# Triggering a backup via admin API causes the api\_key to become only valid for system user

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/triggering-a-backup-via-admin-api-causes-the-api-key-to-become-only-valid-for-system-user/77858>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [12 Gennaio 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/triggering-a-backup-via-admin-api-causes-the-api-key-to-become-only-valid-for-system-user/77858 "2018-01-12T17:00:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [10 Luglio 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/triggering-a-backup-via-admin-api-causes-the-api-key-to-become-only-valid-for-system-user/77858/7 "2018-07-10T06:06:43Z")

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I don’t think it’s related to the restore process since @supermathie is just doing a backup 😳

But yeah, I’ll have a look.

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