# \[SOLVED\] CLI login failure

**URL:** <https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/solved-cli-login-failure/4932>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 19, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/solved-cli-login-failure/4932 "2026-01-19T22:32:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Partridge2562](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Partridge2562](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/Partridge2562)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/solved-cli-login-failure/4932/1 "2026-01-19T22:32:02Z")

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Version: Vaultwarden 1.35.2

I upgraded my bitwarden CLI to 2025.12.1 and my script failed with “Error: User Decryption Options are required for client initialization. userDecryptionOptions is missing in response.”. It turns out this was logged and already fixed [here](https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/issues/6709).

I downgraded back to bw CLI 2024.11.1 (yes very old) and it works. Anyone planning to upgrade bw CLI may want to hold off until the fix makes it into the stable vaultwarden release.

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**Author:** ![BlackDex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/blackdex/32/8_2.png) [@BlackDex](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/BlackDex)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 6:25am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/solved-cli-login-failure/4932/2 "2026-01-20T06:25:11Z")

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Or run the `testing` version

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**Author:** ![miraclemarc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@miraclemarc](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/miraclemarc)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/solved-cli-login-failure/4932/3 "2026-01-20T12:38:46Z")

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Seems like these two could be related. [Bitwarden v2025.12.1 broke Self-Hosted Login on Android - #2 by MrVaulty](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/bitwarden-v2025-12-1-broke-self-hosted-login-on-android/4928/2)

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**Author:** ![Partridge2562](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Partridge2562](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/Partridge2562)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/solved-cli-login-failure/4932/4 "2026-02-12T14:00:26Z")

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With Vaultwarden 1.35.3 my CLI script runs well again. I even upgraded bw CLI to 2026.1.0 and all is well. Marking as solved.