The authentication type used on an already authenticated instance can be verified by the platform API call GET/instances/{id}. This API call displays the configuration parameter in which authentication.type displays the correct authentication type used for the authenticated instance.
Here is an example of a Quickbooks Online authenticated instance:
{
"configuration": {
"base.url": "https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com",
"event.notification.subscription.id": null,
"quickbooks.realm.id": "9130346788056166",
"event.notification.basic.username": "",
"quickbooks.webhook.realm.id": "9130346788056166",
"authentication.type": "oauth2",
"event.vendor.type": "polling",
"use_sandbox": "false",
"filter.response.nulls": "true",
"pagination.type": "offset",
}