From d6ce310901290d29f0af80559d610ff423574df5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin <martin.hsu.test@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:06:14 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: correct API key validation logic in handleApiKeySubmit
 (#25453)

Co-authored-by: Gal Zahavi <38544478+galz10@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/cli/src/ui/AppContainer.tsx | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/AppContainer.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/AppContainer.tsx
index f5294ae23e..b196f8a05a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/AppContainer.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/AppContainer.tsx
@@ -875,10 +875,8 @@ Logging in with Google... Restarting Gemini CLI to continue.
     async (apiKey: string) => {
       try {
         onAuthError(null);
-        if (!apiKey.trim() && apiKey.length > 1) {
-          onAuthError(
-            'API key cannot be empty string with length greater than 1.',
-          );
+        if (!apiKey.trim()) {
+          onAuthError('API key cannot be empty or whitespace only.');
           return;
         }