{
  "slug": "bk-auth-login-adds-device-authorization-1977154b26de",
  "title": "bk auth login adds device authorization",
  "tools": [
    "bk"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-06-04T00:56:11.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-06-04T00:56:11.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When logging in from a headless or remote machine where authorization happens in a separate browser, run `bk auth login --device`.",
    "examples": [
      "bk auth login --device"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v3.45.0",
      "--device (required): Authenticate using OAuth device authorization instead of opening a browser callback.",
      "The device flow applies to headless or remote machines where authorization can happen in another browser without relying on a loopback browser OAuth callback.",
      "Existing browser login and `--token` login behavior is preserved."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Log in to Buildkite from a headless or remote development machine where authorization happens in a separate browser.",
  "before": "Run `bk auth login` using a browser on the same machine and a reachable localhost callback.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/buildkite/cli/releases/tag/v3.45.0",
    "https://github.com/buildkite/cli/pull/828",
    "https://buildkite.com/docs/platform/cli/reference/auth"
  ],
  "rank": 0.96033,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2b-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2b-20261017:wave2b-20261017-15ece7429cd1f119-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "937943fc500c6247fdf1497b218b1acf14203fd7dcee886167bcc1ef93d9350b"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "ad80233d9b269142934f52edc319d3ba54d001f6fb793fc8fd54e2160b08f378",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2b-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.96 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.78 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}