# API Key Never Displayed

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-key-never-displayed/355509
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [March 3, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-key-never-displayed/355509 "2025-03-03T19:52:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![cogdog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cogdog/32/116536_2.png) [@cogdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-key-never-displayed/355509/1 "2025-03-03T19:52:06Z")

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I have created API keys many times, but now when I save it, I never get the one time chance to copy. I go directly to the list of API keys w/. only the first 4 digits displayed

Discourse site running 3.4.0.beta4-dev

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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-key-never-displayed/355509/2 "2025-03-03T19:56:35Z")

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so when you create the api key, you are not getting this step?

 ![Screenshot 2025-03-03 at 11.53.35 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/1/b/71b8ed7cbd0c992c759d7ba4a5623c23f3f910b6.jpeg)

can you please try again and take screenshot or recording? or see if there are errors in the console or something? I’ve tried on a couple of instances and I can successfully create api keys and copy them when i do.

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### Author: ![cogdog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cogdog/32/116536_2.png) [@cogdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-key-never-displayed/355509/3 "2025-03-03T20:11:58Z")

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No I never see that screen (I have seen it before), I sam sent directly back to the list of keys.

No console errors, a few warnings.

A video

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### Author: ![Arkshine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/arkshine/32/298682_2.png) [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-key-never-displayed/355509/4 "2025-03-03T21:01:14Z")

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It seems it has been fixed later:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b1bae9b785faef025c5d05f1eb94337c4867eeca](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b1bae9b785faef025c5d05f1eb94337c4867eeca)

Did you try to upgrade Discourse to see if that solves the problem?

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### Author: ![cogdog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cogdog/32/116536_2.png) [@cogdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-key-never-displayed/355509/5 "2025-03-03T22:40:16Z")

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I guessed that was it. I am waiting for a window to run the upgrade, we are in the middle of a community event.

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### Author: ![cogdog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cogdog/32/116536_2.png) [@cogdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-key-never-displayed/355509/6 "2025-03-04T20:33:12Z")

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The update did the fix, thanks. I am in API business.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-key-never-displayed/355509/7 "2025-05-28T07:40:44Z")

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