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Recommended action: Validate credentials explicitly at startup (non-empty key per provider) instead of relying on SDK behavior; in a multi-provider adapter treat openai.AuthenticationError, anthropic.AuthenticationError, TypeError from anthropic header validation, azure ClientAuthenticationError, genai ClientError with code 401/403, mistral SDKError with status_code 401, and cohere UnauthorizedError/InvalidTokenError as non-retryable auth failures.
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Proposed action
Recommended action: Validate credentials explicitly at startup (non-empty key per provider) instead of relying on SDK behavior; in a multi-provider adapter treat openai.AuthenticationError, anthropic.AuthenticationError, TypeError from anthropic header validation, azure ClientAuthenticationError, genai ClientError with code 401/403, mistral SDKError with status_code 401, and cohere UnauthorizedError/InvalidTokenError as non-retryable auth failures.
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