Resolution
A version of Tableau Desktop prior to 2021.4 will not have this issue. When using a more current version, it is possible to change the external web browser authentication back to the internal embedded browser authentication as noted below.
Option 1
Modify a Tableau Server setting applicable to all Desktop clients.
Use the following TSM command. This setting applies to all server users across all sites:
tsm configuration set -k wgserver.authentication.desktop_externalbrowser -v false
tsm pending-changes apply
Option 2
Update the plist to adjust the browser setting for a specific machine.
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.tableau.Tableau-<version>.plist Settings.WorkgroupUseEmbeddedBrowserServerSignIn -integer 1
Option 3
Turn off the browser setting with each launch of Tableau Desktop (needs to be run every time Desktop is opened).
- Mac using version 2022.1 as an example:
open -a "/Applications/Tableau Desktop 2022.1.app" --args -DOverride=ExternalBrowserOAuth:off