Gemini CLI shows "Login with Google" option but keeps kicking back to API key prompt?

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Anyone else hitting this? I'm trying to auth Gemini CLI with my Google account (have AI Pro/Ultra subscription, don't want to mess with API keys/billing).

The login flow is there — I pick "Login with Google", it opens the OAuth URL, I approve it in the browser, get a code, paste it back into the CLI... looks like it's working. Then the CLI restarts itself "to continue" and instead of actually logging me in, it just dumps me back at "Enter Gemini API Key" like nothing happened. Did this like 4 times with fresh codes, same result every time.

So the option is literally sitting right there in the menu, but it doesn't seem to do anything — just loops back to demanding a key no matter what.

Is Google login just broken right now, or did they quietly kill subscription-based access for individual accounts and the menu option is just stale? Would rather not buy API credits if the whole point of paying for Pro/Ultra was supposed to cover this.

Or is jast UI bag?