Why do I get interaction_in_progress for the following order of method calls?

[kudorgyozo]

Core Library

MSAL.js (@azure/msal-browser)

Core Library Version

3.28.0

Wrapper Library

Not Applicable

Wrapper Library Version

none

Public or Confidential Client?

Public

Description

I don't know if this is a bug or not. The following order of method calls are not working:

//refresh page
addEventCallback();
initialize();
getActiveAccount();
getAllAccounts();
loginRedirect();

and the following, with an extra clear cache does work:

//refresh
addEventCallback();
initialize();
getActiveAccount();
getAllAccounts();

clearCache(); <======== this
loginRedirect();

This is not the actual code, not even pseudocode, this is just an ordered list of things I do with the msal.js library.
Am I doing something wrong?

This is in an angular app, and I'm intentionally not using any wrapper. (I've had many issues with the angular wrapper, at least this is working, more or less) What I have is just a service that calls the msal instance, and a component with a login, logout button, that uses the instance.

Error Message

BrowserAuthError: interaction_in_progress: Interaction is currently in progress. Please ensure that this interaction has been completed before calling an interactive API.   For more visit: aka.ms/msaljs/browser-errors
    at createBrowserAuthError (BrowserAuthError.mjs:272:10)
    at BrowserCacheManager.setInteractionInProgress (BrowserCacheManager.mjs:1049:15)
    at _StandardController.acquireTokenRedirect (StandardController.mjs:320:27)
    at _StandardController.loginRedirect (StandardController.mjs:1108:17)
    at _PublicClientApplication.loginRedirect (PublicClientApplication.mjs:230:28)
    at _AuthService.login (auth.service.ts:65:37)
    at _ProfileComponent.login (profile.component.ts:36:32)
    at ProfileComponent_Conditional_1_Template_button_click_0_listener (profile.component.html:3:56)
    at executeListenerWithErrorHandling (core.mjs:29245:12)
    at wrapListenerIn_markDirtyAndPreventDefault (core.mjs:29277:18)

MSAL Logs

Navigated to https://localhost:57429/profile
logging.service.ts:35 [LoggingService ctor] {logLevel: 0, consoleLogOnly: true}
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Trace - BrowserCacheManager - createKeyMaps called.
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Verbose - Event callback registered with id: 019456c8-8a39-73ae-8a69-08f04d6152fe
logging.service.ts:45 [DEBUG]: [Auth initInner start]
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Trace - initialize called
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Verbose - Emitting event to callback 019456c8-8a39-73ae-8a69-08f04d6152fe: msal:initializeStart
logging.service.ts:45 [DEBUG]: [msal event, status]  {eventType: 'msal:initializeStart', interactionType: null, payload: null, error: null, timestamp: 1736622770748} null
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Verbose - Claims-based caching is disabled. Clearing the previous cache with claims
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Trace - Executing function clearTokensAndKeysWithClaims
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Trace - BrowserCacheManager.getTokenKeys called
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Verbose - BrowserCacheManager.getTokenKeys - No token keys found
core.mjs:20876 Angular is running in development mode.
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Trace - Returning result from clearTokensAndKeysWithClaims
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Verbose - Emitting event to callback 019456c8-8a39-73ae-8a69-08f04d6152fe: msal:initializeEnd
logging.service.ts:45 [DEBUG]: [msal event, status]  {eventType: 'msal:initializeEnd', interactionType: null, payload: null, error: null, timestamp: 1736622770755} null
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Trace - BrowserCacheManager.getActiveAccount: No active account filters cache schema found, looking for legacy schema
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Trace - BrowserCacheManager.getActiveAccount: No active account found
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Verbose - getAllAccounts called
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Trace - BrowserCacheManager.getAccountKeys called
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:50 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Verbose - BrowserCacheManager.getAccountKeys - No account keys found
logging.service.ts:45 [DEBUG]: [Auth initInner end]
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:55 GMT] : [019456c8-9b4b-73bd-875a-26e8bff8fa87] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Verbose - loginRedirect called
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:55 GMT] : [019456c8-9b4b-73bd-875a-26e8bff8fa87] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Verbose - acquireTokenRedirect called
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:55 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Verbose - getAllAccounts called
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:55 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Trace - BrowserCacheManager.getAccountKeys called
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:55 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Verbose - BrowserCacheManager.getAccountKeys - No account keys found
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:55 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Trace - BrowserCacheManager.getTemporaryCache: Temporary cache item returned
msal.config.ts:52 [Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:12:55 GMT] : [] : @azure/msal-browser@3.28.0 : Verbose - Emitting event to callback 019456c8-8a39-73ae-8a69-08f04d6152fe: msal:loginFailure
logging.service.ts:45 [DEBUG]: [msal event, status]  {eventType: 'msal:loginFailure', interactionType: 'redirect', payload: null, error: BrowserAuthError: interaction_in_progress: Interaction is currently in progress. Please ensure that…, timestamp: 1736622775116} none
logging.service.ts:72 [ERROR]: login error BrowserAuthError: interaction_in_progress: Interaction is currently in progress. Please ensure that this interaction has been completed before calling an interactive API.   For more visit: aka.ms/msaljs/browser-errors

Network Trace (Preferrably Fiddler)

• Sent
• Pending

MSAL Configuration

auth: {
        clientId: environment.msalConfig.auth.clientId,
        authority: environment.b2cPolicies.authorities.signUpSignIn.authority,
        redirectUri: '/profile',
        postLogoutRedirectUri: '/home',
        knownAuthorities: [environment.b2cPolicies.authorityDomain]
    },
    cache: {
        cacheLocation: BrowserCacheLocation.LocalStorage
    },
    system: {
        allowNativeBroker: false, // Disables WAM Broker
        loggerOptions: {
            loggerCallback,
            logLevel: LogLevel.Trace,
            piiLoggingEnabled: true
        }
    }

Relevant Code Snippets

call these methods in this order
addEventCallback();
initialize();
getActiveAccount();
getAllAccounts();
loginRedirect();

Reproduction Steps

call these methods in this order, as mentioned above
addEventCallback();
initialize();
getActiveAccount();
getAllAccounts();
loginRedirect();

Expected Behavior

Login redirect should work

Identity Provider

Azure B2C Basic Policy

Browsers Affected (Select all that apply)

Chrome, Other

Regression

No response