diff --git a/crates/zed/src/main.rs b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
index 29dfd314273e20f9142e66dfaf847a634e4a8271..af0c98506d38480003796c6321c5dea7c5765d1d 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fn main() {
         cx.spawn({
             let client = client.clone();
             |cx| async move {
-                if client.has_keychain_credentials(&cx) {
+                if !stdout_is_a_pty() && client.has_keychain_credentials(&cx) {
                     client.authenticate_and_connect(true, &cx).await?;
                 }
                 Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(())