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fix(auth): force .google.com cookies during login for regional users #151

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fix(auth): force .google.com cookies during login for regional users
teng-lin Mar 4, 2026
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refactor(auth): extract login URLs into constants
teng-lin Mar 11, 2026
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13 changes: 11 additions & 2 deletions src/notebooklm/cli/session.py
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logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

GOOGLE_ACCOUNTS_URL = "https://accounts.google.com/"
NOTEBOOKLM_URL = "https://notebooklm.google.com/"
NOTEBOOKLM_HOST = "notebooklm.google.com"


def _sync_server_language_to_config() -> None:
"""Fetch server language setting and persist to local config.
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page = context.pages[0] if context.pages else context.new_page()
page.goto("https://notebooklm.google.com/")
page.goto(NOTEBOOKLM_URL)

console.print("\n[bold green]Instructions:[/bold green]")
console.print("1. Complete the Google login in the browser window")
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input("[Press ENTER when logged in] ")

# Force .google.com cookies for regional users (e.g. UK lands on
# .google.co.uk). Use "load" not "networkidle" to avoid analytics hangs.
page.goto(GOOGLE_ACCOUNTS_URL, wait_until="load")
page.goto(NOTEBOOKLM_URL, wait_until="load")

current_url = page.url
if "notebooklm.google.com" not in current_url:
if NOTEBOOKLM_HOST not in current_url:
console.print(f"[yellow]Warning: Current URL is {current_url}[/yellow]")
if not click.confirm("Save authentication anyway?"):
context.close()
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