Description of problem:

The customer is using the following command:

oc login https://api.cl1.ocp4-sandbox.example.com:6443  --exec-plugin oc-oidc --issuer-url https://login.microsoftonline.com/0f6f68**/v2.0  --client-id 97122*** --extra-scopes email,profile,offline_access --callback-port=8080

This results in this output:

Please visit the following URL in your browser: http://localhost:8080
Logged into "https://api.cl1.ocp4-sandbox.example.com:6443" as "simon.krenger@example.com" from an external oidc issuer.

The customer would like to automatically open the browser when that is done (exactly what we implemented in `oc login -w`). So `oc login -w` does try to open a browser but `oc login [..] --exec-plugin oc-oidc` does not. It just shows "Please visit the following URL in your browser: http://localhost:8080".

The expectation would be that it would work like -w or there was an additional switch to open the browser. Also -w and --exec-plugin cannot be used together, so that would need to be a separate option

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

OpenShift Container Platform 4.19.10

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Set up an OCP 4.19 cluster with direct authentication per the documentation
2. Perform the login with `oc login [..] --exec-plugin oc-oidc`

Actual results:

The following output is printed, but no browser window is opened:

Please visit the following URL in your browser: http://localhost:8080
Logged into "https://api.cl1.ocp4-sandbox.example.com:6443" as "simon.krenger@example.com" from an external oidc issuer.

Expected results:

There should be an option to automatically open a browser window (see `oc login -w` command).

Additional info:

• Discussion on Slack: https://redhat-internal.slack.com/archives/CB48XQ4KZ/p1756998973111779
• CC aguclu@redhat.com rh-ee-irinis