feathersjs · daffl · Jul 19, 2022 · Jul 19, 2022
diff --git a/packages/authentication-client/src/core.ts b/packages/authentication-client/src/core.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export class AuthenticationClient {
    if (!authPromise || force === true) {
      authPromise = this.getAccessToken().then((accessToken) => {
        if (!accessToken) {
-          throw new NotAuthenticated('No accessToken found in storage')
+          return this.handleError(new NotAuthenticated('No accessToken found in storage'), 'authenticate')
        }

        return this.authenticate({

diff --git a/packages/authentication-client/test/index.test.ts b/packages/authentication-client/test/index.test.ts
@@ -154,10 +154,11 @@ describe('@feathersjs/authentication-client', () => {
  })

  describe('reauthenticate', () => {
-    it('fails when no token in storage', async () => {
+    it('fails when no token in storage and resets authentication state', async () => {
      await assert.rejects(() => app.authentication.reAuthenticate(), {
        message: 'No accessToken found in storage'
      })
+      assert.ok(!app.get('authentication'), 'Reset authentication')
    })

    it('reauthenticates when token is in storage', async () => {