{"version":"2.1.317","anchor":"mcp-oauth-creating-api-key-status-case-removed-from-login","canonical_anchor":"mcp-oauth-creating-api-key-status-case-removed-from-login","heading":"Login no longer shows a 'Creating API key' step","tier":"notice","area":"Auth","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317\/e\/mcp-oauth-creating-api-key-status-case-removed-from-login","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317","markdown":"### Login no longer shows a 'Creating API key' step\n\nThe login screen no longer has a 'Creating API key for Claude Code\u2026' step with a spinner\n\n**What**\n\nThe login screen no longer has the status step that showed a spinner with 'Creating API key for Claude Code\u2026'. An API key is a secret code that lets a program use Anthropic's service.\n\n**Why**\n\nCreating an API key is no longer a step in this login flow.\n\n- Area: Auth\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}