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# tm auth whoami

> Show the authenticated Control Plane user profile.

## What This Checks

`tm auth whoami` is a live Control Plane check. It calls the profile endpoint with the current bearer token and confirms that the token is accepted by the current Control Plane base URL.

Use [`tm auth status`](/cli/reference/auth/status) when you only need to inspect local credential presence without making a network call.

## Usage

```sh theme={null}
tm auth whoami [OPTIONS]
```

## Examples

### Show the current authenticated Control Plane identity.

```sh theme={null}
tm auth whoami
```

### Show the current authenticated Control Plane identity in structured JSON output.

```sh theme={null}
tm --output json auth whoami
```

## Options

| Name        | Type    | Required | Default | Details                                       |
| ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| `--timeout` | `float` | no       |         | HTTP timeout in seconds for the profile call. |

## Inherited Global Options

| Name                  | Type           | Required | Default                              | Details                                                                                                                      |          |    |          |                                                                   |
| --------------------- | -------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | -- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--version`, `-V`     | `boolean`      | no       | `false`                              | Show the version and exit. Boolean flag.                                                                                     |          |    |          |                                                                   |
| `--config`            | `path`         | no       | `"~/.config/tensormesh/config.toml"` | Path to config TOML file                                                                                                     |          |    |          |                                                                   |
| `--output`            | \`choice\[text | json     | yaml                                 | raw                                                                                                                          | table]\` | no | `"text"` | Output format (text is human-readable; json is machine-friendly). |
| `--quiet`             | `boolean`      | no       | `false`                              | Suppress non-essential output. Boolean flag.                                                                                 |          |    |          |                                                                   |
| `--debug`             | `boolean`      | no       | `false`                              | Print debug logs to stderr (secrets redacted). Boolean flag.                                                                 |          |    |          |                                                                   |
| `--ca-bundle`         | `path`         | no       |                                      | Path to a PEM CA bundle for TLS verification (overrides TENSORMESH\_CA\_BUNDLE).                                             |          |    |          |                                                                   |
| `--max-retries`       | `integer`      | no       |                                      | Max retries for idempotent HTTP requests on transient errors (overrides TENSORMESH\_MAX\_RETRIES; subcommands may override). |          |    |          |                                                                   |
| `--controlplane-base` | `text`         | no       |                                      | Override the Control Plane base URL.                                                                                         |          |    |          |                                                                   |

## Auth Scope

* controlplane-access-token

## Prerequisites

* Run tm auth login first.

## Caveats

* Uses `GET /auth/profile` to live-validate the current bearer token.

## Related Commands

* [`tm auth login`](/cli/reference/auth/login)
* [`tm auth refresh`](/cli/reference/auth/refresh)

## Parent Command

* [`tm auth`](/cli/reference/auth)