feat(login): extend --auto-open-browser to work with --web

Extend the existing --auto-open-browser flag to support web login
in addition to OIDC login. This provides a consistent interface for
controlling browser behavior across both authentication methods.

Changes:
- Extend --auto-open-browser flag to work with both --web and --exec-plugin
- Update flag documentation to clarify default behavior (true for --web, false for OIDC)
- Set default to true when using --web (unless explicitly overridden)
- Remove --auto-open-browser from OIDC-only validation checks
- Update login examples to show --auto-open-browser=false usage
- Update test coverage to reflect new behavior

When --web is used with --auto-open-browser=false, the authorization
URL is printed instead of being automatically opened in a browser.
This is useful for environments where browser automation is not
desired or possible.

Fixes: CNTRLPLANE-1538

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Author: celebdor

pkg/cli/login/login.go

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ var (
 		# Log in to the given server through a browser
 		oc login localhost:8443 --web --callback-port 8280
 
+		# Log in to the given server through a browser without opening it automatically (print URL only)
+		oc login localhost:8443 --web --auto-open-browser=false --callback-port 8280
+
 		# Log in to the external OIDC issuer through Auth Code + PKCE by starting a local server listening on port 8080
 		oc login localhost:8443 --exec-plugin=oc-oidc --client-id=client-id --extra-scopes=email,profile --callback-port=8080
 	`)
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ func NewCmdLogin(f kcmdutil.Factory, streams genericiooptions.IOStreams) *cobra.
 	cmds.Flags().StringSliceVar(&o.OIDCExtraScopes, "extra-scopes", o.OIDCExtraScopes, "Experimental: Extra scopes for external OIDC issuer. Optional.")
 	cmds.Flags().StringVar(&o.OIDCIssuerURL, "issuer-url", o.OIDCIssuerURL, "Experimental: Issuer url for external issuer. Required.")
 	cmds.Flags().StringVar(&o.OIDCCAFile, "oidc-certificate-authority", o.OIDCCAFile, "Experimental: The path to a certificate authority bundle to use when communicating with external OIDC issuer.")
-	cmds.Flags().BoolVar(&o.OIDCAutoOpenBrowser, "auto-open-browser", o.OIDCAutoOpenBrowser, "Experimental: Specify browser is automatically opened or not for external OIDC issuer. Disabled by default.")
+	cmds.Flags().BoolVar(&o.OIDCAutoOpenBrowser, "auto-open-browser", o.OIDCAutoOpenBrowser, "Experimental: Automatically open browser for login. When used with --web, defaults to true. When used with --exec-plugin for external OIDC, defaults to false.")
 	return cmds
 }
 
@@ -120,6 +123,11 @@ func (o *LoginOptions) Complete(f kcmdutil.Factory, cmd *cobra.Command, args []s
 	}
 	o.RequestTimeout = timeout
 
+	// Set default value for auto-open-browser when using web login
+	if o.WebLogin && !cmd.Flags().Changed("auto-open-browser") {
+		o.OIDCAutoOpenBrowser = true
+	}
+
 	parsedDefaultClusterURL, err := url.Parse(defaultClusterURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -191,7 +199,7 @@ func (o LoginOptions) Validate(cmd *cobra.Command, serverFlag string, args []str
 		return errors.New("currently only oc-oidc is supported")
 	}
 
-	oidcOptionsSet := o.OIDCClientID != "" || o.OIDCClientSecret != "" || len(o.OIDCExtraScopes) > 0 || o.OIDCIssuerURL != "" || o.OIDCAutoOpenBrowser
+	oidcOptionsSet := o.OIDCClientID != "" || o.OIDCClientSecret != "" || len(o.OIDCExtraScopes) > 0 || o.OIDCIssuerURL != ""
 
 	if o.OIDCExecPluginType == "" && oidcOptionsSet {
 		return errors.New("please specify --exec-plugin type. Currently only oc-oidc is supported")

pkg/cli/login/loginoptions.go

@@ -317,8 +317,14 @@ func (o *LoginOptions) gatherAuthInfo() error {
 	if o.WebLogin {
 		loginURLHandler := func(u *url.URL) error {
 			loginURL := u.String()
-			fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "Opening login URL in the default browser: %s\n", loginURL)
-			return browser.OpenURL(loginURL)
+			if !o.OIDCAutoOpenBrowser {
+				fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "Please visit the following URL in your browser: %s\n", loginURL)
+				fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "The callback server is listening and will receive the authentication response.\n")
+				return nil
+			} else {
+				fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "Opening login URL in the default browser: %s\n", loginURL)
+				return browser.OpenURL(loginURL)
+			}
 		}
 		token, err = tokenrequest.RequestTokenWithLocalCallback(o.Config, loginURLHandler, int(o.CallbackPort))
 	} else {

pkg/cli/login/loginoptions_test.go

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package login
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
@@ -485,6 +488,142 @@ func TestPreserveExecProviderOnUsernameLogin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestValidateAutoOpenBrowser(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name              string
+		webLogin          bool
+		autoOpenBrowser   bool
+		expectedError     string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:            "valid: --web with --auto-open-browser",
+			webLogin:        true,
+			autoOpenBrowser: true,
+			expectedError:   "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "valid: --web with --auto-open-browser=false",
+			webLogin:        true,
+			autoOpenBrowser: false,
+			expectedError:   "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "valid: --web without --auto-open-browser (will default to true)",
+			webLogin:        true,
+			autoOpenBrowser: false,
+			expectedError:   "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "valid: neither --web nor --auto-open-browser",
+			webLogin:        false,
+			autoOpenBrowser: false,
+			expectedError:   "",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			options := &LoginOptions{
+				Server:              "https://api.test.devcluster.openshift.com:6443", // Consistent with existing OpenShift tests
+				WebLogin:            tc.webLogin,
+				OIDCAutoOpenBrowser: tc.autoOpenBrowser,
+				StartingKubeConfig:  &kclientcmdapi.Config{},
+			}
+
+			err := options.Validate(nil, "", []string{})
+			if tc.expectedError == "" {
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Errorf("expected no error, but got: %v", err)
+				}
+			} else {
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Errorf("expected error '%s', but got no error", tc.expectedError)
+				} else if err.Error() != tc.expectedError {
+					t.Errorf("expected error '%s', but got: %v", tc.expectedError, err)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAutoOpenBrowserURLHandling(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name                string
+		autoOpenBrowser     bool
+		expectedOutputRegex string
+		shouldNotContain    string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:                "with --auto-open-browser=false prints URL without opening",
+			autoOpenBrowser:     false,
+			expectedOutputRegex: "Please visit the following URL in your browser: https://example.com/oauth/authorize\\?test=1\nThe callback server is listening and will receive the authentication response.\n",
+			shouldNotContain:    "Opening login URL in the default browser",
+		},
+		{
+			name:                "with --auto-open-browser=true shows opening message",
+			autoOpenBrowser:     true,
+			expectedOutputRegex: "Opening login URL in the default browser: https://example.com/oauth/authorize\\?test=1\n",
+			shouldNotContain:    "Please visit the following URL",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Capture output
+			outBuf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+			streams := genericiooptions.IOStreams{
+				In:     strings.NewReader(""),
+				Out:    outBuf,
+				ErrOut: &bytes.Buffer{},
+			}
+
+			options := &LoginOptions{
+				WebLogin:            true,
+				OIDCAutoOpenBrowser: tc.autoOpenBrowser,
+				IOStreams:           streams,
+			}
+
+			// Create a test login URL handler that matches the actual implementation
+			loginURLHandler := func(u *url.URL) error {
+				loginURL := u.String()
+				if !options.OIDCAutoOpenBrowser {
+					fmt.Fprintf(options.Out, "Please visit the following URL in your browser: %s\n", loginURL)
+					fmt.Fprintf(options.Out, "The callback server is listening and will receive the authentication response.\n")
+					return nil
+				} else {
+					fmt.Fprintf(options.Out, "Opening login URL in the default browser: %s\n", loginURL)
+					// Don't actually call browser.OpenURL in tests
+					return nil
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Test the handler with a test URL
+			testURL, _ := url.Parse("https://example.com/oauth/authorize?test=1")
+			err := loginURLHandler(testURL)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			output := outBuf.String()
+
+			// Check expected output using regex
+			matched, regexErr := regexp.MatchString(tc.expectedOutputRegex, output)
+			if regexErr != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("regex error: %v", regexErr)
+			}
+			if !matched {
+				t.Errorf("output did not match expected pattern.\nExpected pattern: %s\nActual output: %s", tc.expectedOutputRegex, output)
+			}
+
+			// Check that certain strings are not present
+			if tc.shouldNotContain != "" && strings.Contains(output, tc.shouldNotContain) {
+				t.Errorf("output should not contain '%s', but got: %s", tc.shouldNotContain, output)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func newTLSServer(certString, keyString string) (*httptest.Server, error) {
 	invoked := make(chan struct{}, 1)
 	server := httptest.NewUnstartedServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {