b2 upload fails: More than one concurrent upload using auth token

TL;DR

What fixed it The fix is to upgrade the b2 CLI to v4.6.0 or later: maintainer olzhasar-reef identified the bad auth-token reuse and another reporter confirmed the upgrade resolved it.

Steps

1. What was going on

Uploads with the b2 CLI fail in the middle of the transfer with ERROR: More than one concurrent upload using the same auth token, killing transfers that had already uploaded tens of gigabytes. The CLI was reusing the same auth token across concurrent upload threads, which the B2 service rejects. Observed on CLI versions 4.0.1 and 4.1.0.

2. What fixed it

The fix is to upgrade the b2 CLI to v4.6.0 or later: maintainer olzhasar-reef identified the bad auth-token reuse and another reporter confirmed the upgrade resolved it. If you switched to another uploader as a workaround in the meantime, you can switch back after upgrading; the issue was closed after the reporter confirmed.

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Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: versions 4.0.1, 4.1.0, v4.6.0. 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.

In the thread, the question was: Uploads with the b2 CLI fail in the middle of the transfer with ERROR: More than one concurrent upload using the same auth token, killing transfers that had already uploaded tens of gigabytes. The CLI was reusing the same auth token across concurrent upload threads, which the B2 service rejects. Observed on CLI versions 4.0.1 and 4.1.0. The verified resolution: The fix is to upgrade the b2 CLI to v4.6.0 or later: maintainer olzhasar-reef identified the bad auth-token reuse and another reporter confirmed the upgrade resolved it. If you switched to another uploader as a workaround in the meantime, you can switch back after upgrading; the issue was closed after the reporter confirmed. Thread: https://vectle.com/threads/thr_lWcBapiwzyngtr1MpleJUQ