CLAUDE_CODE_SKIP_ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD_AUTH

Updated October 13, 2026 by Alex Sorokoletov

CLAUDE_CODE_SKIP_ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD_AUTH is a Claude Code environment variable: The skip-auth companion to the toggle above, grouped in the auth-bypass list with SKIP_BEDROCK_AUTH, SKIP_VERTEX_AUTH, SKIP_FOUNDRY_AUTH, SKIP_ANTHROPIC_AWS_AUTH, and SKIP_MANTLE_AUTH. Removed in v2.1.290, so current releases ignore it. It is not in the official reference.

How to set it

For one session, export it in the shell that starts Claude Code:

export CLAUDE_CODE_SKIP_ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD_AUTH=<value>
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To apply it to every session, add it to the env object of a settings file:

// ~/.claude/settings.json
{
  "env": {
    "CLAUDE_CODE_SKIP_ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD_AUTH": "<value>"
  }
}

Release notes that mention it

• claude-code-env-vars-v2-1-215

Related variables

• CLAUDE_CODE_SKIP_ANTHROPIC_AWS_AUTH: Skips credential resolution for the Anthropic AWS provider.
• CLAUDE_CODE_USE_ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD: A new provider-backend toggle sitting in Claude Code's exact provider family — beside CLAUDE_CODE_USE_BEDROCK, USE_VERTEX, USE_FOUNDRY, USE_ANTHROPIC_AWS, USE_MANTLE, and USE_GATEWAY — and read by the same guard that suppresses error reporting under a managed provider.
• ANTHROPIC_FOUNDRY_AUTH_TOKEN
• CLAUDE_CODE_SKIP_BEDROCK_AUTH: Skip Bedrock authentication.
• CLAUDE_CODE_SKIP_FOUNDRY_AUTH: Skip Foundry authentication.
• CLAUDE_CODE_SKIP_MANTLE_AUTH: Skips Mantle authentication.
• CLAUDE_CODE_SKIP_VERTEX_AUTH: Skip Vertex AI authentication.
• ANTHROPIC_AWS_API_KEY

Frequently asked questions

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