# Publishing API returns 401 ‘Authentication Failed’ with valid user token

## post by eriksencosta on Mar 27, 2024

Eriksen Costa

Yesterday, I started getting 401 ‘Authentication Failed’. However, I didn’t change anything on my build script, and I’ve been able to publish to Central Repository for 20+ days straight.

I even generated a new user token and tested it by calling the status API, and the result was the same:

```rust
curl --request POST --verbose --header 'Authorization: UserToken {UserTokenValue}' 'https://central.sonatype.com/api/v1/publisher/status?id={deploymentId}'

// Response: 401
{
  "error": {
    "message": "Authentication Failed"
  }
}
```

Has anybody experienced the same issue? I also tested using `Bearer` instead of `UserToken` on the `Authorization` header.

## post by eriksencosta on Mar 28, 2024

Eriksen Costa

It’s working again. It was probably a service disruption.

## post by evil.com on Mar 29, 2024

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