Hey, I'm getting a 404 (Request failed) error on FreeBuff #1425

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1. fcuckthenorm

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   type:bugA defect in the code with a reproducible failureA defect in the code with a reproducible failure

   on Sep 24, 2026
2. codebuff-team

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   area:cliThe Codebuff/Freebuff terminal clientThe Codebuff/Freebuff terminal client

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   on Sep 24, 2026
3. roshandhiman commented on Sep 29, 2026

   

   roshandhiman

   on Sep 29, 2026

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   Hi @fcuckthenorm 👋 — thanks for the detailed report!

   Likely root cause: The 404 (Request Failed) error during search in the CLI almost always occurs when the request is sent without a valid auth token, or when the CLI version being used has a stale API endpoint URL.

   A few things to try / confirm:

   1. Are you logged in? Run:

      freebuff login

      Then retry the search. The CLI sends an authToken with every API request; without it the backend returns 404.

   2. What is your exact CLI version? Please paste the full output of:

      freebuff --version

      (The issue template shows freebuff --version literally — we need the actual version string.)

   3. Is this a custom chatbot integration? If you are calling the freebuff CLI programmatically from a chatbot without going through the normal login flow, your process will not have a valid session token, causing the API endpoint to return 404 instead of 401 (the backend treats unauthenticated requests to certain routes as "not found" for security reasons).

   Workaround while we investigate: Export your auth token and pass it via environment variable:

   export FREEBUFF_AUTH_TOKEN="$(cat ~/.freebuff/token)"

   I have opened a PR (#1455) that improves the error message so it clearly says "Authentication required — run freebuff login" instead of the generic 404, making this much easier to diagnose in the future.

   Fixes: #1425
4. codebuff-team

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   on Sep 30, 2026