# Monitor doesn't recognize api keys

**URL:** <https://community.postman.com/t/monitor-doesnt-recognize-api-keys/19151>\
**Category:** Help Hub\
**Tags:** monitors, collections, authentication\
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 8:22am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/monitor-doesnt-recognize-api-keys/19151 "2021-01-14T08:22:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/monitor-doesnt-recognize-api-keys/19151/2 "2021-01-14T09:00:25Z")

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@thefierycoder Welcome to the community 💐

This is a commonly asked question in the community, and I suggest you to kindly read the below similar query answered:

> [@Response code fails only when test runs in browser's monitor](https://community.postman.com/t/response-code-fails-only-when-test-runs-in-browsers-monitor/19136):
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> Hi there, I am currently testing the responses codes for various api requests. These tests all run as expected within the Postman Desktop app when ran by themselves, when ran through a monitor on the desktop, and when these tests are ran through the on the browser (with the Postman Desktop Agent). When running these tests through the browser and a monitor however, all of these test cases fail. I also run a test that calls a simple website and this one passes but not the api calls. I double che…

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