From af795cb806a5a4381106f7b170e3d45b4f2f00f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arvid Fahlstrom Myrman <885076+arvidfm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 14:17:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] authenticate early with the interactive client

---
 flixpy/flix/cli/interactive_client.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/flixpy/flix/cli/interactive_client.py b/flixpy/flix/cli/interactive_client.py
index 5c82481..586ecb7 100644
--- a/flixpy/flix/cli/interactive_client.py
+++ b/flixpy/flix/cli/interactive_client.py
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ async def _sign_in(self) -> None:
         self.__config["access_key"] = access_key.to_json()
 
     async def request(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> aiohttp.ClientResponse:
+        # try to auth ahead of time only if the username and password
+        # were explicitly provided
+        if self.access_key is None and self.__username and self.__password:
+            await self._sign_in()
+
         try:
             return await super().request(*args, **kwargs)
         except errors.FlixNotVerifiedError: