What
Claude Code can now store a separate token for requests to the model, kept apart from the token used to connect to a session.
Why
It means model requests can use their own credential.
Claude Code can hold a separate token for model requests
Claude Code's stored sign-in details can now include a separate token for model requests, apart from the session token
Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
AuthArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.309,
Internal ChangesSection of the release