# Error 500 when creating a new category

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-500-when-creating-a-new-category/295454>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 15, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-500-when-creating-a-new-category/295454 "2024-02-15T09:37:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-500-when-creating-a-new-category/295454/1 "2024-02-15T09:37:01Z")

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Hello! I am trying to create a new category in my discourse forum and add security, change the colour etc. but I am always getting the “500 Error” message. I finally managed to save a category (after changing the foreground colour to black), but I cannot do anything else to the category now.

I recently added an API key that I never used, and have now destroyed. I am wondering if that caused this problem?

I’m not very technical so I’m not sure how to fix it. Can anyone help me? Thanks so much!

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