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[Bug]: Cannot use API when bearer token protection is enabled #22166

@ignasdamunskis

Description

@ignasdamunskis

Bug description

I enabled bearer token protection:

[web]
    mode = static-threaded
    bearer token protection = yes

I logged in to http://my-server-ip:19999 and created a token under User Settings > API Tokens > Create New Token with scope:all.

Public APIs like /api/v3/info work fine. But if I try to call protected ones like this:

curl -H 'Accept: application/json' -H "Authorization: Bearer CREATED-TOKEN" http://127.0.0.1:19999/api/v1/alarms

I get this error message: You need to be authorized to access this resource

If I disable bearer token protection then it works fine, but my dashboard and apis become public.

I also tried creating and using multiple API Tokens with no success. Am I doing something wrong?

Expected behavior

Authorized API to respond with data

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create API Token
  2. Enable bearer token protection
  3. Call protected API with new token

Installation method

kickstart.sh

System info

Linux ubuntu 5.15.0-173-generic #183-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 6 13:29:34 UTC 2026 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
/etc/lsb-release:DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
/etc/lsb-release:DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
/etc/lsb-release:DISTRIB_CODENAME=jammy
/etc/lsb-release:DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS"
/etc/os-release:PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS"
/etc/os-release:NAME="Ubuntu"
/etc/os-release:VERSION_ID="22.04"
/etc/os-release:VERSION="22.04.5 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)"
/etc/os-release:VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
/etc/os-release:ID=ubuntu
/etc/os-release:ID_LIKE=debian
/etc/os-release:UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy

Netdata build info

time=2026-04-08T18:57:15.465+02:00 comm=netdata source=daemon level=notice errno="2, No such file or directory" tid=1465083  msg="CONFIG: cannot load user config '/opt/netdata/etc/netdata/stream.conf'. Will try stock config."
Packaging:
    Netdata Version ____________________________________________ : v2.9.0-314-nightly
    Installation Type __________________________________________ : kickstart-static
    Package Architecture _______________________________________ : x86_64
    Package Distro _____________________________________________ : unknown
    Configure Options __________________________________________ : cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_C_STANDARD=11 -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS='-march=x86-64 -O2 -pipe -funroll-loops -I/openssl-static/include -I/libnetfilter-acct-static/include/libnetfilter_acct -I/curl-local/include/curl -I/usr/include/libmnl -static -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection=full -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -Wno-builtin-macro-redefined -fno-omit-frame-pointer -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=' -march=x86-64 -O2 -pipe -funroll-loops -I/openssl-static/include -I/libnetfilter-acct-static/include/libnetfilter_acct -I/curl-local/include/curl -I/usr/include/libmnl -static -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection=full -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -Wno-builtin-macro-redefined -fno-omit-frame-pointer -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' -DCMAKE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS='_GNU_SOURCE' -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS='-Wl,--gc-sections -L/openssl-static/lib64 -L/libnetfilter-acct-static/lib -lnetfilter_acct -L/usr/lib -lmnl -L/usr/lib -lzstd -L/curl-local/lib -static -static -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection=full -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -Wno-builtin-macro-redefined -rdynamic' -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS='-Wl,--gc-sections -L/openssl-static/lib64 -L/libnetfilter-acct-static/lib -lnetfilter_acct -L/usr/lib -lmnl -L/usr/lib -lzstd -L/curl-local/lib'
Default Directories:
    User Configurations ________________________________________ : /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
    Stock Configurations _______________________________________ : /opt/netdata/usr/lib/netdata/conf.d
    Ephemeral Databases (metrics data, metadata) _______________ : /opt/netdata/var/cache/netdata
    Permanent Databases ________________________________________ : /opt/netdata/var/lib/netdata
    Plugins ____________________________________________________ : /opt/netdata/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d
    Static Web Files ___________________________________________ : /opt/netdata/usr/share/netdata/web
    Log Files __________________________________________________ : /opt/netdata/var/log/netdata
    Lock Files _________________________________________________ : /opt/netdata/var/lib/netdata/lock
    Home _______________________________________________________ : /opt/netdata/var/lib/netdata
Operating System:
    Kernel _____________________________________________________ : Linux
    Kernel Version _____________________________________________ : 5.15.0-173-generic
    Operating System ___________________________________________ : Ubuntu
    Operating System ID ________________________________________ : ubuntu
    Operating System ID Like ___________________________________ : debian
    Operating System Version ___________________________________ : 22.04.5 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
    Operating System Version ID ________________________________ : none
    Detection __________________________________________________ : /etc/os-release
Hardware:
    CPU Cores __________________________________________________ : 4
    CPU Frequency ______________________________________________ : 2900000000
    RAM Bytes __________________________________________________ : 8322838528
    Disk Capacity ______________________________________________ : 107374182400
    CPU Architecture ___________________________________________ : x86_64
    Virtualization Technology __________________________________ : kvm
    Virtualization Detection ___________________________________ : systemd-detect-virt
Container:
    Container __________________________________________________ : none
    Container Detection ________________________________________ : systemd-detect-virt
    Container Orchestrator _____________________________________ : none
    Container Operating System _________________________________ : none
    Container Operating System ID ______________________________ : none
    Container Operating System ID Like _________________________ : none
    Container Operating System Version _________________________ : none
    Container Operating System Version ID ______________________ : none
    Container Operating System Detection _______________________ : none
Features:
    Built For __________________________________________________ : Linux
    Netdata Cloud ______________________________________________ : YES
    Health (trigger alerts and send notifications) _____________ : YES
    Streaming (stream metrics to parent Netdata servers) _______ : YES
    Back-filling (of higher database tiers) ____________________ : YES
    Replication (fill the gaps of parent Netdata servers) ______ : YES
    Streaming and Replication Compression ______________________ : YES (zstd lz4 gzip brotli)
    Contexts (index all active and archived metrics) ___________ : YES
    Tiering (multiple dbs with different metrics resolution) ___ : YES (5)
    Machine Learning ___________________________________________ : YES
    Memory Allocator ___________________________________________ : system
Database Engines:
    dbengine (compression) _____________________________________ : YES (zstd lz4)
    alloc ______________________________________________________ : YES
    ram ________________________________________________________ : YES
    none _______________________________________________________ : YES
Connectivity Capabilities:
    ACLK (Agent-Cloud Link: MQTT over WebSockets over TLS) _____ : YES
    static (Netdata internal web server) _______________________ : YES
    WebRTC (experimental) ______________________________________ : NO
    Native HTTPS (TLS Support) _________________________________ : YES
    TLS Host Verification ______________________________________ : YES
Libraries:
    LZ4 (extremely fast lossless compression algorithm) ________ : YES
    ZSTD (fast, lossless compression algorithm) ________________ : YES
    zlib (lossless data-compression library) ___________________ : YES
    Brotli (generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm) ____ : YES
    protobuf (platform-neutral data serialization protocol) ____ : YES (system)
    OpenSSL (cryptography) _____________________________________ : YES
    libdatachannel (stand-alone WebRTC data channels) __________ : NO
    JSON-C (lightweight JSON manipulation) _____________________ : YES
    libcap (Linux capabilities system operations) ______________ : NO
    libcrypto (cryptographic functions) ________________________ : YES
    libyaml (library for parsing and emitting YAML) ____________ : YES
    libmnl (library for working with netfilter) ________________ : YES
    stacktraces (library for getting stack traces) _____________ : libbacktrace (mmap, threads, data)
Plugins:
    apps (monitor processes) ___________________________________ : YES
    cgroups (monitor containers and VMs) _______________________ : YES
    cgroup-network (associate interfaces to CGROUPS) ___________ : YES
    proc (monitor Linux systems) _______________________________ : YES
    tc (monitor Linux network QoS) _____________________________ : YES
    diskspace (monitor Linux mount points) _____________________ : YES
    freebsd (monitor FreeBSD systems) __________________________ : NO
    macos (monitor MacOS systems) ______________________________ : NO
    windows (monitor Windows systems) __________________________ : NO
    statsd (collect custom application metrics) ________________ : YES
    timex (check system clock synchronization) _________________ : YES
    idlejitter (check system latency and jitter) _______________ : YES
    bash (support shell data collection jobs - charts.d) _______ : YES
    debugfs (kernel debugging metrics) _________________________ : YES
    cups (monitor printers and print jobs) _____________________ : NO
    ebpf (monitor system calls) ________________________________ : YES
    freeipmi (monitor enterprise server H/W) ___________________ : NO
    network-viewer (monitor TCP/UDP IPv4/6 sockets) ____________ : YES
    systemd-journal (monitor journal logs) _____________________ : YES
    windows-events (monitor Windows events) ____________________ : NO
    nfacct (gather netfilter accounting) _______________________ : YES
    perf (collect kernel performance events) ___________________ : YES
    slabinfo (monitor kernel object caching) ___________________ : YES
    Xen ________________________________________________________ : NO
    Xen VBD Error Tracking _____________________________________ : NO
Exporters:
    AWS Kinesis ________________________________________________ : NO
    GCP PubSub _________________________________________________ : NO
    MongoDB ____________________________________________________ : NO
    Prometheus (OpenMetrics) Exporter __________________________ : YES
    Prometheus Remote Write ____________________________________ : YES
    Graphite ___________________________________________________ : YES
    Graphite HTTP / HTTPS ______________________________________ : YES
    JSON _______________________________________________________ : YES
    JSON HTTP / HTTPS __________________________________________ : YES
    OpenTSDB ___________________________________________________ : YES
    OpenTSDB HTTP / HTTPS ______________________________________ : YES
    All Metrics API ____________________________________________ : YES
    Shell (use metrics in shell scripts) _______________________ : YES
Debug/Developer Features:
    Trace All Netdata Allocations (with charts) ________________ : NO
    Developer Mode (more runtime checks, slower) _______________ : NO
Runtime Information:
    Profile ____________________________________________________ : standalone
    Stream Parent (accept data from Children) __________________ : NO
    Stream Child (send data to a Parent) _______________________ : NO
    Total System Memory ________________________________________ : 8322838528
    Available System Memory ____________________________________ : 5351714816

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