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Service Account API keys Disappearing

OpenAI Developer Community March 3, 2026
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Hi and welcome back! The most straightforward explanation would be that someone with an admin key is revoking these keys. That said, we recently had a similar report where this possibility was ruled out. The discussion also includes several suggestions on where to check for unexpected key deletion. Service account API keys silently disappearing — no audit log events, no leak notification API > I’ve experienced my service account API key being deleted without explanation twice now. Looking for anyone who has encountered the same issue or any insight from the community. Environment: Key type: Service account key Organization: Multi-member Plan: Non-enterprise (unable to contact support directly) What happens: The service account key completely disappears — not just from the UI, but the key stops working entirely (API requests return authentication errors). This has happened twice …

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