Writing login information to the keychain failed with error 'The specified item already exists in the keychain.'.

[roblourens]

I keep getting this randomly

[RMacfarlane]

@roblourens What version of macOs are you on?

upstream: atom/node-keytar#127

[roblourens]

10.14.6. Oh wait, this is the mysterious error I was seeing a while back right? I should just update to Catalina, been putting that off for awhile.

[towry]

I got this error every time(Twice) I unlock the computer in the morning at work. While the Code Insiders keep opening in the whole night.

Logs from Account:

[Info  - 13:38:00.951] Token available from cache, expires in 3598994 milliseconds
[Error  - 13:38:01.41] Setting token failed: Error: The specified item already exists in the keychain.
[Info  - 14:37:30.47] Refreshing token...
[Info  - 14:37:30.604] Token refresh success
[Info  - 14:37:30.607] Token available from cache, expires in 3598996 milliseconds
[Info  - 15:36:59.704] Refreshing token...

VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.44.0-insider (20b88fa, 2020-04-01T08:34:11.087Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 19.3.0

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5257U CPU @ 2.70GHz (4 x 2700)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled metal: disabled_off multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: disabled_off protected_video_decode: unavailable_off rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled viz_display_compositor: enabled_on viz_hit_test_surface_layer: disabled_off_ok webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	3, 3, 2
Memory (System)	8.00GB (0.13GB free)
Process Argv	.
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (12)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
codesnap	adp	1.0.27
Bookmarks	ale	11.0.0
All-Autocomplete	Ati	0.0.23
vscode-eslint	dba	2.1.2
EditorConfig	Edi	0.14.4
prettier-vscode	esb	3.20.0
gitlab-mr	jas	1.4.2
search-node-modules	jas	1.3.0
recent-files	jun	1.1.10
vetur	oct	0.24.0
gitblame	wad	3.2.0
change-case	wma	1.0.0

(1 theme extensions excluded)

[RMacfarlane]

Easy repro steps: Open VSCode and mash the "New Window" keybinding to get ~10 windows in a short period of time.

Each window reads the existing refresh token from keytar and refreshes, simultaneous writes to keytar cause this error.

[sampotts]

Also seeing this on Catalina 10.15.4:

Version: 1.44.0-insider
Commit: e8dbc5ea6092ba73ae70069d3e730f2cc56addff
Date: 2020-04-03T22:09:44.908Z
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.4.0

[etetlow]

Same Issue on Catalina 10.15.4:

Version: 1.44.0-insider
Commit: 2aae1f2
Date: 2020-04-07T21:42:32.364Z
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.4.0