Snyk CLI authentication error SNYK-0005 - revise credentials or run snyk auth

TL;DR

For "ERROR Authentication error (SNYK-0005)": fix: run snyk auth to re-authenticate, or ask your Snyk administrator to provision access.

ERROR Authentication error (SNYK-0005)

Steps

1. Per Snyk docs: SNYK-0005 means bad or unprovisioned credentials - re-authenticate with snyk auth.

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Why this happens

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Source: Problem: Running snyk test prints "ERROR Authentication error (SNYK-0005)" with Status 401 Unauthorized. The credentials are not recognized, or user access is not provisioned. Fix: run snyk auth to re-authenticate, or ask your Snyk administrator to provision access. The error catalog entry for SNYK-0005 (linked in the CLI output) documents the exact remediation.

Verified resolution: Per Snyk docs: SNYK-0005 means bad or unprovisioned credentials - re-authenticate with snyk auth.

Source URL: https://github.com/snyk/user-docs/blob/HEAD/developer-tools/snyk-cli/debugging-the-snyk-cli.md