Not able to use MacOS ()

Hello, I’m having trouble in starting Lens on MacOS Tahoe 26.2 (MBPro M4).

When i start the app and get the “Welcome to Lense“ - I select “Already have a Lense ID“ and then after the authentication i keep getting popup in browser: “Open Lens? http://localhost:xxx wants to open this application. “

when i click the Open Lens button i just keep getting the same popup again and again and not able to log into the app.

See logs from debug mode. I tested in browser that i was able to hit Lens ID and http://localhost both so not sure where is the problem

did nslookup app.k8slens.dev as well from bash and works fine too.

Have disabled Ad Blocker in Chrome. Tried deleting extension folder as well. Have already tried reinstalling few times and also deleting the Lense folder under Library/Application support

Appreciate any help…

error: ┏ [TOKEN-REFRESHER]: Unknown error .isAuthenticated() returns false +302ms
error: ┃ [1] Error: .isAuthenticated() returns false
error: ┃ [2] at c.numOfAttempts [as request] (/Applications/Lens.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/static/build/main.js:1690:51524)
error: ┗ [3] at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
info: :black_small_square: [LENS-ID-AUTH]: Calling login callback with code +146ms
debug: :black_small_square: [LENS-ID-AUTH]: Fetching auth tokens from https://app.k8slens.dev/auth/realms/lensCloud/protocol/openid-connect/token using redirect_uri: http://localhost:51828/login and client_id: lens-extension +0ms
error: ┏ [LENS-ID-AUTH]: Failed retrieve authentication tokens request to https://app.k8slens.dev/auth/realms/lensCloud/protocol/openid-connect/token failed, reason: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND http +21ms
error: ┃ [1] FetchError: request to https://app.k8slens.dev/auth/realms/lensCloud/protocol/openid-connect/token failed, reason: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND http
error: ┃ [2] at ClientRequest. (/Applications/Lens.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/static/build/main.js:203:19041)
error: ┃ [3] at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:531:35)
error: ┃ [4] at emitErrorEvent (node:_http_client:107:11)
error: ┃ [5] at _destroy (node:_http_client:954:9)
error: ┃ [6] at onSocketNT (node:_http_client:974:5)
error: ┃ [7] at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:91:21)
error: ┗ [8] { type: ‘system’, errno: ‘ENOTFOUND’, code: ‘ENOTFOUND’, erroredSysCall: ‘getaddrinfo’ }

Hello @liftersoutfits0v, Thank you for reaching out! We have received your request and will get back to you as soon as we have some information.

Hi @liftersoutfits0v,

Please try the following workaround:

1. Close all Lens-related browser tabs completely

2. Open your browser and sign in directly at Lens ID

3. Once signed in, restart Lens Desktop and click “I already have a Lens ID”

The getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND http error in your logs suggests the app may be malforming the authentication URL. We’re aware of this pattern and are working on a redesigned activation flow that will address the browser-to-app handoff more reliably.

If the workaround above doesn’t resolve it, please let us know and we can try additional troubleshooting steps.

thanks - I had tried that already and that’s when i was getting the repeated prompts to start Lense. When i attempted that without being logged in - i was prompted to login via Github and then again same pattern resumed.

Do you have proxies disabled? There was a user who had configured “NO PROXY" that caused the same error in the past.