I Deleted Every Static Claude API Key I Owned. Here’s the Keyless Migration, Provider by Provider. (opens in new tab)

Author(s): Anup Karanjkar Originally published on Towards AI. Workload Identity Federation just hit GA — the per-provider setup, and the precedence trap that cost me two quiet days Last Tuesday I went looking for every static Claude API key I owned, and stopped counting at eleven. The author recounts migrating from long-lived static Claude API keys to keyless authentication using Workload Identity Federation (WIF), emphasizing that federation doesn’t truly “delete” the secret—it moves trust a...