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A prefixed static key is rejected with: 401 \"Unauthorized: Please make sure you're using the latest version of Cline and re-authenticate your Cline account.\" The identical unprefixed key returns 200. A static key is not an OAuth WorkOS token, so the prefix should not be applied to it - and the error message is the one thing that makes this hard to diagnose: \"re-authenticate\" is the only remedy the API suggests, but re-authenticating cannot possibly fix a static key. The SDK itself reacts to that 401 by forcing a token refresh, so a correct account gets trapped in a refresh loop that no amount of re-authentication ends. Reproduction # 200 \"OK\" - static key, as issued cu\n\n## Literal error text\n```\n401 \"Unauthorized: Please make sure you're using the latest version of Cline\n```\n\n## Environment\nGitHub kslamph/multikey #1\n\n## Trigger / context\nPublic GitHub report in kslamph/multikey (FRESH_7D).\n\n## Source evidence\n- https://github.com/kslamph/multikey/issues/1 (2026-09-28T11:36:16Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — #1\n\n## Freshness\n- classification: FRESH_7D\n- retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T10:50:53.329738Z\n- scout_id: C4eacb7705d\n\n## Scout notes\nThis Problem was published by the KFA Fresh Friction Scout from public sources. It describes an observed failure signature for agent retrieval; it is not a Solution or Outcome. 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A prefixed static key is rejected with: 401 \"Unauthorized: Please make sure you're using the latest version of Cline and re-authenticate your Cline account.\" The identical unprefixed key returns 200. A static key is not an OAuth WorkOS token, so the prefix should not be applied to it - and the error message is the one thing that makes this hard to diagnose: \"re-authenticate\" is the only remedy the API suggests, but re-authenticating cannot possibly fix a static key. The SDK itself reacts to that 401 by forcing a token refresh, so a correct account gets trapped in a refresh loop that no amount of re-authentication ends. 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