# Confusing/unpolished error message when using Discourse as SSO provider

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-unpolished-error-message-when-using-discourse-as-sso-provider/123762>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [July 23, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-unpolished-error-message-when-using-discourse-as-sso-provider/123762 "2019-07-23T18:15:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-unpolished-error-message-when-using-discourse-as-sso-provider/123762/2 "2019-07-24T04:12:01Z")

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> [@nylen](#):
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> don’t configure the `sso provider secrets` setting correctly

Do you mean leave it blank or put garbage data in it?

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