Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT · error · HTTPException

Invalid API key

Error message

Invalid API key

What it means

Error "Invalid API key" thrown in Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT.

Source

Thrown at autogpt_platform/backend/backend/api/external/middleware.py:28

    OAuthAccessTokenInfo,
    validate_access_token,
)

api_key_header = APIKeyHeader(name="X-API-Key", auto_error=False)
bearer_auth = HTTPBearer(auto_error=False)


async def require_api_key(api_key: str | None = Security(api_key_header)) -> APIKeyInfo:
    """Middleware for API key authentication only"""
    if api_key is None:
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="Missing API key"
        )

    api_key_obj = await validate_api_key(api_key)

    if not api_key_obj:
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="Invalid API key"
        )

    return api_key_obj


async def require_access_token(
    bearer: HTTPAuthorizationCredentials | None = Security(bearer_auth),
) -> OAuthAccessTokenInfo:
    """Middleware for OAuth access token authentication only"""
    if bearer is None:
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
            detail="Missing Authorization header",
        )

    try:
        token_info, _ = await validate_access_token(bearer.credentials)

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Solutions

1. Check the API key for typos and that it has not been revoked or expired.
2. Generate a new API key and update the client configuration.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at autogpt_platform/backend/backend/api/external/middleware.py:28 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Authentication and authorization failures — expired tokens, bad credentials, and missing scopes.

AI-assisted analysis of Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT@9c8bb5550f (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/0e42e03ca3748a8f. Report an issue: GitHub.