Key error diagnosis

Alibaba Group | invalid API key

Alibaba Group returning 401 / invalid API key should not be judged from the message alone. Cross-check key shape, Base URL, balance, model permission, region/IP, and visible model list.

Provider

Alibaba Group

China provider route

Error type

invalid API key

high

Status code

401

invalid-api-key

Sample models

Tongyi DeepResearch 30B A3B

Error route summary

Error type

invalid-api-key

high

Provider

Alibaba Group

Status code

401

Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.

What this error usually means

Alibaba Group returning 401 / invalid API key should not be judged from the message alone. Cross-check key shape, Base URL, balance, model permission, region/IP, and visible model list.

Provider: Alibaba Group
Error type: invalid API key
Status code: 401

How to prove it during checking

Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.

Run read-only identity first: confirm whether the key really belongs to Alibaba Group, not just a compatible protocol.
Then list models or run a lightweight probe: check whether models like Tongyi DeepResearch 30B A3B are visible and return stable evidence.
Finally record 401, error body, latency, egress IP, and reproducibility to separate balance, permission, route, or upstream issues.

Next action

invalid API key should not only show failed. The console should return the next move: refill balance, change Base URL, switch model, add permission, change egress IP, hold listing, or monitor.

Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.
China provider route
Tongyi DeepResearch 30B A3B

Open key checker

Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.

Open providers

Alibaba Group

Open models

Tongyi DeepResearch 30B A3B