====== Your domain's transfer authorization key ======
===== Getting your authorization key =====
To get your authorization key (also known as authorization code, auth code, EPP code), you need to log in under the **owner** or **administrative** contact handle for the domain ([[:en/contacts/troubleshooting|trouble logging in?]]).

After logging in, go to your domain's control panel, where you will see the following section at the top of the page:

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Click on the link that says "Authorization key" (highlighted in the above image), and you will be shown a pop-up which will display it:

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There are some instances when you will not see your authorization code right away:

  * **-locked-**: The domain is locked against transfer, you need to deactivate the transfer protection via the domain's control panel,
  * **-unavailable-**: The registry does not use authorization keys for their domains, and so there is none for the domain,
  * **-pending-**:  An authorization key generation is already in progress,
  * **-expired-** : Please contact customer support for assistance,
  * **-support-**:  Please contact customer support for assistance

===== Expiration of your authorization key =====
For security purposes, authorization keys at Gandi expire 365 days (or shorter, depending on the rules of the registry) after their generation/regeneration.

<note>**How to see the authorization key's expiration date**
You can see the expiration date in the same pop-up that displays the authorization code (see the above image).

Alternatively, if you are using our API, it is returned by the API.domain.info method, as well as by API.domain.list.
</note>

===== Manual regeneration of your authorization key =====
You can manually regenerate your authorization key by clicking on the button to do so in the pop-up window that you get once you click on "authorization key" in your domain's control panel (see the image above).

==== Automatic regeneration ====
If your domain is still active at Gandi, your authorization key is automatically regenerated after:

  * the authorization code's expiration date,
  * a renewal of the domain name,
  * an owner change,
  * the transfer to Gandi of the domain

===== See also =====
  * [[:en/domains/transfer/protection]]