diff --git a/src/provider/accounts.ts b/src/provider/accounts.ts
index 52533d4..fedbfb8 100644
--- a/src/provider/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/provider/accounts.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function callbacks(interaction: AuthInteraction): OAuthLoginCallbacks {
   };
 }
 
-function openAuthorizationUrl(url: string, onError: () => void) {
+function openAuthorizationUrl(url: string) {
   const command: [string, string[]] =
     process.platform === 'darwin'
       ? ['open', [url]]
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function openAuthorizationUrl(url: string, onError: () => void) {
         ? ['rundll32', ['url.dll,FileProtocolHandler', url]]
         : ['xdg-open', [url]];
   const child = spawn(command[0], command[1], { detached: true, stdio: 'ignore' });
-  child.once('error', onError);
+  child.once('error', () => {});
   child.unref();
 }
 
@@ -134,9 +134,8 @@ function terminalInteraction(ctx: ExtensionCommandContext): AuthInteraction {
   return {
     notify(event) {
       if (event.type === 'auth_url') {
-        openAuthorizationUrl(event.url, () => {
-          ctx.ui.notify(`Open this URL to continue login: ${event.url}`, 'warning');
-        });
+        openAuthorizationUrl(event.url);
+        ctx.ui.notify(`Open this URL to continue login: ${event.url}`, 'warning');
         ctx.ui.notify(event.instructions ?? 'Complete the Grok CLI login in your browser.', 'info');
         return;
       }
diff --git a/tests/provider/accounts.test.ts b/tests/provider/accounts.test.ts
index 917d894..655edfe 100644
--- a/tests/provider/accounts.test.ts
+++ b/tests/provider/accounts.test.ts
@@ -379,12 +379,11 @@ describe('vault account management', () => {
     await expect(accounts.activate(ctx, account.id)).rejects.toThrow('environment token');
   });
 
-  it('reports the authorization URL when the browser opener fails', async () => {
+  it('reports the authorization URL as a warning in terminal and launches browser opener', async () => {
     const child = Object.assign(new EventEmitter(), { unref: vi.fn() });
     spawnProcess.mockReturnValue(child);
     login.mockImplementationOnce(async (callbacks) => {
       callbacks.onAuth({ url: 'https://accounts.x.ai/authorize?state=test' });
-      child.emit('error', new Error('xdg-open missing'));
       throw new Error('stop test login');
     });
     const commands = new Map<
@@ -413,10 +412,17 @@ describe('vault account management', () => {
 
     await commands.get('grok-cli-accounts')?.handler('', commandContext);
 
+    expect(spawnProcess).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(child.unref).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(() => child.emit('error', new Error('spawn failed'))).not.toThrow();
     expect(commandContext.ui.notify).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.stringContaining('https://accounts.x.ai/authorize?state=test'),
       'warning',
     );
+    expect(commandContext.ui.notify).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'Complete the Grok CLI login in your browser.',
+      'info',
+    );
   });
 
   it('does not save quota after the captured account logs out', async () => {