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# Authentication

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  Forge now issues longer API keys (about 86 characters). Older wandb SDK versions validate exactly 40 characters and reje ...
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## Related topics

- [Introduction to unmanaged authentication](/products/cks/auth-access/unmanaged-auth/introduction.md)