API key rolling/leaking

[MackGrissom]

To clarify, I have followed instructions in the tutorial.

• I have a .env file with node_modules and .env
• I have a gitignore file in the root
• on render i've completed the environment variables

My render deployment will not go through as my API key continually rolls when pushed to github. Any ideas?

[LifeCoachRay]

all you have to do is go to OpenAi and get a new API Key. just copy and paste it in the .env file and get rid of the old one. do not expose it. try to save it on note pade or something not connected to the web. thats it.

[willgoncdev]

@MackGrissom @rahul-0000-code @piyush-mahajan, if you still getting the 401 error and you follow every step of the video, the issue could be that when he made a cut on the video at 51:59, he starts explaining how to upload to GitHub, so naturally you "git init" and then "git add ." , then at 52:15 he starts the process all over, but before "git init" he tells us to create the ".gitignore", and then "git init" again...

So because of that, Git is tracking ".env" already because of that "git init" and "git add ." at 51:59 of the video... I believe that was an error when he was editing... that could be causing your OpenAPI Key to "Rotate" and not be valid anymore for security reasons (because it's being exposed on GitHub), so if you replace the key and push your changes again the same is going to happen...

So one of the ways you can try to fix it is by running this on the root folder terminal

"git rm .env --cached" "git commit -m "Stopped tracking .env File"

now delete the ".env" file, and push your changes again, so after that git would be stopping tracking that file, and follow the rules of ".gitignore"... now you can create the ".env" file again with the new key and push the changes... (don't forget to replace the key on the server too)

I hope it helps!