fix(alienvault): strip API key whitespace and improve auth error handling#6501
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… error message Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/OpenCTI-Platform/connectors/sessions/ce53f7b9-f195-4c55-b2ac-115c01abe86e Co-authored-by: SamuelHassine <1334279+SamuelHassine@users.noreply.github.com>
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[WIP] Fix AlienVault connector internal error due to invalid API key
fix(alienvault): strip API key whitespace and improve auth error handling
May 21, 2026
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Users with valid OTX keys were getting
AlienVault connector internal error: 'Invalid API Key'(HTTP 403) due to accidental leading/trailing whitespace in the configured key — a common copy-paste artifact.Changes
client.py— call.strip()on the API key before passing it toOTXv2, neutralizing whitespace padding:connector.py— catchInvalidAPIKeyspecifically before the genericExceptionhandler; log an actionable message pointing toALIENVAULT_API_KEYandhttps://otx.alienvault.com/api, thensys.exit(1)to stop the connector immediately rather than retrying indefinitely with a broken credential:Previously the generic handler surfaced
"'Invalid API Key'"(withrepr()quotes) and no remediation guidance.