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AI coding tool logins demand phone or ID checks

Logins to Claude Code and Codex are forced into phone or ID verification that users cannot pass.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 28 April 2026 · last reported 9 July 2026

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What's going wrong

Developers using AI coding assistants such as Claude Code and Codex report that their logins suddenly trigger identity or phone-number verification prompts.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

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  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

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