This is a known issue, but I want to document it properly and gather feedback from others to narrow it down.

When using "Login with Google", gemini-cli becomes completely unresponsive after entering the authorization code:

• No keyboard input is accepted anymore
• Ctrl+C does not terminate the process
• The only way to stop it is from the outside via

  docker stop <container_name>

If the Gemini home directory is persisted via a Docker volume, restarting a new container works fine afterward; authentication was successful and gemini-cli can be used normally.

Observed in the following setup:

• Windows PowerShell
• SSH into a Linux host
• Starting a gemini container with the cli option

I'm currently not sure:

• what exactly causes the freeze
• whether this happens in all environments
• whether this is image-specific or a general gemini-cli issue

Request for feedback

If you:

• experience the same issue (with this image or independently)
• do not experience the issue despite using this image
• have insights into terminal / TTY / stdin handling during OAuth flows

please comment here. Any data point helps to narrow this down.