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<@566939201162051592> My actor was flagged. It is running okay with all inputs. The error is due to APIFY_TOKEN that I am using. I put all keys in the environment variables. I also contacted support and they replied that sometimes testers do not have access to APIFY_TOKEN . Ask your testers to test it with APIFY_TOKEN. 
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What is the purpose of APIFY_TOKEN? https://discord.com/channels/801163717915574323/1454142274555347155

I don't really understand what you're using it for here

Our tests are automated, based on your default input field data, so you need to set up your Actor so that it runs perfectly without someone needing to test it with specific parameters

It is for storing values in Key-value store. Sometimes APIFY_TOKEN is needed  and I also put it in my Apify Actor environment variables. I also do not know why automated testing is failing it.

how do you use APIFY_TOKEN via API or directly in the run, or how do you want to access KV store?

if it is 'your' KV store you don't need APIFY_TOKEN, you already have access to KV store

Yes, but the error they mentioned in automated test is because of APIFY_TOKEN. I also got that error and putting it in environment variable solved it. It was running before without APIFY_TOKEN. Maybe I need to change the way, I am storing data and then I do not need it.