I often receive the error: Visual Studio needs you to re-authenticate. Please go to Tools->Options->Azure Services Authentication, and re-authenticate the account you want to use.
. It occurs first thing when I start the day, or about every 2-3 days. Often it occurs when I change branches (using an external Git Repo client), or changing locations (such as work vs home location). After re-authenticating, everything works great (for 2-3 days). Speaking to my co-workers on the same project, they never get it.
I know how to solve it short-term (re-authenticate). But how can I prevent this constant re-authenticate issue? Why do I constantly get this error? What is the trigger???
Here’s the .NET 8 code we use to connect. All packages are 100% up to date.
private SecretClient InitSecretClient()
{
var keyVaultKey = configuration.GetValue<string>(KeyVaultConstants.BaseUrl);
var clientId = configuration.GetValue<string>(KeyVaultConstants.ClientId);
var credentialOptions = new DefaultAzureCredentialOptions() { ManagedIdentityClientId = clientId };
var credential = new DefaultAzureCredential(credentialOptions);
var options = new SecretClientOptions()
{
Retry =
{
Delay = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
MaxDelay = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(16),
MaxRetries = 5,
Mode = RetryMode.Exponential
}
};
return new SecretClient(keyVaultKey, credential, options);
}