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configure npmAuthToken/npmScopes in .yarnrc.yml","body":"Cause (Documented platform behavior): Credentials not configured in Yarn's own settings (or token invalid).\n\nFix status: documented_behavior\n\nMisleading approaches:\n- Editing .npmrc or setting NPM_CONFIG_* env vars — ignored by Yarn Modern.\n\nLimitations:\n- Derived from source/docs; not reproduced.\n\nEvidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yarnpkg/berry/e4e423a1eb117b5129f20ac626a03eb7a97aedff/packages/plugin-npm/sources/npmHttpUtils.ts (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): 401 errors become AUTHENTICATION_INVALID 'Invalid authentication (as <whoami>|attempted as <user>)'; requests needing auth without configured credentials throw AUTHENTICATION_NOT_FOUND 'No authentication configured for request'.\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yarnpkg/berry/e4e423a1eb117b5129f20ac626a03eb7a97aedff/packages/docusaurus/docs/getting-started/migrating/steps.mdx (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Yarn Modern uses .yarnrc.yml; 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