diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
index 610b6cd0caa3..fa178c987e30 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 ### Bugs Fixed
 
+- Handles the scenario to gracefully handle unavalability of Key Ring on Linux platforms. [#46333](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/46333)
+
 ### Other Changes
 
 ## 1.16.3 (2025-07-18)
diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/main/java/com/azure/identity/implementation/PersistentTokenCacheImpl.java b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/main/java/com/azure/identity/implementation/PersistentTokenCacheImpl.java
index 325f37fda50b..15972f814fa9 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/main/java/com/azure/identity/implementation/PersistentTokenCacheImpl.java
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/main/java/com/azure/identity/implementation/PersistentTokenCacheImpl.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import com.azure.core.exception.ClientAuthenticationException;
 import com.azure.core.util.logging.ClientLogger;
+import com.azure.identity.implementation.util.IdentityUtil;
 import com.microsoft.aad.msal4j.ITokenCacheAccessAspect;
 import com.microsoft.aad.msal4j.ITokenCacheAccessContext;
 import com.microsoft.aad.msal4jextensions.PersistenceSettings;
@@ -87,11 +88,15 @@ private PersistenceSettings getPersistenceSettings() {
                     getCacheName(name != null ? name : DEFAULT_KEYRING_ITEM_NAME), DEFAULT_KEYRING_ATTR_NAME,
                     DEFAULT_KEYRING_ATTR_VALUE, null, null);
                 return persistenceSettingsBuilder.build();
-            } catch (KeyRingAccessException e) {
-                if (!allowUnencryptedStorage) {
-                    throw LOGGER.logExceptionAsError(e);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                if (e instanceof KeyRingAccessException || !IdentityUtil.isKeyRingAccessible()) {
+                    if (!allowUnencryptedStorage) {
+                        throw LOGGER.logExceptionAsError(e instanceof KeyRingAccessException
+                            ? ((KeyRingAccessException) e)
+                            : new RuntimeException(e));
+                    }
+                    persistenceSettingsBuilder.setLinuxUseUnprotectedFileAsCacheStorage(true);
                 }
-                persistenceSettingsBuilder.setLinuxUseUnprotectedFileAsCacheStorage(true);
                 return persistenceSettingsBuilder.build();
             }
         }
diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/main/java/com/azure/identity/implementation/util/IdentityUtil.java b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/main/java/com/azure/identity/implementation/util/IdentityUtil.java
index fdc22e2c016c..626017e08591 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/main/java/com/azure/identity/implementation/util/IdentityUtil.java
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/main/java/com/azure/identity/implementation/util/IdentityUtil.java
@@ -205,4 +205,31 @@ public static AuthenticationRecord loadVSCodeAuthRecord() throws IOException {
         // Deserialize to AuthenticationRecord
         return AuthenticationRecord.deserialize(json);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the GNOME Keyring is accessible.
+     * @return true if accessible, false otherwise.
+     */
+    public static boolean isKeyRingAccessible() {
+        try {
+            ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder("secret-tool", "lookup", "test", "test");
+            processBuilder.redirectErrorStream(true);
+            Process process = processBuilder.start();
+
+            int exitCode = process.waitFor();
+            if (exitCode == 0) {
+                return true; // Keyring is accessible
+            } else {
+                LOGGER.verbose("GNOME Keyring is unavailable or inaccessible.");
+                return false;
+            }
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); // Restore interrupted state if InterruptedException occurs
+            LOGGER.verbose("Error while checking GNOME Keyring availability: " + e.getMessage());
+            return false;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            LOGGER.verbose("Error while checking GNOME Keyring availability: " + e.getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
 }