Invalid assessment_id in n8n Quickstart (QS101)

n8n Academy QS101: n8n Quickstart
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Hello n8n Team,

I’m currently taking the n8n Quickstart (QS101) course and I’m stuck on the HTTP Request exercise.

I’ve configured everything according to the course:

  • Authentication: Header Auth

  • Header name: X-API-KEY

  • API key has been saved successfully.

  • Added the x-assessment-id header using the Assessment ID copied from my Academy profile.

However, every time I execute the HTTP Request, I receive the following error:

Bad request - please check your parameters Invalid assessment_id.

Things I’ve already checked:

  • The Assessment ID is copied directly from my Academy account.

  • The API key is configured in a Header Auth credential.

  • The request is reaching the server (I’m not getting a 401 Unauthorized error).

  • I recreated the credentials multiple times and also recreated the HTTP Request node, but the error remains the same.

Could you please check whether my Assessment ID is correctly registered/activated on your backend, or if there’s something wrong with my account?

Thank you for your help.

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i changed the name from x-assessment-id to unique id but still showing me an error or maybe its a server side fault ?

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Hi Hasnain,
Yes its the server side problem, i also got this error when i was working on this course. Simple is that you have to DM the moderator in community about your error, best of luck for the future work.