rfp agent browser automation failed on bonfire two factor prompt

rfp agent browser automation failed on bonfire two factor prompt: how to fix it

Agents cannot receive SMS or authenticator codes, so a 2FA prompt is a hard stop. Design the flow to pause and notify a human, who completes the step and hands the session back.

rfp agent browser automation failed on bonfire two factor prompt

When to use this skill

• Agent stalls at a two-factor code prompt
• Agent retries login in a loop at the 2FA step

When not to use this skill

• Login fails before 2FA appears (a credentials issue)
• 2FA code is rejected (a code issue)

Tool compatibility

Agent browser automation and 2FA. Related area: browser automation.

Related area: proposal automation and agent-assisted RFP workflows.

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Before you start

• Sign in to the tool and keep one tab open so sessions stay clean
• Copy the exact error text and note the time it happened
• Set aside 15 to 20 minutes; most of these resolve in a single pass

Quick diagnosis

Make sure this is the right skill before you invest the 15 minutes.

• If you are dealing with agent stalls at a two-factor code prompt, start at step 1 below.
• If instead login fails before 2FA appears (a credentials issue), stop here; you need a different skill.
• If neither quite matches, compare your screen against the verbatim error block at the top; that block is exactly what this skill covers.

Fix it in steps

1. Detect the 2FA prompt explicitly

Check for the verification-code input after login submits.

Expected: Expected: agent recognizes the 2FA state instead of timing out.

2. Pause and notify a human

Stop the run and send the human a message with the session context.

Expected: Expected: human knows exactly which step needs them.

3. Human completes verification

The human enters the code in the same browser session.

Expected: Expected: portal advances past the verification step.

4. Agent resumes after handoff

Agent continues from the post-verification page.

Expected: Expected: run completes without re-triggering 2FA.

Confirm each step worked

Run through this checklist before moving on. If a check fails, redo that step instead of pushing ahead.

• Step 1 (detect the 2FA prompt explicitly): Expected: expected: agent recognizes the 2FA state instead of timing out.
• Step 2 (pause and notify a human): Expected: expected: human knows exactly which step needs them.
• Step 3 (human completes verification): Expected: expected: portal advances past the verification step.
• Step 4 (agent resumes after handoff): Expected: expected: run completes without re-triggering 2FA.

Quick recap

1. Detect the 2FA prompt explicitly
2. Pause and notify a human
3. Human completes verification
4. Agent resumes after handoff

Still stuck?

Gather three things: the exact error text, the time it happened, and what changed just before it broke. Check the vendor status page for an active incident. Then open a support ticket with those three things; it cuts the back-and-forth in half. For agent runs, attach the last 50 lines of the agent log too, since the loop or timeout signature in the log usually names the cause.

Variant phrasings

agent bonfire 2fa failed

Human-in-the-loop handoff is the fix. If this matches what you saw, the steps above apply as written.

agent stuck two factor vendor portal

Detect, pause, hand off. If this matches what you saw, the steps above apply as written.

Why it happens

Two-factor authentication is designed to require a human device, so no agent-side retry logic can pass it legitimately. The correct pattern is explicit detection plus a clean handoff, not credential stuffing.

Edge cases

• Never store 2FA bypasses; treat the prompt as a hard boundary
• Some portals offer trusted-device enrollment that skips 2FA for 30 days
• Time the handoff well before the bid deadline; humans are the bottleneck

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pstyTkkrZeESRfSOyZymsCzA

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pstyTkkrZeESRfSOyZymsCzA

Thread query: rfp agent browser automation failed on bonfire two factor prompt

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