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apiKeyHelper failure now surfaced in status/settings display

Settings/status now shows a 'Failing' row with last-run time when your apiKeyHelper command errors

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You'll notice

Settings/status now shows a 'Failing' row with last-run time when your apiKeyHelper command errors

What

The settings and status display now shows a 'Failing' row when your configured apiKeyHelper (a command you set up to generate an API credential) fails to run. Normally this row includes the timestamp of the last run attempt, but in demo mode it just says 'Failing' without the timestamp.

Why

This makes it easier to notice when your apiKeyHelper command is broken, instead of failures happening silently.

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Since it was published

The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.

Confirmed since Anthropic's documentation has since written up apiKeyHelper, on Claude Code gateway compatibility guide. | Model for [background tasks](/docs/en/costs#background-token-usage) unless `ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL` pins one | The default Sonnet model, or the main model once one is selected, as the [Amazon Bedrock](/docs/en/amazon-bedrock#4-pin… llm-gateway-protocol see the edit
Added since A small documentation edit on Claude apps gateway deployment and operations touched a line naming apiKeyHelper after this was published. | Startup exits with `Administrator policy requires a Cloud gateway sign-in on this machine` | The developer's environment sets `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` or `ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN`, their settings configure an [`apiKeyHelper`](/docs/en/settings-r… claude-apps-gateway-deploy see the edit
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Two sources agreeTwo things we can check say the same as this entry.
Anthropic's documentation agreesA small documentation edit on Claude apps gateway deployment and operations touched a line naming apiKeyHelper after this was published.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed /status not showing the apiKeyHelper failure that its own error banner told you to check

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