## TL;DR

For "I have created a .env file which contains my trace loop api key. When run above program, it always report error as follows, am I doing anyth": the maintainer confirmed removing the quotes and using a valid key resolved it. When run above program, it always report error as follows, am I doing anything wrong?

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I have created a .env file which contains my trace loop api key. When run above program, it always report error as follows, am I doing anything wrong? Thanks
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## Steps

1. If Traceloop.init() always throws, check your API key itself: in this case the key was invalid. Generate a fresh one at app.traceloop.com/settings/api-keys and paste it into .env without surrounding quotes. The maintainer confirmed removing the quotes and using a valid key resolved it.

Expected: The maintainer confirmed removing the quotes and using a valid key resolved it.

## When to use

You are seeing this: https://github.com/traceloop/openllmetry/issues/340: Issue traceloop/openllmetry#340 (closed, 11 comments): ### Which component is this bug for? Use this skill when you run into "🐛 Bug Report: Always getting exception when Traceloop.init()".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

## Sources

- https://github.com/traceloop/openllmetry/issues/340:

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