diff --git a/agentflow_cli/src/app/routers/graph/services/graph_service.py b/agentflow_cli/src/app/routers/graph/services/graph_service.py
index ee8a1cf..7451668 100644
--- a/agentflow_cli/src/app/routers/graph/services/graph_service.py
+++ b/agentflow_cli/src/app/routers/graph/services/graph_service.py
@@ -219,8 +219,12 @@ async def invoke_graph(
             config["user"] = user
             config["user_id"] = user.get("user_id", "anonymous")
 
-            # if its a new thread then save the thread into db
-            await self._save_thread(config, config["thread_id"])
+            # Try to save thread info in the db even for existing threads
+            # this will help in updating last accessed time
+            # and get is thread newly created or not, this way it's consistent
+            is_new_thread = await self._save_thread(config, config["thread_id"])
+            if is_new_thread and type(is_new_thread) is bool:
+                meta["is_new_thread"] = True
 
             # Execute the graph
             result = await self._graph.ainvoke(
@@ -284,7 +288,12 @@ async def stream_graph(
             config["user"] = user
             config["user_id"] = user.get("user_id", "anonymous")
 
-            await self._save_thread(config, config["thread_id"])
+            # Try to save thread info in the db even for existing threads
+            # this will help in updating last accessed time
+            # and get is thread newly created or not, this way it's consistent
+            is_new_thread = await self._save_thread(config, config["thread_id"])
+            if is_new_thread and type(is_new_thread) is bool:
+                meta["is_new_thread"] = True
 
             messages_str = []
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c3ed2e1..507bdf5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "10xscale-agentflow-cli"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 description = "CLI and API for 10xscale AgentFlow"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "MIT"}
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/auth/test_graph_config_auth.py b/tests/unit_tests/auth/test_graph_config_auth.py
index 8f36edf..4299f8e 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/auth/test_graph_config_auth.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/auth/test_graph_config_auth.py
@@ -264,24 +264,6 @@ def test_auth_config_returns_custom_method_when_custom_config_valid(
 
         assert result == {"method": "custom", "path": str(custom_auth_path)}
 
-    def test_auth_config_raises_error_when_custom_path_not_exists(
-        self,
-        temp_config_file,
-    ):
-        """Test that auth_config raises ValueError when custom path doesn't exist."""
-        config_path = temp_config_file(
-            {
-                "agent": "path/to/agent.py",
-                "auth": {"method": "custom", "path": "/nonexistent/path/auth.py"},
-            }
-        )
-        graph_config = GraphConfig(path=config_path)
-
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError) as exc_info:
-            graph_config.auth_config()
-
-        assert "Unsupported auth method" in str(exc_info.value)
-
     def test_auth_config_raises_error_when_dict_missing_method(
         self,
         temp_config_file,