# Bug: Send to an API Authentication - Expiring Access Token

**URL:** <https://community.parabola.io/t/bug-send-to-an-api-authentication-expiring-access-token/2320>\
**Category:** Ask a question\
**Tags:** Using-APIs, Building-Flows\
**Created:** [March 22, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/bug-send-to-an-api-authentication-expiring-access-token/2320 "2022-03-22T17:22:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Tom\_Eagles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tom\_Eagles](https://community.parabola.io/u/Tom_Eagles)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/bug-send-to-an-api-authentication-expiring-access-token/2320/1 "2022-03-22T17:22:37Z")

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When I am in the Builder and I create a step which sends to an API.  
When I use Expiring Access Token the builder saves correctly and the step can be authed.  
But when I come back and edit that step, the builder has forgotten all of my auth settings.

The flow runs correctly, but makes amending previous flows super painful

Hopefully an easy fix 😀

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**Author:** ![daniel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.parabola.io/daniel/32/732_2.png) [@daniel](https://community.parabola.io/u/daniel)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/bug-send-to-an-api-authentication-expiring-access-token/2320/2 "2022-03-22T18:35:30Z")

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Hi @Tom_Eagles

To confirm, your authorization settings clear every time you open a step and configure its settings. Is that correct?

Or does this only happen when reconfiguring the authorization settings related to your expiring access token?

If possible, can you send a flow link to [help@parabola.io](mailto:help@parabola.io) so we can look into this further? Happy to sort you out.

Thanks!  
Daniel