---
id: "3d7fd3af-3ebb-4d13-afde-64a91180f1b6"
name: "Login and Consent"
micro_summary: "Reuse unambiguous existing SSO; stop for passwords, MFA, consent, or account choice."
status: "resolved"
see_also: []
scope: "Global authentication boundary for browser work: when existing SSO may be reused and when credentials, MFA, consent, or account ambiguity require the human."
---
## 2026-08-15 — authentication boundary

At login walls, stop and ask. Available SSO may be used automatically when Chrome is already signed in. Stop for passwords, MFA, consent, or ambiguous account selection. Never print or persist secrets.