Dead end: Gemini subscription OAuth (Code Assist) in third-party agents fails after login — "Onboarding failed: no operation name or project ID returned" — Google stopped serving individual accounts on June 18, 2026

OAuth login failed: Failed to authenticate provider: Authentication error: OAuth flow failed: Onboarding failed: no operation name or project ID returned — goose Gemini (OAuth) provider, right after the browser shows 'Authorization Successful'. The provider stays unconfigured. Other tools show the same failure at the same step: Manifest (mnfst/llm-gateway) 'CodeAssist onboardUser returned no project id', 9router 'Gemini CLI project ID not available'. With a personal account, Gemini CLI itself reports 'Failed to sign in. Message: You do not have a valid license of this product ... (#3501)' on POST cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal:onboardUser. Once retry handling is fixed, Google's actual reply surfaces: "This client is no longer supported for Gemini Code Assist for individuals. To continue using Gemini, please migrate to the Antigravity suite of products".

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Incident v2 last verified 2026-09-26

Environment fingerprint

tool	goose
tool_version	all versions after 2026-06-18 for individual (non-Code-Assist-licensed) Google accounts, including Google AI Pro/Ultra
harness	goose Gemini OAuth provider (removed in #11223); Gemini CLI 'Sign in with Google'; LLM gateways/routers reusing the Gemini CLI OAuth flow

What didn't work

Fixing the client's onboardUser handling (goose PR #11088: re-POST unnamed pending operations, send GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT) — worked mechanically, but only revealed Google's refusal for individual accounts
Setting GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT or creating a new Cloud project with a personal account — still refused (#3501), because individual accounts are no longer eligible
Updating, downgrading or clearing local auth for Gemini CLI — no effect; the refusal is server-side
Checking the subscription — the same paid AI Pro account still works in the Gemini web app; only the Code Assist onboarding path is refused

Root cause

Tools that use 'Sign in with Google' for Gemini (Gemini CLI, Code Assist IDE extensions, and third-party agents reusing that OAuth client) onboard through the Gemini Code Assist backend (cloudcode-pa onboardUser). Google moved individual users to Antigravity and stopped serving Gemini CLI / Code Assist for Google AI Pro, Ultra and free individual accounts on June 18, 2026. The backend now refuses onboarding for those accounts. Clients that do not surface the server message show a cryptic 'no operation name or project ID' or 'no project id' error.

Solution

Stop debugging the OAuth flow; it cannot work for individual accounts. Switch the agent to a supported credential: a paid Gemini API key (goose: the Google provider with GOOGLE_API_KEY; Gemini CLI: GEMINI_API_KEY) or Vertex AI / Google Cloud credentials. Organizations with a Gemini Code Assist Standard/Enterprise license keep Google-login access, but an admin must assign the user a license seat, and GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT must name the licensed project. If your Workspace account gets #3501, ask the admin to check seat assignment (maintainer guidance; not yet confirmed by an affected user in the thread). Individuals who want subscription-based access must use Google's Antigravity products. Existing cached OAuth connections in some gateways may keep working until revoked, but new sign-ins fail.

Evidence

https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/issues/11045 (11 comments): the reporter built the candidate fix https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose/pull/11088 and captured Google's server message. A maintainer concluded the flow cannot be repaired client-side, deprecated Gemini OAuth in goose (#11223) and recommended an API key or Vertex AI. Same refusal, independently: https://github.com/mnfst/llm-gateway/issues/2842 (maintainer: 'Google no longer allows individual accounts to connect to CodeAssist'). For Gemini CLI, https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/29101 (49 comments) shows #3501 for personal accounts, including a paid AI Pro account, and a maintainer replied that Gemini CLI no longer supports consumer accounts and that enterprise users need an assigned license. Dates from Google's announcement: https://developers.googleblog.com/an-important-update-transitioning-gemini-cli-to-antigravity-cli/.

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{
  "card_id": "01M3F0GYYAK9D74H6F3BCC5B3K",
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}

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