# Unauthorized 401 **URL:** \ **Category:** Models\ **Created:** [February 15, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/unauthorized-401/141015 "2025-02-15T18:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dragos-bajenaru37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@dragos-bajenaru37](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/dragos-bajenaru37)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/unauthorized-401/141015/1 "2025-02-15T18:12:05Z")
Hello, Can someone help with: Error in generating tool call with model: 401 Client Error: Unauthorized for url: [https://api-inference.huggingface.co/models/Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct/v1/chat/completions](https://api-inference.huggingface.co/models/Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct/v1/chat/completions) (Request ID: pM7Zmc) 401 Unauthorized [Step 0: Duration 0.54 seconds] ---
**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:** [February 15, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/unauthorized-401/141015/2 "2025-02-15T22:52:40Z")
That’s strange. You don’t need a token to use that model, so authentication errors don’t normally occur.🤔 Perhaps you’re passing the wrong token when you don’t need to… ---
**Author:** ![heena2024](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@heena2024](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/heena2024)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/unauthorized-401/141015/3 "2025-02-22T13:12:24Z")
I am facing the same issue in smol agents first agent template ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/unauthorized-401/141015/4 "2025-02-22T15:07:06Z")
from HF Discord: * * * > ### posti > > I solved by creating a secret with the api token in the space settings > ### posti > > On the space settings, go to Variables and secrets, and create a new secret named HF\_TOKEN > The value of the secret should be your access token > If you need to create an access token, go to your HF profile page > On the left menu, go to the access token option > Andre’s then the Create new token, on the top right ---
**Author:** ![Noumbissi16](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/noumbissi16/32/42021_2.png) [@Noumbissi16](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Noumbissi16)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/unauthorized-401/141015/5 "2025-02-26T11:35:58Z")
Thanks it worked, I always got that error when creating a new space