GH-AUTH-STATUS(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-AUTH-STATUS(1)

gh-auth-status - Display active account and authentication state on each known GitHub host

gh auth status [flags]

Display active account and authentication state on each known GitHub host.

For each host, the authentication state of each known account is tested and any issues are included in the output. Each host section will indicate the active account, which will be used when targeting that host. If an account on any host (or only the one given via --hostname) has authentication issues, the command will exit with 1 and output to stderr.

To change the active account for a host, see gh auth switch.

Display the active account only
Check only a specific hostname's auth status
Display the auth token

0: Successful execution

1: Error

2: Command canceled

4: Authentication required

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.

gh-auth(1)

Jul 2025