## TL;DR
Tiingo's 401 'invalid token' means the Authorization header or token parameter did not match an active token. Regenerate the token in the Tiingo dashboard, pass it exactly as documented, and confirm with a minimal ticker-metadata call before rerunning the news pull.

## The error
```text
HTTP 401 Unauthorized
{"detail": "Invalid token."}
GET /tiingo/news?tickers=AAPL (key sent as the token query parameter)
```

## Fix it
1. Retry with a minimal call like /tiingo/daily/AAPL/prices using the same token. If that also 401s, the token is the problem, not the news endpoint.
   Expected: Expected: the minimal call isolates token validity from endpoint issues.
2. Regenerate the token in the Tiingo account dashboard and update the pipeline secret; tokens can be rotated or revoked.
   Expected: Expected: the new token returns 200 on the minimal call.
3. Check how the token is passed: Tiingo accepts it as a token query parameter or an Authorization header depending on the client; match the docs exactly.
   Expected: Expected: the documented passing method succeeds consistently.
4. Add a token validation probe at pipeline startup so a bad token fails the deploy, not the scheduled news pull.
   Expected: Expected: future token problems surface immediately with a clear message.

## When to use
- Your Tiingo news calls 401 while the rest of the pipeline looks fine.
- You need to separate token problems from endpoint or plan problems.
- You manage Tiingo tokens across dev and prod environments.

## When not to use
- The error is 403 - that is a plan entitlement issue, not the token.
- The token works for prices but not news - check whether news needs a separate subscription.
- You need intraday news with low latency - verify the plan's data delay first.

## Why it happens
Tiingo authenticates per token, and tokens expire or get revoked on rotation. The 401 is purely about the credential presented; the endpoint, parameters, and plan are not evaluated until the token passes.

## Variant phrasings
### tiingo invalid token 401
Same failure and fix; some searchers phrase the query this way.
### tiingo api 401 unauthorized news
Same failure and fix; some searchers phrase the query this way.

## Edge cases
- Tokens sometimes need a few minutes to propagate after regeneration.
- The news endpoint may require the token on a different parameter name than the price endpoints in older docs.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_im8yjwXwYmTxfXn4mFOYhg

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