User (role: guests) missing scope (account) using Oauth to check login status

hi, I am always getting this error when using OAuth google login to check if user is logged in or not.

Workflow:
I have this authContext function which in useEffect/useLayoutEffect gets current session and loads user's google profile if logged in else redirects to /login page. When a user is logged in, it works fine else it throws this exception (see title).

I have tried both account.get and account.getSession('current') and still gets the same exception when user is not logged in. This doesn't only happen in useEffect or useLayoutEffect on button to get session (just for testing) and its same.

useLayoutEffect(() => {
getLoggedInGoogleUser();
}, []);
const getLoggedInGoogleUser = async () => {
try {
const hey = await account.getSession("current");
if (hey) console.log(hey);
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
};

please help getting around this error.

thank you,
best regards.