Pi-Hole Show API Token - Connection Refused

Troubleshooting
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  • DietPi version | 8.12.1

  • Distro version | Bullseye

  • Kernel version | Linux VPNPi 5.15.76-v7+ #1597

  • SBC model | RPi 3 Model B+ (armv7l)

  • Power supply used | Official Pi Foundation

  • SD card used | SanDisk Ultra 32GB

  • Software title | Pi-Hole

  • Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated? Updated

  • Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi? No idea

  • Pi-Hole version | Pi-hole v5.14.2 FTL v5.20 Web Interface v5.18

There was a Pi-Hole update a week or two back which I think has changed the API interaction, as it broke the linkage to Home Assistant (now fixed in HA by the latest core update).

But I also note that you can no longer access the API token through the dashboard.
If you go settings > API / Web Interface > Show API token button it pops up the window but gives a connection refused error in it.

Not sure if this is a Pi-Hole side or DietPi side issue, but just wanted to flag it anyway.
It seems to still be working fine, although I have another app on my iPhone for monitoring PiHole and that can no longer connect to it (same issue as HA had).

Edited to add - this report (not by me) gives details of what broke between Pi-Hole and HA, for reference.

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Probably more an PiHole or HA issue. We just install the app but we are not maintaining the content or functionality.

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OK fair enough - wasn’t sure how much you adjusted them as part of the install set-up.

It’s a Pi-Hole issue then - it’s already fixed on the HA side (I just included that as something that broke recently at around the same timing).