From a2ce22dd394f4a28ae38221c55f5304761a12425 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jill Regan <jillian.jnr@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:35:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add error handling

---
 src/utils.ts | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 682fd37..7d54916 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -124,11 +124,18 @@ const loadSecretsViaServiceAccount = async (
 		throw new Error(authErr);
 	}
 
-	const client = await createClient({
+	// Authenticate with the 1Password SDK
+	let client;
+	try {
+		client = await createClient({
 		auth: token,
 		integrationName: "1Password GitHub Action",
 		integrationVersion: version,
 	});
+	} catch (err) {
+		const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+		throw new Error(`Service account authentication failed: ${message}`);
+	}
 
 	for (const envName of envs) {
 		const ref = process.env[envName];