`az login` fails: OSError: [WinError 87]

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Describe the bug

Command Name az login

Errors:

The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback:
[WinError 87] : ''
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/cli.py", line 231, in invoke
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py", line 657, in execute
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py", line 720, in _run_jobs_serially
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py", line 691, in _run_job
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py", line 328, in __call__
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/commands/command_operation.py", line 121, in handler
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/command_modules/profile/custom.py", line 145, in login
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/_profile.py", line 155, in login
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/auth/identity.py", line 121, in login_with_auth_code
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal/application.py", line 1488, in acquire_token_interactive
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal/oauth2cli/oidc.py", line 280, in obtain_token_by_browser
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal/oauth2cli/oauth2.py", line 660, in obtain_token_by_browser
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal/application.py", line 135, in obtain_token_by_auth_code_flow
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal/oauth2cli/oidc.py", line 204, in obtain_token_by_auth_code_flow
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal/oauth2cli/oauth2.py", line 548, in obtain_token_by_auth_code_flow
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal/oauth2cli/oauth2.py", line 714, in _obtain_token_by_authorization_code
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal/oauth2cli/oidc.py", line 115, in _obtain_token
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal/oauth2cli/oauth2.py", line 771, in _obtain_token
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal/application.py", line 523, in <lambda>
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal/token_cache.py", line 307, in add
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal/token_cache.py", line 113, in add
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal/token_cache.py", line 184, in __add
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal_extensions/token_cache.py", line 44, in modify
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal_extensions/token_cache.py", line 35, in _reload_if_necessary
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal_extensions/persistence.py", line 172, in load
  File "D:\a\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\msal_extensions/windows.py", line 111, in unprotect
OSError: [WinError 87] : ''

To Reproduce:

Steps to reproduce the behavior. Note that argument values have been redacted, as they may contain sensitive information.

• Put any pre-requisite steps here…
• az login

Expected Behavior

Environment Summary

Windows-10-10.0.22621-SP0
Python 3.8.9
Installer: MSI

azure-cli 2.30.0 *

Additional Context

[zulkifelff]

Upgraded my Azure CLI to 2.37.0 and removed directory “.azure” from C:\Users<Username>. Reboot the system, used ‘az login’. VIOLA ! Success Achieved. 🥳

[rayluo]

@rayluo, @bgavrilMS, despite of the efforts we put into AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-extensions-for-python#108 and #22009, …

But this issue was found from Azure CLI 2.30, which I believe did not have the aforementioned improvements.

looks like we are seeing a new error code 87.

The latest version of Azure CLI should be able to catch the PersistenceDecryptionError, however we do not have a specific explanation for error code 87. Searching it on internet, it seems elusive.

In other words, I do not see actionable items for MSAL Python.