# Problem claiming a postman badge

**URL:** <https://community.postman.com/t/problem-claiming-a-postman-badge/81713>\
**Category:** Help Hub\
**Tags:** tests, authentication\
**Created:** [June 30, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/problem-claiming-a-postman-badge/81713 "2025-06-30T13:53:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![yeslin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/yeslin/32/32939_2.png) [@yeslin](https://community.postman.com/u/yeslin)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/problem-claiming-a-postman-badge/81713/1 "2025-06-30T13:53:58Z")

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### Let’s Understand What’s Happening:

i 'm :

- Trying to **claim a badge**.
- Sharing a workspace.
- Keeping your API key safe by **putting a placeholder (`DUMMY`) in Initial Value** (it is importent for the valadition of the test ) and **real key in Current Value**.(it is importent for the valadition of the test )
- ✅ It works locally.
- ❌ But the **automated test fails due to authentication**.

any idea how to bypass this , if so please imforme me

thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![danny-dainton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/danny-dainton/32/29401_2.png) [@danny-dainton](https://community.postman.com/u/danny-dainton)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/problem-claiming-a-postman-badge/81713/2 "2025-06-30T14:27:48Z")

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Hey @yeslin 👋

Is this for the API Test Automation training course?

From what I know about that course, it’s an external Postman course. I would always remove any value that you have in the `Initial Value` field for any sensitive data like an API Key.

The solution isn’t checked against what you have on your machine, it’s checked against a set of tests that are part of a different Collection. It’s checking that all the instructions were followed correctly and applied to the Collection/Folder/Requests.

Checking that the requests have the correct scripts is something that I’ve seen fail for people in the past.

As part of all the training, you would have received an email with all the test failures so it’s best to check that for any specific issues relating to your submission.

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**Author:** ![yeslin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/yeslin/32/32939_2.png) [@yeslin](https://community.postman.com/u/yeslin)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/problem-claiming-a-postman-badge/81713/3 "2025-07-11T17:03:51Z")

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Thank you for your response. It appears that the issue was due to a separate mistake unrelated to authentication. I’ve since identified and resolved it, and everything is working properly now. My apologies for any inconvenience and for taking up your time