diff --git a/cli/src/login.ts b/cli/src/login.ts
index adb7690c6c..d8b4679d4d 100644
--- a/cli/src/login.ts
+++ b/cli/src/login.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export async function loginInternal(apikey: string, options: Options, silent = f
   if (!apikey) {
     if (!silent)
       log.error('Missing API key, you need to provide an API key to upload your bundle')
-    throw new Error('Missing API key')
+    throw new CliUserError('Missing API key')
   }
 
   if (!silent)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export async function loginInternal(apikey: string, options: Options, silent = f
   if (local && !existsSync('.git')) {
     if (!silent)
       log.error('To use local you should be in a git repository')
-    throw new Error('Not in a git repository')
+    throw new CliUserError('Not in a git repository')
   }
 
   // Validate, persist (0o600) and emit the login event via the shared auth core.
diff --git a/cli/test/test-posthog-exception.mjs b/cli/test/test-posthog-exception.mjs
index ed890c0d93..39303e7bc0 100644
--- a/cli/test/test-posthog-exception.mjs
+++ b/cli/test/test-posthog-exception.mjs
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ try {
   // never opens an error tracking issue.
   assert.equal(shouldCapturePosthogException(new CliUserError('Login cancelled')), false)
   assert.equal(shouldCapturePosthogException(new CliUserError('Upload cancelled by user')), false)
+  // `login --local` outside a git repository is a normal user mistake the CLI
+  // already handles cleanly, so it throws CliUserError and never opens an issue.
+  assert.equal(shouldCapturePosthogException(new CliUserError('Not in a git repository')), false)
   // Two failures on different channels must be treated identically (one issue,
   // not one per channel), since the channel name lives in context, not the message.
   assert.equal(