[BUG] Auth conflict: Both a token (CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN) and an API key (apiKeyHelper) are set

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What's Wrong?

I'm logging in with my Claude account. When I start claude, I get the following warning:

⚠ Auth conflict: Both a token (CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN) and an API key (apiKeyHelper) are set. This may
   lead to unexpected behavior.
    • Trying to use CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN? Unset the apiKeyHelper setting.
    • Trying to use apiKeyHelper? Unset the CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN environment variable

If I continue to input anything, claude reports error

  ⎿  Invalid API key · Fix external API key

the `/status' shows

 Account
  L Auth Token: CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN
  L API Key: apiKeyHelper

I don’t have any Claude API key variable set in my environment. I checked the settings file at
/Library/Application Support/ClaudeCode/managed-settings.json and found this entry:

"apiKeyHelper": "/usr/local/bin/claude_code/api-key-helper"

claude works if I remove the apiKeyHelper entry from the settings.

Also, the script at /usr/local/bin/claude_code/api-key-helper references /usr/local/bin/clicat, which doesn’t exist on my machine.

What Should Happen?

the claude should work without shows any warning or error message.

Error Messages/Logs

$ claude
 ⚠ Auth conflict: Both a token (CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN) and an API key (apiKeyHelper) are set. This may
   lead to unexpected behavior.
    • Trying to use CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN? Unset the apiKeyHelper setting.
    • Trying to use apiKeyHelper? Unset the CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN environment variable.

> test
  ⎿  Invalid API key · Fix external API key


$ claude --version
Error getting API key from apiKeyHelper (in settings or ~/.claude.json): apiKeyHelper did not return a valid value
1.0.72 (Claude Code)

Steps to Reproduce

1. login with claude account
2. run claude

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

1.0.72 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

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