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The paste looks like it contains a secret

Error code content_rejected
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

  1. Remove private keys, tokens, passwords, and credentials.
  2. Replace sensitive values with placeholders such as REDACTED.
  3. If this is a false alarm, contact us with the error code.
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