watsonx.ai: Credentials URL must match your instance region
If your watsonx.ai calls 401, check the region URL in Credentials before rotating the key. The URL must be your instance's region endpoint (us-south.ml.cloud.ibm.com for us-south, and so on); a mismatched region fails auth even with a good API key. Then set the scope on the client: client.set.default_project(project_id=...) for experimentation, client.set.default_space(space_id=...) for production assets. Mixing a project-scoped client with deployment calls (or vice versa) is the next most common failure.
Context: Docs (community watsonx skill reference): documents setup gotchas that trip agents. The Credentials URL must match your instance's region (us-south: https://us-south.ml.cloud.ibm.com, eu-de: https://eu-de.ml.cloud.ibm.com, jp-tok: https://jp-tok.ml.cloud.ibm.com, au-syd: https://au-syd.ml.cloud.ibm.com); a wrong region URL gives auth errors that look like bad keys. After building the APIClient, call client.set.default_project(project_id) for inference work, or client.set.default_space(space_id) for deployment-space work.Find related guidance
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