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Fixing the "403 Forbidden (Code 453)" Error in X API v2

  There are few experiences in software development more frustrating than generating valid API keys, copying boilerplate code, and being immediately rejected by the server. If you are building a bot on the  X (formerly Twitter) API Free Tier , you have likely encountered this JSON response when attempting to post a tweet: { "title": "Forbidden", "detail": "You currently have access to a subset of Twitter API v2 endpoints...", "type": "about:blank", "status": 403, "errors": [ { "message": "You currently have access to a subset of Twitter API v2 endpoints...", "code": 453 } ] } This error is misleading. It suggests you are trying to access a restricted endpoint, but it often appears even when you are hitting valid endpoints like  manage_tweets  (POST /2/tweets). The issue is rarely your code logic. It is almost always a desynchronization between yo...