# "missing api\_key" when deploying to GitHub releases

**URL:** https://travis-ci.community/t/missing-api-key-when-deploying-to-github-releases/5761
**Category:** Deployment
**Created:** [November 3, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/missing-api-key-when-deploying-to-github-releases/5761 "2019-11-03T10:39:06Z")
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### Author: ![bcyran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/bcyran/32/3041_2.png) [@bcyran](https://travis-ci.community/u/bcyran)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/missing-api-key-when-deploying-to-github-releases/5761/7 "2019-11-03T23:54:25Z")

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Yes, I’m completely sure this the configuration for this build. This is what I see in “view config” tab. But I just noticed there’s also this suspicious message under “build config validation”:

```auto
jobs.include.deploy: key api_key is an alias for token, using token 

```

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