# Discogs tag source consistently failing (401: Unauthorized)
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-source-consistently-failing-401-unauthorized/70956
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 27, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-source-consistently-failing-401-unauthorized/70956 "2026-03-27T15:28:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@JonnyGators](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JonnyGators)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-source-consistently-failing-401-unauthorized/70956/1 "2026-03-27T15:28:54Z")
Trying to tag items using discogs for a tag source is consistently failing with the attached error.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-source-consistently-failing-401-unauthorized/70956/2 "2026-03-27T15:31:29Z")
Which of the many existing topics about the **401 error** have you tried so far?
[https://community.mp3tag.de/search?q=discogs%20401](https://community.mp3tag.de/search?q=discogs%20401)
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### Author:  [@JonnyGators](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JonnyGators)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-source-consistently-failing-401-unauthorized/70956/3 "2026-03-27T15:32:55Z")
I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I’ve ensured that I am on the latest version of mp3tag with a full uninstall clean new install, and have ensured I’m having no connection issues.
If you’d like me to do any further troubleshooting, please advise.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-source-consistently-failing-401-unauthorized/70956/4 "2026-03-27T15:36:52Z")
Please start reading the linked topics, for example this one:
> [@Freedb and Web Sources](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-and-web-sources/2748/5):
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> Discogs is reporting a 401 error: UNAUTHORIZED In many cases, the problem can be fixed by correcting the system time. This is necessary, because the time is part of the OAuth authorization flow and the signature that is used to communicate with the Discogs API.
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> [@401 Unauthorized: Discogs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/401-unauthorized-discogs/42877/6):
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> What could have changed in the meantime? see the many threads on the 401 error:
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### Author:  [@JonnyGators](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JonnyGators)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-source-consistently-failing-401-unauthorized/70956/5 "2026-03-27T15:39:55Z")
Please advise on how to fix the problem. A built in feature has randomly stopped working, and is completely broken on a new install - this is a problem. This is why I came to support.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-source-consistently-failing-401-unauthorized/70956/6 "2026-03-27T15:45:05Z")
The Discogs Websource Script works perfectly fine here on my machine.
If you receive an error message such as "401: unauthorized", there is probably something wrong with your machine. It is likely that the system time is out of sync.
To fix your system time on Windows 11, please follow this support article from Microsoft:
> **[Set time, date, and time zone settings in Windows - Microsoft Support](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/set-time-date-and-time-zone-settings-in-windows-dfaa7122-479f-5b98-2a7b-fa0b6e01b261)**
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> How to set time, date, time zone, and daylight-saving time settings in Windows
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### Author:  [@JonnyGators](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JonnyGators)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-source-consistently-failing-401-unauthorized/70956/7 "2026-03-27T15:48:24Z")
I assure you the system time is in sync. There is nothing wrong with my machine. Please advise.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-source-consistently-failing-401-unauthorized/70956/8 "2026-03-27T15:51:33Z")
You could start using a current Mp3tag version.
Please use at least v3.33.1 from here
> **[Mp3tag - Download](https://www.mp3tag.de/download.html)**
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> Mp3tag - Download
Your v3.06a is over five years old.
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### Author:  [@JonnyGators](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JonnyGators)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-source-consistently-failing-401-unauthorized/70956/9 "2026-03-27T15:52:39Z")
Ok, my bad - apparently despite the system time being set to autosync, and being correct when visually inspecting it, the time had drifted just enough that mp3tag and discogs felt it was worth disrupting my workflow over a few seconds.
I’m back in business, thanks for your assistance.
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### Author:  [@JonnyGators](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JonnyGators)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-source-consistently-failing-401-unauthorized/70956/10 "2026-03-27T15:59:33Z")
Thank you for pointing this out. I did explain in my troubleshooting that I did fully uninstall the old version, and did a clean install of the current version, and the error persisted. I simply didn’t feel the need to update my screenshot with the same error displaying in the current version. I’m all set now, thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-source-consistently-failing-401-unauthorized/70956/11 "2026-04-03T15:59:47Z")
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