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If you run phi auth and you get the error: CLI authentication failed or your CLI gets stuck on
It means that your CLI was not able to authenticate with your Phidata account on phidata.app The quickest fix for this is to export your PHI_API_KEY environment variable. You can do this by running the following command:
Your API key can be found on phidata.app in the sidebar under API Key. phi-api-key Reason for CLI authentication failure:
  • Some browsers like Safari and Brave block connection to the localhost domain. Browsers like Chrome work great with phi auth.