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This command is marked as unstable and may change in future releases.

phala switch [options] <profile-name>

Switch auth profiles

Argument	Description
`<profile-name>`	Profile name

Option	Description
`-h, --help`	Show help information for the current command
`-v, --version`	Show CLI version
`--api-token TOKEN, --api-key TOKEN`	API token for authenticating with Phala Cloud
`-j, --json, --no-json`	Output in JSON format
`-i, --interactive`	Select profile interactively
`--cvm-id <value>`	CVM identifier (UUID, app_id, instance_id, or name)
`--profile PROFILE`	Temporarily use a different auth profile for this command
`--api-version <value>`	API version to use (e.g. 2025-10-28, 2026-01-21)

phala switch --help