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What does this PR do?

Document the existing authentication identity and local-profile lifecycle in
DOCUMENTATION.md. The complete reference currently omits auth status and
auth remove; its single profile paragraph does not explain how to diagnose an
environment key overriding a named profile, or why removing a saved profile can
leave authentication working.

The guide adds:

• auth status: live identity versus sample dry-run data, text-only endpoint
  rendering, JSON identity output and invalid-key exit behavior.
• auth remove: preview and actual local removal, its two success statuses,
  preservation of other profiles, and the distinction from key revocation.
• Separate resolution orders for profile, key and endpoint; unset/blank values,
  missing profiles and valid names.
• A named-profile workflow, current-shell selection and override cleanup for
  Bash/Zsh and PowerShell, plus ephemeral CI usage without a credential write.
• The actual local-file-read caveat and Windows ACL versus POSIX permissions.

This is a standalone documentation change based directly on upstream main.
It does not contain the shell-completion changes in #670. The existing setup
reference proposal in #644 documents onboarding flags; this guide addresses
identity inspection, runtime profile resolution and local removal, not another
setup reference.

Related issue

Documentation-only exemption in CONTRIBUTING.md: the docs: title permits a
direct PR without an assigned issue. No code, tests, workflows, dependencies or
authentication behavior are changed.

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Type of change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that changes existing behavior)
• Documentation only
• Build / CI / chore

Checklist

• PR targets the main branch.
• Commits follow Conventional Commits.
• npm run lint and npm run format:check pass.
• npm run typecheck passes.
• npm test passes and coverage stays at or above the 80% gate.
• New behavior is covered by unit tests (no new behavior in this docs PR).
• No secrets, real API keys, internal endpoints or personal data are included.
• User-facing documentation is updated.

Validation

On Windows with Node v24.16.0, CLI 0.15.0:

• npm run build
• npm run lint: zero errors, 215 existing unused-disable warnings;
  check-ticket-refs clean for 271 files.
• npm run typecheck
• npm run format:check
• npm exec -- vitest run src/lib/config.test.ts src/commands/profile-env.spec.ts src/commands/auth.test.ts src/commands/init.test.ts:
  187 tests passed in four files.
• git diff --check

An external, disposable native-CLI probe also passed 15 scenarios against a
loopback /me fixture: saved/default and environment-selected profiles, flag
precedence, environment-key override, endpoint override, blank variables, text
identity rendering, absent profile without default-key fallback, invalid key,
non-mutating dry-run removal, targeted removal, repeat removal, environment-key
authentication after removal, preservation of the default profile, and sample
identity dry-run with zero requests. It used isolated HOME/USERPROFILE, dummy
keys, and disabled telemetry/update notices; no hosted API, paid run or actual
account was used. The probe is not shipped in the repository.

The full unit/e2e suites and coverage were not run, so those checks are not
claimed. Interactive secret prompting and native Bash/Zsh execution were not
re-tested; prompt behavior was checked against the existing implementation and
the passing setup/auth tests.

AI assistance was used to draft the guide and local verification probe. The
claims and examples were checked against auth.ts, init.ts, config.ts,
credentials.ts, the existing tests, and the native-CLI controls above.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Added guidance for checking the current identity, required permissions, command output, and invalid-key behavior.
  • Documented how to remove credentials from the selected local profile without revoking its key or clearing environment variables.
  • Clarified how profile names, API keys, and endpoints are resolved, including environment-variable precedence and behavior when a selected profile has no key.
  • Added details on credential-file permissions, profile setup, and configuration errors.

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Walkthrough

The documentation adds a contents link for Profiles & credentials, describes auth status and auth remove, and expands the guidance on profile selection, credential precedence, and local credentials-file behavior.

Changes

Authentication and Profiles

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Authentication commands and profile resolution DOCUMENTATION.md	Adds auth status and auth remove guidance. Expands profile setup and selection instructions, precedence rules, and details about environment values and local credentials-file behavior.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Possibly related issues

• feat: document the setup command in the complete CLI reference #645: The PR adds profile setup guidance, which partially overlaps the request for authentication setup documentation.

Possibly related PRs

• TestSprite/testsprite-cli#680: Changes how the credentials profile file is decoded and preserved; this documentation describes that file in profile resolution.
• TestSprite/testsprite-cli#574: Changes profile-name validation and key and endpoint precedence in loadConfig; the PR documents those resolution rules.
• TestSprite/testsprite-cli#644: Documents setup and credential behavior that overlaps with the profile and authentication guidance here.

Suggested labels: s4-cli-bonus

Merge Risk: Low · up to f6dac

Clarify the two exit codes so scripts handle malformed and server-rejected keys correctly. This is a bounded documentation issue.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Distinguish malformed keys from server-rejected keys.

auth status maps server-side AUTH_INVALID to exit 3, but malformed key formats fail local validation with exit 5. As written, “An invalid key exits 3” can send automation down the wrong error path. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Proposed wording

- An invalid key exits 3; the dry-run example uses sample identity data and cannot verify a real account.
+ A server-rejected key exits 3; a malformed key format exits 5. The dry-run example uses sample identity data and cannot verify a real account.

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Review comment at @DOCUMENTATION.md at line 1302:
Update the auth status documentation to distinguish server-rejected keys, which
exit 3, from malformed key formats, which exit 5. Keep the existing dry-run
explanation unchanged.

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[zeshi-du]

Thanks @zhxinyue29. Main now has its own auth remove entry (merging this would add a second one), and right now we're only taking docs PRs that fix a factual error, so we're closing this.