We’ve been running a production application on the Assistants API for several months with no issues. Starting recently, we’re seeing intermittent spikes of 401 errors with the following message: Error code: 401 - {‘error’: {‘message’: “You have insufficient permissions for this operation. Missing …

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Same here: “Missing scopes: api.files.write. Check that you have the correct role in your organization (Reader, Writer, Owner) and project (Member, Owner), and if you’re using a restricted ▎ API key, that it has the necessary scopes.”

SAME ERROR: You have insufficient permissions for this operation. Missing scopes: api.batch.read. Check that you have the correct role in your organization (Reader, Writer, Owner) and project (Viewer, Member, Owner), and if you’re using a restricted API key, that it has the necessary scopes. Permis…

same error::smiling_face_with_tear: {‘error’: {‘message’: “You have insufficient permissions for this operation. Missing scopes: vector_store.write. Check that you have the correct role in your organization (Reader, Writer, Owner) and project (Member, Owner), and if you’re using a restricted API ke…

Same error. Was intermittent last night then hit again around 2:20am CT this morning, 4/12.

I am having the same issue when trying to perform vector store searches: AuthenticationError: Error code: 401 - {‘error’: {‘message’: “You have insufficient permissions for this operation. Missing scopes: vector_store.read. Check that you have the correct role in your organization (Reader, Write…

+1 same issue on my side this approx 24 hours, impacting a lot my clients…

Same issue here, started yesterday.

This must be related to this post on April 10, that’s when the issues started: https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2042780052669239782?s=20 [image]

Same issue here. API key with ALL permissions, Owner role, no config changes — still getting intermittent 401 errors with Missing scopes: api.threads.write. This is directly impacting our business. We have marketing campaigns scheduled for tomorrow and we cannot afford to have this unstable. Our en…

Intermittent 401 scope errors on key with "All" permissions — spikes randomly, no config changes

API Bugs

LoGic142 April 12, 2026, 3:13pm 22

Why is this not tracked in the status page?

Also is this solved?

Helps on the client side of things.

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Intermittent 401 scope errors on key with "All" permissions — spikes randomly, no config changes

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