diff --git a/src/matrix/net/HomeServerApi.ts b/src/matrix/net/HomeServerApi.ts
index 6a0e0bca..a722da30 100644
--- a/src/matrix/net/HomeServerApi.ts
+++ b/src/matrix/net/HomeServerApi.ts
@@ -58,15 +58,6 @@ export class HomeServerApi {
     private _baseRequest(method: RequestMethod, url: string, queryParams?: Record<string, any>, body?: Record<string, any>, options?: IRequestOptions, accessToken?: string): IHomeServerRequest {
         const queryString = encodeQueryParams(queryParams);
         url = `${url}?${queryString}`;
-        let log: ILogItem | undefined;
-        if (options?.log) {
-            const parent = options?.log;
-            log = parent.child({
-                t: "network",
-                url,
-                method,
-            }, parent.level.Info);
-        }
         let encodedBody: EncodedBody["body"];
         const headers: Map<string, string | number> = new Map();
         if (accessToken) {
@@ -89,7 +80,7 @@ export class HomeServerApi {
             cache: options?.cache ?? false
         });
 
-        const hsRequest = new HomeServerRequest(method, url, requestResult, log);
+        const hsRequest = new HomeServerRequest(method, url, requestResult, options);
         
         if (this._reconnector) {
             hsRequest.response().catch(err => {
@@ -169,7 +160,7 @@ export class HomeServerApi {
         // todo: This is so that we disable cache-buster because it would cause the hs to respond with error
         // see https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7722
         const _options = options ?? {};
-        Object.assign(_options, { cache: true });
+        Object.assign(_options, { cache: true, allowedErrors: [401] });
         const body = {
             auth,
             password,
diff --git a/src/matrix/net/HomeServerRequest.ts b/src/matrix/net/HomeServerRequest.ts
index d9c31275..cbbb4e90 100644
--- a/src/matrix/net/HomeServerRequest.ts
+++ b/src/matrix/net/HomeServerRequest.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 import {HomeServerError, ConnectionError} from "../error.js";
 import type {RequestResult} from "../../platform/web/dom/request/fetch.js";
 import type {ILogItem} from "../../logging/types";
+import type {IRequestOptions} from "../../platform/types/types.js";
 
 export interface IHomeServerRequest {
     abort(): void;
@@ -30,16 +31,18 @@ export class HomeServerRequest implements IHomeServerRequest {
     // as we add types for expected responses from hs, this could be a generic class instead
     private readonly _promise: Promise<any>;
 
-    constructor(method: string, url: string, sourceRequest: RequestResult, log?: ILogItem) {
+    constructor(method: string, url: string, sourceRequest: RequestResult, options?: IRequestOptions) {
+        let log: ILogItem | undefined;
+        if (options?.log) {
+            const parent = options?.log;
+            log = parent.child({ t: "network", url, method, }, parent.level.Info);
+        }
         this._log = log;
         this._sourceRequest = sourceRequest;
         this._promise = sourceRequest.response().then(response => {
             log?.set("status", response.status);
             // ok?
-            // todo: register endpoint indicates our progress in using the user interactive
-            // authentication using 401 responses
-            // passing through all 401 responses as a temporary fix
-            if (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 300 || response.status === 401) {
+            if (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 300 || options?.allowedErrors?.find(e => e === response.status)) {
                 log?.finish();
                 return response.body;
             } else {
diff --git a/src/platform/types/types.ts b/src/platform/types/types.ts
index 58d2216f..0ad569b4 100644
--- a/src/platform/types/types.ts
+++ b/src/platform/types/types.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export interface IRequestOptions {
     prefix?: string;
     method?: string;
     format?: string;
+    allowedErrors?: number[];
 }
 
 export type RequestFunction = (url: string, options: IRequestOptions) => RequestResult;