# Unable to confirm alternate email

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-confirm-alternate-email/253242>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [January 29, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-confirm-alternate-email/253242 "2023-01-29T19:26:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![arun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@arun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arun)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-confirm-alternate-email/253242/2 "2023-04-10T01:23:08Z")

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Just ran into the same issue on Discourse Meta (the current forums) when I use security key to authenticate the email address change. It doesn’t happen if I use a 2FA code though. Haven’t tested with backup codes.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/4/1/341234c99607ba702dbfc61293b32baf8e70692d.png)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/e/b/eeb25c5f6efd7cc18f296d4427c03c2c482d5ccc.png)

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