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Error code anonymous_access_unavailable
Publishing a paste

Sign in for encrypted or recipient-only pastes

anonymous_access_unavailable

Anonymous publishing is limited to public-access plaintext pastes.

HTTP 403·Publishing a paste

What it means

What happened

Anonymous publishing is limited to public-access plaintext pastes.

Why

Why it might have happened

  • Encrypted and recipient-only delivery need an account so keys, ownership, and abuse controls work.
  • You may have selected a private sharing option while signed out.
Next steps

What you can try

  1. Sign in, then publish with the encrypted option.
  2. Or switch to a public-access plaintext paste.
  3. If you want to stay anonymous, choose an expiry and public access.
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