{"version":"2.1.246","anchor":"credentials-are-primed-through-the-store-at-start-up","canonical_anchor":"credentials-are-primed-through-the-store-at-start-up","heading":"Credentials are primed through the store at start-up","tier":"internal","area":"Auth","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.246\/e\/credentials-are-primed-through-the-store-at-start-up","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.246","markdown":"### Credentials are primed through the store at start-up\n\nLogin tokens are warmed at startup, and skipped entirely for token-based auth.\n\n**What**\n\nA new start-up step probes the credential version and warms the OAuth token cache through the credentials store, clearing the cached entry if the read comes back empty. It is skipped for token-based auth, including when `CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN` or `CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN_FILE_DESCRIPTOR` is set, and failures are logged rather than fatal.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`Credentials prime through the store failed`\n\n- Area: Auth\n- Names: `CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN`, `CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN_FILE_DESCRIPTOR`\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}