---
id: MAXCONNECT-TECH-008
title: Legacy maxauth API authentication is replaced by API keys
type: TECH
state: amber
area: F-feasibility
purpose: notebooklm-tier2-decomposition
priority: A
work_kind: A
provenance: research
confidence: medium-high
triangulated: true
engagement: maxconnect
sources:
- uri: file://notebooklm/answers/20260611T200650Z-01-product-workings.md
role: supporting
- uri: file://notebooklm/answers/20260611T200650Z-02-architecture-integrations.md
role: supporting
relates_to: []
feeds_atoms: []
open_questions: []
needs_validation: []
resolution_log:
- 2026-06-12: Decomposed from broad NotebookLM synthesis into pack-grade atom for Max Connect Discovery.
module:
---
Machine-to-machine and REST API interactions in MAS do not use the legacy maxauth method. Administrators must generate API keys and bind them to appropriate user-management or system-configuration privileges.