API key authentication stalls or fails on setup
Linking the store to the AliExpress service with an API key gets stuck on authenticating or fails with a JSON error.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 8 September 2023 · last reported 6 March 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners setting up the AliExpress import plugin often get stuck when they try to connect their store with an API key.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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