Disable Keychain access breaks Claude/Cursor refresh (boot + overview)

[gmkbenjamin]

Summary

With Settings → Advanced → Disable Keychain access enabled:

1. Cursor refreshes can fail with session/cache errors because cookie caches could not persist without Keychain.
2. Claude does not load usage on cold boot / background Auto refresh — only after a manual Refresh (background Auto gated off Claude CLI while OAuth/web cookies are empty).
3. Claude overview / switcher bar can show exhausted model carve-outs (e.g. Fable) instead of account Weekly.

Expected

• Cursor and Claude keep working with Keychain access disabled (CLI / in-process cache paths).
• Claude loads on startup without requiring a manual Refresh.
• Claude overview bar tracks account Weekly; scoped lanes stay on the detail card.

Actual

• Cursor session reconciliation fails when Keychain is disabled.
• Claude shows no usage until manual Refresh.
• Overview bar can appear empty/exhausted when only a scoped weekly (Fable) is depleted.

Notes

Related open work: #2409, #2424 (this issue consolidates the Disable Keychain + Claude overview/boot path).

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[tony-nz]

I keep getting this regardless or keychain enabled or not.. Super frustrating.

[steipete]

Fixed by #2426, just merged: with Keychain access disabled, Cursor and Claude refreshes now work through a memory-only cookie cache (cleared when the toggle changes), and Claude boot/background behavior is safe — background refresh can't trigger prompts. Ships in the next release; please confirm on your setup.