diff --git a/R/package-auth.R b/R/package-auth.R
index be4b17b..2fc1747 100644
--- a/R/package-auth.R
+++ b/R/package-auth.R
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ db_host <- function(id = NULL, prefix = NULL, profile = default_config_profile()
 #'
 #' @description
 #' The function will check for a token in the `DATABRICKS_HOST` environment variable.
-#' `.databrickscfg` will be searched if `db_profile` and `use_databrickscfg` are set or 
+#' `.databrickscfg` will be searched if `db_profile` and `use_databrickscfg` are set or
 #' if Posit Workbench managed OAuth credentials are detected.
 #' If none of the above are found then will default to using OAuth U2M flow.
 #'
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ db_token <- function(profile = default_config_profile()) {
 #' @description
 #' Workspace ID, optionally specified to make connections pane more powerful.
 #' Specified as an environment variable `DATABRICKS_WSID`.
-#' `.databrickscfg` will be searched if `db_profile` and `use_databrickscfg` are set or 
+#' `.databrickscfg` will be searched if `db_profile` and `use_databrickscfg` are set or
 #' if Posit Workbench managed OAuth credentials are detected.
 #'
 #' Refer to [api authentication docs](https://docs.databricks.com/dev-tools/api/latest/authentication.html)
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ db_oauth_client <- function(host = db_host()) {
 #' Returns the default config profile
 #' @details Returns the config profile first looking at `DATABRICKS_CONFIG_PROFILE`
 #' and then the `db_profile` option.
-#' 
+#'
 #' @return profile name
 #' @keywords internal
 default_config_profile <- function() {
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ default_config_profile <- function() {
 #' Returns whether or not to use a `.databrickscfg` file
 #' @details Indicates `.databrickscfg` should be used instead of environment variables when
 #' either the `use_databrickscfg` option is set or Posit Workbench managed OAuth credentials are detected.
-#' 
+#'
 #' @return boolean
 #' @keywords internal
 use_databricks_cfg <- function() {
@@ -297,4 +297,27 @@ use_databricks_cfg <- function() {
     use_databricks_cfg <- TRUE
   }
   return(use_databricks_cfg)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+
+# Extended from {odbc}
+#
+# Try to determine whether we can redirect the user's browser to a server on
+# localhost, which isn't possible if we are running on a hosted platform.
+#
+# This is based on the strategy pioneered by the {gargle} package and {httr2}.
+is_hosted_session <- function() {
+
+  if (on_databricks()) {
+    return(TRUE)
+  }
+
+  if (nzchar(Sys.getenv("COLAB_RELEASE_TAG"))) {
+    return(TRUE)
+  }
+
+  # If RStudio Server or Posit Workbench is running locally (which is possible,
+  # though unusual), it's not acting as a hosted environment.
+  Sys.getenv("RSTUDIO_PROGRAM_MODE") == "server" &&
+    !grepl("localhost", Sys.getenv("RSTUDIO_HTTP_REFERER"), fixed = TRUE)
+}
diff --git a/R/request-helpers.R b/R/request-helpers.R
index 0ddf669..afd528e 100644
--- a/R/request-helpers.R
+++ b/R/request-helpers.R
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ db_request <- function(endpoint, method, version = NULL, body = NULL, host, toke
   # otherwise initiate OAuth 2.0 U2M Workspace flow
   if (!is.null(token)) {
     req <- httr2::req_auth_bearer_token(req = req, token = token)
-  } else {
+  } else if (!is_hosted_session() && rlang::is_interactive()) {
 
     # fetch client
     oauth_client <- getOption(
diff --git a/vignettes/cluster-management.Rmd b/vignettes/cluster-management.Rmd
index a2c8d54..5696ec3 100644
--- a/vignettes/cluster-management.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/cluster-management.Rmd
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ cluster_info$state
 
 You can edit Databricks clusters to change various parameters using `db_cluster_edit()`. For example, we may decide we want our cluster to autoscale between 2-8 nodes and add some tags.
 
-```{r, results='hide', eval=FALSE}
+```{r, results='hide'}
 
 # we are required to input all parameters
 db_cluster_edit(
diff --git a/vignettes/remote-repl.Rmd b/vignettes/remote-repl.Rmd
index d2d0628..f516439 100644
--- a/vignettes/remote-repl.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/remote-repl.Rmd
@@ -62,19 +62,19 @@ After successfully connecting to the cluster you can run commands against the re
 
 The REPL has a shortcut you can enter `:<language>` to change the active language. You can change between the following languages:
 
-+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
-| Language                         | Shortcut                          |
-+==================================+===================================+
-| R                                | `:r`                              |
-+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
-| Python                           | `:py`                             |
-+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
-| SQL                              | `:sql`                            |
-+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
-| Scala                            | `:scala`                          |
-+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
-| Shell                            | `:sh`                             |
-+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
++---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
+| Language                        | Shortcut                          |
++=================================+===================================+
+| R                               | `:r`                              |
++---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
+| Python                          | `:py`                             |
++---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
+| SQL                             | `:sql`                            |
++---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
+| Scala                           | `:scala`                          |
++---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
+| Shell                           | `:sh`                             |
++---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
 
 When you change between languages all variables should persist unless REPL is exited.
 
diff --git a/vignettes/setup-auth.Rmd b/vignettes/setup-auth.Rmd
index 242425a..9984830 100644
--- a/vignettes/setup-auth.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/setup-auth.Rmd
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ It's recommended to use option (1) when using `{brickster}` interactively, if yo
 
 Personal Access Tokens can be generated in a few steps, for a step-by-step breakdown [refer to the documentation](https://docs.databricks.com/dev-tools/api/latest/authentication.html).
 
-Once you have a token you'll be able to store it alongside the workspace URL in an `.Renviron` file. The `.Renviron` is used for storing the variables, such as those which may be sensitive (e.g. credentials) and de-couple them from the code (additional reading: [1](https://support.posit.co/hc/en-us/articles/360047157094-Managing-R-with-Rprofile-Renviron-Rprofile-site-Renviron-site-rsession-conf-and-repos-conf), [2](https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=startup/vignettes/startup-intro.html)).
+Once you have a token you'll be able to store it alongside the workspace URL in an `.Renviron` file. The `.Renviron` is used for storing the variables, such as those which may be sensitive (e.g. credentials) and de-couple them from the code [additional reading](https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=startup/vignettes/startup-intro.html).
 
 To get started add the following to your `.Renviron`: