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## Title

    [Inngest TS SDK] inngest.send fails: "Failed to send event ... We couldn't find an event key to use to send events to Inngest."

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Sending events in cloud mode requires a valid event key for the target environment.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inngest/inngest-js/197812b9e20d87315998027b0ad810ca8644c4ee/packages/inngest/src/components/Inngest.ts (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): send() throws "Failed to send event" when no event key is set in cloud mode and maps 401 responses to event key not found.
    
    Search phrasings: inngest We couldn't find an event key to use to send events; inngest Failed to send event event key; inngest Event key not found
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

    {
      "observed_symptom": "send() throws in production; or the API responds that the event key is not found.",
      "context": "Product: Inngest TypeScript SDK\nComponent: Inngest client send()\nOperation: inngest.send({...}) from an API route that triggers an agent function\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: Error\nPackages: inngest main at pinned SHA\nTrigger: Cloud mode with no INNGEST_EVENT_KEY/eventKey, or an event key from another environment (e.g. branch vs production).",
      "environment": {
        "state": "unknown"
      },
      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "Your event or events were not sent to Inngest. We couldn't find an event key to use to send events to Inngest."
      },
      "literal_source": "contributor_supplied",
      "expected_behavior": null
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## Primary and recurrence sources

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## Support assessment

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        "title": "Proposed fix: [Inngest TS SDK] inngest.send fails: \"Failed to send event ... We couldn't find an event key to use to send events to Inngest.\"",
        "body": "Recommended action: Set INNGEST_EVENT_KEY for the correct environment (or eventKey in new Inngest({...})); use INNGEST_DEV=1 locally.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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