# Persistent 401 Unauthorized Error on Gated Models **URL:** \ **Category:** Intermediate\ **Created:** [July 19, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/persistent-401-unauthorized-error-on-gated-models/163756 "2025-07-19T23:19:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/John6666)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/persistent-401-unauthorized-error-on-gated-models/163756/4 "2025-07-20T14:09:24Z")
If the problem is account-specific, I think it would be quicker to contact Hugging Face support. [website@huggingface.co](mailto:website@huggingface.co) Another case that occasionally occurs is that extra information is added when copying and pasting tokens. This is more likely to happen when using shortcut keys. In addition, [there are many conditions that cause a 401 error](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/error-401-client-error-unauthorized-for-url/19714). --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/persistent-401-unauthorized-error-on-gated-models/163756)._