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title: 2002: Credential not permitted. | API Docs
description: This key is not valid for the partner API.
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**HTTP status:** `403`.

The credential is real but belongs to another surface (a control key). The partner API only serves partner keys.

## Troubleshooting

- Use a partner API key for this call; rotating the key you sent will not help.

## Related

- [Authentication](/channel/whatsapp/getting-started/authentication/index.md)