anthropics / anthropics/claude-code-action
Unhelpful error message when API key has no credits
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Description
## Description
When the `anthropic_api_key` is valid but has no credits, the action fails with an unhelpful error:
```
{
"type": "result",
"subtype": "success",
"is_error": true,
"duration_ms": 139,
"num_turns": 1,
"total_cost_usd": 0,
"permission_denials": []
}
SDK execution error: 14 | depsCount: ${Q},
15 | deps: ${$}}`};var Pj={keyword:"dependencies"...
[minified JavaScript continues]
error: Claude Code process exited with code 1
```
## Expected behavior
A clear error message like:
- "API key has no credits. Add credits at https://console.anthropic.com/settings/billing"
- "Authentication failed: insufficient credits"
## Actual behavior
- Exit code 1 with no meaningful error
- Minified JavaScript stack trace
- `total_cost_usd: 0` and `duration_ms: 139` (fails before API call)
## Impact
Spent significant debugging time before realizing the API key simply had no credits. The error gives no indication of the actual problem.
## Environment
- Action version: `anthropics/claude-code-action@v1`
- Trigger: `issue_comment`
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