"Insomnia wants to access key 'privateKey' in your keychain"
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Description
**What is your question?**
I occasionally am prompted to enter my Mac login password for Insomnia with the dialog below. Why does Insomnia need to do this?
**What is the context?**
While I am using Insomnia, I sometimes get prompted as follows:

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Research direction
The report names no source file, test, or entry point. Start by tracing Insomnia’s macOS keychain integration and reproducing the prompt; determine whether the access is expected, then document the cause or define the behavior that should change.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100