{"version":"2.1.246","anchor":"clearer-failure-when-the-metrics-opt-out-check-has-no-creden","canonical_anchor":"clearer-failure-when-the-metrics-opt-out-check-has-no-creden","heading":"Clearer failure when the metrics opt-out check has no credential","tier":"notice","area":"Telemetry","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.246\/e\/clearer-failure-when-the-metrics-opt-out-check-has-no-creden","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.246","markdown":"### Clearer failure when the metrics opt-out check has no credential\n\nThe organization metrics opt-out check now says clearly when it has no usable credential.\n\n**What**\n\nThe check that asks whether your organization has metrics enabled now builds its own auth headers and fails with a specific message when no usable credential exists, instead of reporting a generic missing-auth reason.\n\n**Details**\n\n- The new error reads `Auth error: no credential usable for the metrics opt-out check`.\n- The endpoint path is now a single shared constant, and the cached metrics status is written through the v5 storage handle.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`Auth error: no credential usable for the metrics opt-out check`\n\n- Area: Telemetry\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}