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I’m trying to use Egress on LiveKit Cloud. My API key can’t start egress — I believe it’s missing hidden egress permissions. Can you check if my key allows `video.room_record`?

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To use the LiveKit Egress API, your access token must include the `roomRecord` permission. This permission is required for all Egress API methods, including starting egress operations. If your API key does not have this permission, you will need to update it to include `roomRecord`.
 Sources: <https://docs.livekit.io/home/egress/api/|Egress API | LiveKit Docs> | <https://docs.livekit.io/python/livekit/api/egress_service.html|livekit.api.egress_service API documentation> | <https://docs.livekit.io/server-sdk-js/interfaces/VideoGrant.html|VideoGrant | LiveKit JS Server SDK - v2.9.7>