Authentication: SPRITE_TOKEN env variable is not working or is not implemented

[gerardnico]

Hallo,

I could not find any way to pass a token via an environment variable.

My Environment

I'm using Windows WSL and I don't have any keyring

sprite auth setup --token "org-slug/org-id/token-id/token-value"
⚠️  WARNING: No system keyring available. Storing secrets unencrypted in ~/.sprites/keyring/
✓ Set up authentication for org-slug

Storing secrets unencrypted is not really secure.

Environment Variable test
I'm using pass to secure api token and inject them at runtime via a wrapper script.

I tried to use SPRITE_TOKEN as an environment variable as I found it in your API documentation but it's not working.

SPRITE_TOKEN=org-slug/org-id/token-id/token-value sprite org auth
Error: no Fly.io token found. Please run 'sprite login' first

[jimitshah77]

it's very confusing, were you able to authenticate?

[tino]

I can concur. I have Claude Code web running into this problem:

# Bash
/root/.local/bin/sprite auth setup --token "$SPRITE_TOKEN" 2>&1
⚠️  WARNING: No system keyring available. Storing secrets unencrypted in ~/.sprites/keyring/
✓ Set up authentication for MYORG
# Bash
/root/.local/bin/sprite create email-collector 2>&1
Exit code 1
Authentication required...
Error: authentication failed: no authentication found. Please run 'sprite login' first
# Bash
/root/.local/bin/sprite --debug create email-collector 2>&1
Exit code 1
time=2026-02-15T19:16:05.480Z level=DEBUG msg=GetActiveUser activeUserID="" totalUsers=0
time=2026-02-15T19:16:05.480Z level=DEBUG msg="No active user ID set"
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Authentication required...
time=2026-02-15T19:16:05.480Z level=DEBUG msg="Starting Fly.io authentication flow" orgOverride="" aliasOverride="" apiURLOverride=""
time=2026-02-15T19:16:05.480Z level=DEBUG msg="Failed to get Fly token" error="no Fly.io token found"
Error: authentication failed: no authentication found. Please run 'sprite login' first

Subsequently I can create it from local, and then claude can access it fine. Of course Claude is now saying a Fly token is needed for creation but I doubt that conclusion is correct :).