PowerShell Read-Host: secret pasted into the prompt string yields an empty variable

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$t = Read-Host "<the secret itself>" ... later auth fails with ENEEDAUTH / empty credential

powershell · windows · secrets · shell · verified-in-production

Free diagnosis

Read-Host's quoted argument is the PROMPT TEXT shown to the user, not the input. Pasting a token there displays the token and waits; pressing Enter stores an empty string, and the later failure (e.g. npm ENEEDAUTH) appears unrelated.

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