print telemetry data to standard... <title>Adjust environment help for host and tokens</title> GitHub pull request 9809 in cli/cli (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference) # Adjust environment help for host and tokens - State: merged - Author: williammartin - Created: 2024-10-24T13:51:51Z - Updated: 2024-10-24T15:54:29Z - Repository: cli/cli - Number: `pingdotgg#9809` - +12 -11 in 1 files - Merged: 2024-10-24T15:54:27Z - Merge commit: d4c70009bffb0e7cb4521f56fa0d7d55de9ee299 - Assignees: williammartin - Reviewers: jtmcg --- ## Description With GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency becoming available, we&`pingdotgg#39`;ve decided that `GH_TOKEN` will be used when targeting those hosts. This PR clarifies that, and clarifies that `ENTERPRISE_TOKEN` is only used for GitHub Enterprise Server hosts. We also adjusted `GH_HOST` because it wasn&`pingdotgg#39`;t quite accurate as there are more ways that a hostname can be provided or inferred than a local git repository. ## Timeline - someone committed - Review requested from someone - Review requested from jtmcg - Review requested from andyfeller - williammartin was assigned - Review by BagToad: **andyfeller** commented on 2024-10-24T13:56:42Z: > Also reviewing local build of output 🤔 > > ```shell > $ ./bin/gh help environment > `GH_TOKEN`, `GITHUB_TOKEN` (in order of precedence): an authentication token that will be > used when the host that is targeted by a command is either github.com or a subdomain of ghe.com. > Setting this avoids being prompted to authenticate and takes precedence over previously stored credentials. > > `GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN`, `GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN` (in order of precedence): an authentication > token that will be used when the host that is targeted by a command is a GitHub Enterprise Server instance. > > `GH_HOST`: specify the GitHub hostname for commands where a hostname has not been provided, or > cannot be inferred from the context of a local git repository. If this host was previously authenticated > with, the stored credentials will be used. Otherwise, setting `GH_TOKEN` or > `GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN` is required, depending on the targeted host. > > ``` **williammartin** commented on 2024-10-24T14:08:12Z: > > Also reviewing local build of output 🤔 > > Happy to accept any formatting changes. definitely the last two lines look a bit sus. - Review by andyfeller: Solid improvements! Handful of questions with some suggestions I can&`pingdotgg#39`;t say are blocking but are top of mind. - someone committed **williammartin** commented on 2024-10-24T15:15:25Z: > Output now looks like: > > ``` > ➜ ./bin/gh environment > > `GH_TOKEN`, `GITHUB_TOKEN` (in order of precedence): an authentication token that will be used when > a command targets either github.com or a subdomain of ghe.com. Setting this avoids being prompted to > authenticate and takes precedence over previously stored credentials. > > `GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN`, `GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN` (in order of precedence): an authentication > token that will be used when a command targets a GitHub Enterprise Server host. > > `GH_HOST`: specify the GitHub hostname for commands where a hostname has not been provided, or > cannot be inferred from the context of a local git repository. If this host was previously > authenticated with, the stored credentials will be used. Otherwise, setting `GH_TOKEN` or > `GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN` is required, depending on the targeted host. > ``` > > Which looks a bit nicer formatting wise I think. - someone committed - Review requested from andyfeller - Review requested from BagToad - Review by BagToad: LGTM 👍 - Review by andyfeller: :shipit: - williammartin merged - williammartin closed - williammartin head_ref_deleted - Referenced in commit 1456e00 - Referenced by PR `pingdotgg#86`: sync: bulk reconcile to mergepath@263caf3 - Referenced by PR `#16`: feat(ghpool): add ghpool template (YDDWMK) - Referenced by PR `pingdotgg#1113`: chore(ci): drop the STAGING_ prefix from the deploy environment variables - Referenced by PR `pingdotgg#156`: feat: parallelize the task, on by default — and close every open i…[truncated] <title>pkg/auth/auth.go at trunk · cli/go-gh</title> https://github.com/cli/go-gh/blob/trunk/pkg/auth/auth.go # File: cli/go-gh/pkg/auth/auth.go - Repository: cli/go-gh | A Go module for interacting with gh and the GitHub API from the command line. | 431 stars | Go - Branch: trunk ```go // Package auth is a set of functions for retrieving authentication tokens // and authenticated hosts. package auth import ( "fmt" "os" "os/exec" "strings" "github.com/cli/go-gh/v2/internal/set" "github.com/cli/go-gh/v2/pkg/config" "github.com/cli/safeexec" ) const ( codespaces = "CODESPACES" defaultSource = "default" ghEnterpriseToken = "GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN" ghHost = "GH_HOST" ghToken = "GH_TOKEN" github = "github.com" githubEnterpriseToken = "GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN" githubToken = "GITHUB_TOKEN" hostsKey = "hosts" localhost = "github.localhost" oauthToken = "oauth_token" tenancyHost = "ghe.com" // TenancyHost is the domain suffix of a tenancy GitHub instance. ) // TokenForHost retrieves an authentication token and the source of that token for the specified // host. The source can be either an environment variable, configuration file, or the system // keyring. In the latter case, this shells out to "gh auth token" to obtain the token. // // Returns "", "default" if no applicable token is found. func TokenForHost(host string) (string, string) { if token, source := TokenFromEnvOrConfig(host); token != "" { return token, source } ghExe := os.Getenv("GH_PATH") if ghExe == "" { ghExe, _ = safeexec.LookPath("gh") } if ghExe != "" { if token, source := tokenFromGh(ghExe, host); token != "" { return token, source } } return "", defaultSource } // TokenFromEnvOrConfig retrieves an authentication token from environment variables or the config // file as fallback, but does not support reading the token from system keyring. Most consumers // should use TokenForHost. func TokenFromEnvOrConfig(host string) (string, string) { cfg, _ := config.Read(nil) return tokenForHost(cfg, host) } func tokenForHost(cfg *config.Config, host string) (string, string) { normalizedHost := NormalizeHostname(host) // This code is currently the exact opposite of IsEnterprise. However, we have chosen // to write it separately, directly in line, because it is much clearer in the exact // scenarios that we expect to use GH_TOKEN and GITHUB_TOKEN. if normalizedHost == github || IsTenancy(normalizedHost) || normalizedHost == localhost { if token := os.Getenv(ghToken); token != "" { return token, ghToken } if token := os.Getenv(githubToken); token != "" { return token, githubToken } } else { if token := os.Getenv(ghEnterpriseToken); token != "" { return token, ghEnterpriseToken } if token := os.Getenv(githubEnterpriseToken); token != "" { return token, githubEnterpriseToken } } // If config is nil, something has failed much earlier and it&`pingdotgg#39`;s probably // more correct to panic because we don&`pingdotgg#39`;t expect to support anything // where the config isn&`pingdotgg#39`;t available, but that would be a breaking change, // so it&`pingdotgg#39`;s worth thinking about carefully, if we wanted to rework this. if cfg == nil { return "", defaultSource } token, err := cfg.Get([]string{hostsKey, normalizedHost, oauthToken}) if err != nil { return "", defaultSource } return token, oauthToken } func tokenFromGh(path string, host string) (string, string) { cmd := exec.Command(path, "auth", "token", "--secure-storage", "--hostname", host) result, err := cmd.Output() if err != nil { return "", "gh" } return strings.TrimSpace(string(result)), "gh" } // KnownHosts retrieves a list of hosts that have corresponding // authentication tokens, either from environment variables // or from the configuration file. // Ret…[truncated] <title>pkg/auth/auth_test.go at trunk · cli/go-gh</title> https://github.com/cli/go-gh/blob/trunk/pkg/auth/auth_test.go func TestTokenForHost(t *testing.T) { tests := []struct { name string host string githubToken string githubEnterpriseToken string ghToken string ghEnterpriseToken string config *config.Config wantToken string wantSource string }{ { name: "given there is no env token and no config token, when we get the token for github.com, then it returns the empty string and default source", host: "github.com", config: testNoHostsConfig(), wantToken: "", wantSource: defaultSource, }, { name: "given there is no env token and no config token, when we get the token for an enterprise server host, then it returns the empty string and default source", host: "enterprise.com", config: testNoHostsConfig(), wantToken: "", wantSource: defaultSource, }, { name: "given GH_TOKEN and GITHUB_TOKEN and a config token are set, when we get the token for github.com, then it returns GH_TOKEN as the priority", host: "github.com", ghToken: "GH_TOKEN", githubToken: "GITHUB_TOKEN", config: testHostsConfig(), wantToken: "GH_TOKEN", wantSource: ghToken, }, { name: "given GITHUB_TOKEN and a config token are set, when we get the token for github.com, then it returns GITHUB_TOKEN as the priority", host: "github.com", githubToken: "GITHUB_TOKEN", config: testHostsConfig(), wantToken: "GITHUB_TOKEN", wantSource: githubToken, }, { name: "given a config token is set for github.com, when we get the token, then it returns that token and oauth_token source", host: "github.com", config: testHostsConfig(), wantToken: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", wantSource: oauthToken, }, { name: "given GH_TOKEN and GITHUB_TOKEN and a config token are set, when we get the token for any subdomain of ghe.com, then it returns GH_TOKEN as the priority", host: "tenant.ghe.com", ghToken: "GH_TOKEN", githubToken: "GITHUB_TOKEN", config: testHostsConfig(), wantToken: "GH_TOKEN", wantSource: ghToken, }, { name: "given GITHUB_TOKEN and a config token are set, when we get the token for any subdomain of ghe.com, then it returns GITHUB_TOKEN as the priority", host: "tenant.ghe.com", githubToken: "GITHUB_TOKEN", config: testHostsConfig(), wantToken: "GITHUB_TOKEN", wantSource: githubToken, }, { name: "given a config token is set for a subdomain of ghe.com, when we get the token for that subdomain, then it returns that token and oauth_token source", host: "tenant.ghe.com", config: testHostsConfig(), wantToken: "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz", wantSource: oauthToken, }, { name: "given GH_TOKEN and GITHUB_TOKEN and a config token are set, when we get the token for github.localhost, then it returns GH_TOKEN as the priority", host: "github.localhost", ghToken: "GH_TOKEN", githubToken: "GITHUB_TOKEN", config: testHostsConfig(), wantToken: "GH_TOKEN", wantSource: ghToken, }, { name: "given GITHUB_TOKEN and a config token are set, when we get the token for any subdomain of github.localhost, then it returns GITHUB_TOKEN as the priority", host: "github.localhost", githubToken: "GITHUB_TOKEN", config: testHostsConfig(), wantToken: "GITHUB_TOKEN", wantSource: githubToken, }, { name: "given GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN and GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN and a config token are set, when we get the token for an enterprise server host, then it returns GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN as the priority", host: "enterprise.com", ghEnterpriseToken: "GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN", githubEnterpriseToken: "GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN", config: testHostsConfig(), wantToken: "GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN", wantSource: ghEnterpriseToken, }, { name: "given GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN and a config token are set, when we get the token for an enterprise server…[truncated] <title>Fix error message when using GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN but host is ambiguous</title> GitHub pull request 4019 in cli/cli (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference) # Fix error message when using GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN but host is ambiguous - State: merged - Author: mislav - Created: 2021-07-20T12:14:36Z - Updated: 2021-08-18T19:29:53Z - Repository: cli/cli - Number: `pingdotgg#4019` - +51 -19 in 9 files - Merged: 2021-07-27T13:29:15Z - Merge commit: fdad37e24889802cdb9fd65e0903b5f572efbe52 --- Before: $ GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN="..." gh pr create could not find hosts config: not found Now: $ GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN="..." gh pr create set the GH_HOST environment variable to specify which GitHub host to use Also amends `gh help environment` documentation to suggest the use of GH_HOST when scripting operations with GitHub Enterprise repositories. Fixes `pingdotgg#3522` ## Timeline - someone committed - someone committed - Review by vilmibm: - Referenced by issue `pingdotgg#3522`: Confusing error when using `GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN` if `gh auth login` was never used. - someone committed - Review requested from vilmibm - Review by vilmibm: - mislav merged - mislav closed - mislav head_ref_deleted - Review by adamsofea1111: pkg/cmd/root/help_topic.go

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rg -n -C8 'GH_HOST|GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN|enterprise|commandHosts|targetsVerifiedHost|accountToken|accountSelection' apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.test.ts apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCliAccountSelection.test.ts
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Sensitive Data Exposure

Reachability: Internal
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Scope the selected enterprise token to a verified target host. tokenEnv places the selected GHES token in variables that gh uses for any GitHub Enterprise Server host. This path does not validate the target before setting those variables. A command with an unrecognized or different target can therefore send the selected account token to another enterprise host.

Allow the selected token only when commandHosts(input.args) contains a concrete host and every target equals account.host. Otherwise, run with input.env only. Setting GH_HOST alone is not sufficient for an unknown target because gh can infer a host from the local repository.

Reject unverified targets before injecting the token
+      const commandTargetHosts = commandHosts(input.args);
       const env =
         credential === null
-          ? account === null || accountToken === null
+          ? account === null ||
+            accountToken === null ||
+            commandTargetHosts.length === 0 ||
+            !commandTargetHosts.every((target) => target === account.host.toLowerCase())
             ? input.env
             : {
-                ...tokenEnv(account.host.toLowerCase(), Redacted.value(accountToken)),
                 ...input.env,
+                ...tokenEnv(account.host.toLowerCase(), Redacted.value(accountToken)),
               }
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In `@apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.ts` around lines 496 - 501, In the
credential-selection flow using `commandHosts` and `tokenEnv`, inject the
selected account token only when `commandHosts(input.args)` returns at least one
host and every target matches the normalized `account.host`; otherwise use
`input.env` unchanged. Do not rely on setting `GH_HOST` when the command target
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donnes merged commit cc218db into main Sep 23, 2026
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donnes deleted the t3code/github-cli-account-selector branch September 25, 2026 13:45
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