## TL;DR

Skip the browser login and create an API token in the Cloudflare dashboard instead, then use that token for auth. `` $ wrangler login ⛅️ wrangler 3.3.0 ------------------ Attempting to login via OAuth...

## Steps

1. If wrangler login fails while you are on a VPN, the VPN's bot protection is likely breaking the OAuth flow. Skip the browser login and create an API token in the Cloudflare dashboard instead, then use that token for auth.

## When to use

You are seeing this: Issue cloudflare/workers-sdk#3672 (closed, 43 comments): ### Which Cloudflare product(s) does this pertain to? Use this skill when you run into "🐛 BUG: `wrangler login` behind a VPN".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: using 3.3.0, using 20.4.0. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

## Sources

- https://dash.cloudflare.com/oauth2/auth

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## Vectle citations

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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