diff --git a/src/browser.rs b/src/browser.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3e2d3e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/browser.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use crate::print::{self};
+
+pub fn open_link(link: &str, success_prompt: Option<&str>, error_prompt: Option<&str>) -> bool {
+    match open::that(&link) {
+        Ok(_) => {
+            print::success_msg("Opening URL in browser", link);
+            match success_prompt {
+                Some(prompt) => print::prompt(prompt),
+                None => (),
+            }
+            true
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            print::error!("Cannot launch browser: {e:#}");
+            print::prompt(match error_prompt {
+                Some(prompt) => prompt,
+                None => "Please paste the URL below into your browser:",
+            });
+            println!("{link}");
+            false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/cloud/auth.rs b/src/cloud/auth.rs
index 8909ad272..bdaf127b7 100644
--- a/src/cloud/auth.rs
+++ b/src/cloud/auth.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use fs_err as fs;
 use tokio::time::sleep;
 
 use crate::branding::BRANDING_CLOUD;
+use crate::browser::open_link;
 use crate::cloud::client::{
     cloud_config_dir, cloud_config_file, CloudClient, CloudConfig, ErrorResponse,
 };
@@ -78,13 +79,11 @@ pub async fn _do_login(client: &mut CloudClient) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     } = client
         .post("auth/sessions/", &HashMap::from([("type", "CLI")]))
         .await?;
-    let link = client.api_endpoint.join(&auth_url)?.to_string();
-    log::debug!("Opening URL in browser: {}", link);
-    if open::that(&link).is_ok() {
-        print::prompt("Page to complete authentication now open in your browser.");
-    } else {
-        print::prompt("Please paste this link into your browser to complete authentication:");
-        print::success_msg("Link", link);
+    {
+        let link = client.api_endpoint.join(&auth_url)?.to_string();
+        let success_prompt = "Complete the authentication process now open in your browser";
+        let error_prompt = "Please paste this link into your browser to complete authentication:";
+        open_link(&link, Some(&success_prompt), Some(&error_prompt));
     }
     let deadline = Instant::now() + AUTHENTICATION_WAIT_TIME;
     while Instant::now() < deadline {
diff --git a/src/commands/ui.rs b/src/commands/ui.rs
index be0b00aca..e66194de9 100644
--- a/src/commands/ui.rs
+++ b/src/commands/ui.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::io::{stdout, Write};
 use anyhow::Context;
 
 use crate::branding::{BRANDING, BRANDING_CLI_CMD};
+use crate::browser::open_link;
 use crate::cloud;
 use crate::commands::ExitCode;
 use crate::options::{Options, UI};
@@ -29,20 +30,11 @@ pub fn show_ui(cmd: &UI, opts: &Options) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             .expect("stdout write succeeds");
         Ok(())
     } else {
-        match open::that(&url) {
-            Ok(_) => {
-                print::success!("Opening URL in browser:");
-                println!("{url}");
-                Ok(())
-            }
-            Err(e) => {
-                print::error!("Cannot launch browser: {e:#}");
-                print::prompt(
-                    "Please paste the URL below into your browser to launch the {BRANDING} UI:",
-                );
-                println!("{url}");
-                Err(ExitCode::new(1).into())
-            }
+        let error_prompt =
+            format!("Please paste the URL below into your browser to launch the {BRANDING} UI:");
+        match open_link(&url, None, Some(&error_prompt)) {
+            true => Ok(()),
+            false => Err(ExitCode::new(1).into()),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ad4f96fb0..061326e1b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ mod analyze;
 mod async_util;
 mod branch;
 mod branding;
+mod browser;
 mod bug;
 mod classify;
 pub(crate) mod cli;