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title: "#2380 Fix device login initialization with a shared authentication action"
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# #2380 Fix device login initialization with a shared authentication action

> A shared authentication action now handles device login initialization for AL-Go workflows, ensuring credentials are validated and helpers are available before sign-in instructions are displayed.

[Pull request](https://github.com/microsoft/AL-Go/pull/2380) · merged into `main` on 2026-09-29 by aholstrup1 · 11 files (+474 -95), 7 AL · fix · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## What changed

- New Authenticate action centralizes credential checks and device-login setup across workflows
- Credentials passed through environment variables instead of PowerShell source interpolation
- Existing credential precedence and admin secret name configuration preserved
- Missing credentials and invalid responses now fail explicitly with detailed messages
- Applied to CreateOnlineDevelopmentEnvironment and PublishToEnvironment workflows in both app templates
- Behaviour changes for users or extensions.

## AL objects touched

- `Actions/Authenticate/Authenticate.ps1`: added, not in the BC? snapshot yet
- `Actions/Authenticate/README.md`: added, not in the BC? snapshot yet
- `Actions/Authenticate/action.yaml`: added, not in the BC? snapshot yet
- `Templates/AppSource App/.github/workflows/CreateOnlineDevelopmentEnvironment.yaml`: modified, not in the BC? snapshot
- `Templates/AppSource App/.github/workflows/PublishToEnvironment.yaml`: modified, not in the BC? snapshot
- `Templates/Per Tenant Extension/.github/workflows/CreateOnlineDevelopmentEnvironment.yaml`: modified, not in the BC? snapshot
- `Templates/Per Tenant Extension/.github/workflows/PublishToEnvironment.yaml`: modified, not in the BC? snapshot

## Context

- Fixes: [#2113 [Bug]: Using the action "Create Online Dev. Environment" fails in Initialization phase](https://github.com/microsoft/AL-Go/issues/2113) (closed)
- Systems: platform

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