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GCP credential check reports failure reason and honors ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT

GCP credential checks now distinguish timeout from failure and honor a new project env var fallback.

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GCP credential checks now distinguish timeout from failure and honor a new project env var fallback.

The GCP ADC pre-check used before deciding whether to run the configured gcpAuthRefresh command (Yfr()) previously returned only true/false; it now returns 'valid', 'timeout', or 'invalid', logging distinct warning messages for a timeout versus an outright failure.

It also now passes an explicit projectId into the GoogleAuth client construction, sourced from existing variables like GCLOUD_PROJECT or the new fallback ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT.

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Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed gcpAuthRefresh opening a browser at startup when the Google credential check was slow, even though the credential was still valid

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