Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
AuthArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.248,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
Key verification moved from a per-component hook to a single shared object, with a counter so a slow verification cannot overwrite a newer result. Telemetry is unchanged, still reporting helper failure, missing, invalid and network error outcomes.
Evidence
apikeyhelper_failed
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
