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@geksiong
geksiong
opened on Sep 4, 2026

Summary

sf org login web from Ubuntu inside WSL2 results in a socket timeout.

sf org open launches my browser just fine.

Steps To Reproduce

sf org login web from Ubuntu in WSL2

Expected result

It should launch the Windows browser.

Actual result

Got Error (SOCKET_TIMEOUT): timeout

Additional information

  • I'm aware of Restricted usage of the Salesforce CLI connected app #3368. As far as I can tell sf org login web should not be broken.
  • Authorize Org from VSCode (remote connection to WSL) doesn't work too
  • My existing authorized orgs are working. I just can't add new ones.
  • I think this is important as with agentic coding trending many developers will be working in sandboxed headless environments.

System Information

Ubuntu 24.04 for WSL2
@salesforce/cli/2.150.6 wsl-x64 node-v24.13.1

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    Hello @geksiong 👋 It looks like you didn't include the full Salesforce CLI version information in your issue.
    Please provide the output of version --verbose --json for the CLI you're using (sf or sfdx).

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  5. iowillhoit commented on Sep 8, 2026

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    Hey @geksiong, are you only seeing this issue in WSL2?
    Are you able to reproduce this in powershell or command prompt?

    Could you try running your sf org login web command in wsl2 with the --dev-debug flag? I am curious to see exactly where it is hanging.

  6. geksiong commented on Sep 9, 2026

    @geksiong
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    on Sep 9, 2026
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    I extracted part of the output below. I could login fine on an Ubuntu desktop with Chrome as my default browser.

    I don't have my development tools on the Windows host - all my development setup is inside WSL2. If I were inside a Linux VM, I would understand login web is not possible I will have to use JWT since there's no GUI. I guess WSL2 is a different kind of environment where integration with programs on the Windows host is possible.

    [10:03:50.126] DEBUG (sf:oclif:Common): loginUrl: https://login.salesforce.com
    tag: "resolveLoginUrl"
[10:03:50.126] TRACE (sf:oclif:WebOAuthServer): Created 'sf:oclif:WebOAuthServer' child logger instance
[10:03:50.126] TRACE (sf:oclif): Setup child 'sf:oclif:WebOAuthServer' logger instance
[10:03:50.126] TRACE (sf:oclif:SfProjectJson): Created 'sf:oclif:SfProjectJson' child logger instance
[10:03:50.126] TRACE (sf:oclif): Setup child 'sf:oclif:SfProjectJson' logger instance
[10:03:50.126] TRACE (sf:oclif:WebServer): Created 'sf:oclif:WebServer' child logger instance
[10:03:50.126] TRACE (sf:oclif): Setup child 'sf:oclif:WebServer' logger instance
[10:03:50.127] DEBUG (sf:oclif:WebServer): Starting web server
Error (SOCKET_TIMEOUT): timeout


*** Internal Diagnostic ***

SOCKET_TIMEOUT: timeout
    at SfCommandError.from (file:///home/gs/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@salesforce/sf-plugins-core/lib/SfCommandError.js:48:16)
    at LoginWeb.catch (file:///home/gs/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@salesforce/sf-plugins-core/lib/sfCommand.js:333:47)
    at LoginWeb._run (/home/gs/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/command.js:187:29)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)
    at async Config.runCommand (/home/gs/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/config/config.js:389:25)
    at async run (/home/gs/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/main.js:97:16)
    at async file:///home/gs/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/bin/run.js:15:1 {
  actions: undefined,
  exitCode: 1,
  context: 'LoginWeb',
  data: undefined,
  cause: undefined,
  status: 1,
  commandName: 'LoginWeb',
  warnings: [],
  result: undefined,
  skipOclifErrorHandling: true,
  oclif: { exit: 1 }
}
******

[10:04:10.136] TRACE (sf:oclif:LoginWebCommand): Created 'sf:oclif:LoginWebCommand' child logger instance
[10:04:10.136] TRACE (sf:oclif): Setup child 'sf:oclif:LoginWebCommand' logger instance
[10:04:10.136] DEBUG (sf:oclif:LoginWebCommand): timeout
    err: {
      "type": "SfError",
      "message": "timeout",
      "stack":
          SOCKET_TIMEOUT: timeout
              at Socket.<anonymous> (/home/gs/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@salesforce/core/lib/webOAuthServer.js:561:31)
              at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:622:28)
              at Socket.emit (node:events:508:28)
              at Socket._onTimeout (node:net:604:8)
              at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:605:17)
              at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:541:7)
      "name": "SOCKET_TIMEOUT",
      "exitCode": 1
    }
[10:04:10.152] TRACE (sf:oclif:perf): Created 'sf:oclif:perf' child logger instance
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf): Process Uptime: 21346.5147ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf): Oclif Time: 20934.5249ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf): Init Time: 128.2796ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf): Config Load Time: 16.9736ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   ΓÇó Root Plugin Load Time: 16.3440ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   ΓÇó Plugins Load Time: 0.0244ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   ΓÇó Commands Load Time: 16.2483ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf): Core Plugin Load Time: 36.4163ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf): User Plugin Load Time: 19.7441ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf): Linked Plugin Load Time: 0.0000ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf): Plugin Load Times:
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @oclif/plugin-autocomplete: 29.4547ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @oclif/plugin-commands: 27.9273ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @oclif/plugin-help: 26.1656ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @oclif/plugin-plugins: 25.8011ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @oclif/plugin-not-found: 25.6158ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-apex: 25.4458ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @oclif/plugin-search: 25.4153ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @oclif/plugin-update: 24.8586ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @oclif/plugin-version: 24.5467ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available: 24.3010ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-org: 24.2486ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-agent: 23.5009ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-marketplace: 23.3060ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @oclif/plugin-which: 22.9016ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-data: 22.7517ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-deploy-retrieve: 22.5950ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-limits: 22.4891ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-info: 22.4320ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-auth: 22.3734ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-packaging: 21.9039ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-api: 21.7740ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-trust: 21.5353ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-templates: 21.0067ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-user: 20.9736ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-sobject: 20.8835ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-telemetry: 20.4953ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-schema: 20.4116ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-settings: 20.2698ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   sfdx-hardis: 17.2850ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   root: 16.3440ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-code-analyzer: 14.0830ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   sfdmu: 13.5414ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   kc-sf-plugin: 11.4040ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   lightning-flow-scanner: 11.2929ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-signups: 9.9955ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/plugin-community: 8.8841ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   @salesforce/analytics: 8.8604ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf): Hook Run Times:
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   init:
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     total: 98.1777ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     sfdx-hardis(./lib/hooks/init/log): 46.3551ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     @oclif/plugin-update(./dist/hooks/init.js): 48.0589ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     @oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available(./lib/hooks/init/check-update): 97.7990ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     @salesforce/plugin-settings(./lib/hooks/init/load_config_meta): 81.2548ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     sfdx-hardis(./lib/hooks/init/check-upgrade): 9.0552ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     sfdx-hardis(./lib/hooks/init/start-ws-client): 25.6638ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   prerun:
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     total: 25.6011ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     @salesforce/cli(./dist/hooks/prerun): 6.3822ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     sfdx-hardis(./lib/hooks/prerun/auth): 6.3542ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     @salesforce/plugin-telemetry(./lib/hooks/telemetryPrerun): 25.4678ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     sfdx-hardis(./lib/hooks/prerun/check-dependencies): 3.4839ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):   preparse:
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     total: 2.4706ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf):     @salesforce/cli(/dist/hooks/preparse): 2.4119ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf): Command Load Time: 0.0000ms
[10:04:10.152] DEBUG (sf:oclif:perf): Command Run Time: 20806.5523ms
[10:04:10.153] DEBUG (sf:oclif:config): start finally hook
[10:04:10.153] DEBUG (sf:oclif:config:ts-path): Skipping typescript path lookup for /home/gs/.local/share/sf/node_modules/sfdx-hardis because NODE_ENV is NOT "test" or "development"
[10:04:10.156] TRACE (sf:oclif:sfdx-hardis:hooks:finally): Created 'sf:oclif:sfdx-hardis:hooks:finally' child logger instance
[10:04:10.156] DEBUG (sf:oclif:sfdx-hardis:hooks:finally): start (import) /home/gs/.local/share/sf/node_modules/sfdx-hardis/lib/hooks/finally/notify.js
[10:04:10.156] DEBUG (sf:oclif:sfdx-hardis:hooks:finally): done
[10:04:10.156] DEBUG (sf:oclif:config): finally hook done
[10:04:10.157] ERROR (sf:oclif): SOCKET_TIMEOUT: timeout
    at SfCommandError.from (file://~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@salesforce/sf-plugins-core/lib/SfCommandError.js:48:16)
    at LoginWeb.catch (file://~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@salesforce/sf-plugins-core/lib/sfCommand.js:333:47)
    at LoginWeb._run (~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/command.js:187:29)
    at async Config.runCommand (~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/config/config.js:389:25)
    at async run (~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/main.js:97:16)
    at async file://~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/bin/run.js:15:1
  sf:telemetry Spawning "/home/gs/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/bin/node /home/gs/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.1/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@salesforce/plugin-telemetry/processes/upload.js /home/gs/.cache/sf /tmp/sf-telemetry/telemetry-1440feaf90805514eb7117592c0f05061e7dccce.log" +20s

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  9. geksiong commented on Sep 22, 2026

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    Hi just wondering if there are any updates regarding this?

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  14. guillaume-dore commented on Oct 8, 2026

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    on Oct 8, 2026

    @geksiong I've got the same issue as yours recently, i managed to get it work with a workaround.

    • First be sure to have wslu installed on your wsl distro.

    • The next step is to disable networkingMode mirrored mode and go back to default NAT mecanism.

    Open the configuration file: %USERPROFILE%/.wslconfig and comment or remove networkingMode and hostAddressLoopback changes.
    then wsl --shutdown in powershell and rerun with wsl .

    the sf org login web flow should work back as expected opening the windows Browser.
    Once the org reauthenticated you can restore your wsl configurations back.

  15. geksiong commented on Oct 9, 2026

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    on Oct 9, 2026
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    @guillaume-dore Thanks, that worked perfectly! I must've switched to WSL mirrored mode previously somehow. The default NAT mode seems to work well, I'll probably keep it at NAT mode.

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