Publishing a paste
The paste looks like it contains a secret
content_rejected
pastebin.ca detected content that looks like a private key, token, password, or other secret.
HTTP 400·Publishing a paste
What it means
What happened
pastebin.ca detected content that looks like a private key, token, password, or other secret.
Why
Why it might have happened
- The paste may contain credentials that should not be shared.
- The detector may have matched a secret-looking test value.
Next steps
What you can try
- Remove private keys, tokens, passwords, and credentials.
- Replace sensitive values with placeholders such as REDACTED.
- If this is a false alarm, contact us with the error code.
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