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[SOLVED] Dev Keys not working

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RoxGame
4 Dec, 2025, 12:09

looks like dev key are broken they simply don't work i suggest remove them until you have them working otherwise they confuse devs took me few minutes trying to understand what am doing wrong !

TL;DR
User initially thought developer keys would bypass all permissions and rate limits. They were trying to use dev keys for authentication in a Node-Appwrite setup. The issue was solved by realizing that dev keys are only for client-side SDK and not for server-side implementations like Node-Appwrite. API keys are not affected by rate limits.
Guille
4 Dec, 2025, 12:33

Hi, can you explain a little bit your issue?

  • What Appwrite version are you using
  • What SDK are you using and the error you are seeing
RoxGame
4 Dec, 2025, 12:36

using Dev keys am getting that error AppwriteException: The current user is not authorized to perform the requested action.

am using "node-appwrite": "^20.3.0"

4 Dec, 2025, 13:03

DevKeys are used on the client sdks not on server sdks. https://appwrite.io/docs/advanced/platform/dev-keys

4 Dec, 2025, 13:23

Thank you for clarification

4 Dec, 2025, 17:17

Curious, what made you try to use a dev key instead of an API key?

4 Dec, 2025, 17:22

<@462046107556511744> just thought that everything will work without doing any permission and without rate limits i felt like the development speed will go smoothly

4 Dec, 2025, 17:31

So you expected dev keys to give you access?

What docs/info did you look at before choosing to use a dev key? Console? Docs? SDK comments/docs?

4 Dec, 2025, 17:33

I can't remember but one of the doc pages said to use dev keys i read it too quick i miss the part where it say it is only for client sdk

4 Dec, 2025, 17:34

Is there is purpose of being only for client sdk ?

4 Dec, 2025, 20:50

Do you recall which doc page?

4 Dec, 2025, 20:52

While developing an app client-side and implementing authentication, you may run into rate limits creating an account or session over and over again. Dev keys were created for those instances so that you don't get blocked for an hour waiting for the rate limit to reset.

4 Dec, 2025, 21:01

wouldn't same happen if am doing clients authentication using node-appwrite

5 Dec, 2025, 00:47

api keys are not impacted by rate limits

5 Dec, 2025, 01:13

that is good

7 Dec, 2025, 15:31

[SOLVED] Dev Keys not working

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