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Settings showed authenticated Grok installs as Available - Installed and ready, but authentication could not be verified. even with valid credentials, because the Grok probe hardcoded auth: { status: "unknown" } on every path and the web card falls back to that copy when the server has no auth opinion.

The signal was already there and thrown away: reaching ready requires a full ACP handshake, and Grok answers authenticate with the account email, auth mode, and team. The probe now keeps that response, so the card reports the real account, and an ACP auth-required failure reads as Not authenticated with a sign-in hint instead of a generic startup error.

  • Users cannot tell a working Grok install from a broken one when the only status line says authentication is unverifiable
  • The reverse state was missing too: an unauthenticated CLI looked identical to any other ACP startup failure

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Additive probe and runtime surfacing of existing ACP authenticate data; no change to how credentials are sent or validated, only how status is reported in Settings.

Overview
Grok Settings no longer hardcodes auth: unknown after a successful ACP probe. The health check keeps the authenticate response and maps it to the same auth shape other providers use (account email when Grok returns it, API key when only XAI_API_KEY is set, or authenticated without identity on a bare success).

When ACP startup fails with auth required, the snapshot is not authenticated with a sign-in hint instead of a generic “ACP startup failed” message.

AcpSessionRuntime.start() now exposes authenticateResult on its start result so probes can read identity without re-calling the agent. The ACP mock agent gains env toggles to simulate success email and auth failure for integration tests.

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Grok ACP authentication results now flow through the runtime and provider layers. The provider reports authenticated account details, API-key identity, or an unauthenticated sign-in state. Mock-agent and integration tests cover these outcomes.

Changes

Grok ACP authentication

Layer / File(s) Summary
ACP authentication mapping
apps/server/src/provider/acp/GrokAcpSupport.ts, apps/server/src/provider/acp/GrokAcpSupport.test.ts
Authentication responses now map to email, API-key, or generic authenticated states. Auth-required failures map to an unauthenticated state with a sign-in message.
Runtime and provider status flow
apps/server/src/provider/acp/AcpSessionRuntime.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Layers/GrokProvider.ts
The runtime returns the ACP authentication response. Grok probing uses the response and mapped failures when building provider status.
Mock agent and integration validation
apps/server/scripts/acp-mock-agent.ts, apps/server/src/provider/acp/GrokAcpCliProbe.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Layers/GrokProvider.test.ts
The mock agent supports configurable authentication outcomes. CLI and provider tests verify authenticated and unauthenticated states.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 61ed7

Authenticated Grok settings may show the account email while omitting the authentication mode and team information returned by the service. The change is otherwise mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up to expose the complete account details.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GrokProvider
  participant AcpSessionRuntime
  participant ACPAgent
  participant GrokAcpSupport
  GrokProvider->>AcpSessionRuntime: Start ACP session
  AcpSessionRuntime->>ACPAgent: Send authenticate request
  ACPAgent-->>AcpSessionRuntime: Return authentication response or auth-required error
  AcpSessionRuntime-->>GrokProvider: Return started runtime state
  GrokProvider->>GrokAcpSupport: Map authentication result
  GrokAcpSupport-->>GrokProvider: Return provider authentication status
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A rabbit checks the ACP trail,
Finds email tucked inside the mail.
If auth must wait, the sign-in glows,
While mock agents test both paths they chose.
Hop, hop—Grok status now shows!

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In `@apps/server/src/provider/acp/GrokAcpSupport.ts`:
- Around line 84-90: Update grokAuthFromAcpAuthenticate to read _meta.auth_mode
and _meta.team_id, mapping them to ServerProviderAuth.type and
ServerProviderAuth.label alongside email while preserving the existing API-key
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const email = trimmedMetaString(response._meta, "email");
if (email) {
return { status: "authenticated", email };
}
return resolveGrokAuthMethodId(environment) === GROK_AUTH_METHOD_API_KEY
? { status: "authenticated", type: GROK_API_KEY_AUTH_TYPE }
: { status: "authenticated" };

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Report the ACP auth mode and team.

grokAuthFromAcpAuthenticate only returns email. It discards _meta.auth_mode and _meta.team_id.

Map these values to the available ServerProviderAuth.type and ServerProviderAuth.label fields. Update the unit test to assert the complete authenticated result. This fulfills the stated account-information flow.

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In `@apps/server/src/provider/acp/GrokAcpSupport.ts` around lines 84 - 90, Update
grokAuthFromAcpAuthenticate to read _meta.auth_mode and _meta.team_id, mapping
them to ServerProviderAuth.type and ServerProviderAuth.label alongside email
while preserving the existing API-key fallback behavior. Extend the associated
unit test to assert the complete authenticated result, including email, auth
type, and team label.

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Signed-off-by: Yordis Prieto <yordis.prieto@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Yordis Prieto <yordis.prieto@gmail.com>
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return {
auth: { status: "unauthenticated" },
message: "Grok CLI is installed but not authenticated. Run `grok` and sign in.",

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Wrong Grok sign-in command

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The unauthenticated Grok status message tells users to run grok and sign in, but the project’s install docs, README, and Grok probe comments all document grok login as the auth command. That hint can send users down the wrong path when the settings card is trying to recover a signed-out CLI.

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