> Source: [sk155613](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk155613)

# sk155613 - After replacing self-signed certificate, API status is "API readiness test FAILED."

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk155613 |
| Date Created | 2019-06-11 |
| Last Modified | 2019-06-13 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Multi-Domain Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R81.20, R82, R82.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * After replacing the self-signed certificate, API status is "API readiness test FAILED".

* in api.elg, readiness test (which basically just does a "show-hosts limit 1" request) is successful:   

  DATE TIME,PID INFO org.apache.cxf.interceptor.LoggingInInterceptor.log:250 \[qtp-1616392272-23\] - Inbound Message   
  ... DATE TIME,PID INFO com.checkpoint.management.web_api_is.utils.helpers.ApiCache.:13 \[qtp-1616392272-23\] - **Cache created and initialized**   
  DATE TIME,PID INFO com.checkpoint.management.web_api.web_services.WebApiEntryPoint.logRequestedCommandInfo:13 \[qtp-1616392272-23\] - Executing \[show-hosts\] of version 1.1 (references 1)   
  DATE TIME,PID INFO com.checkpoint.management.web_api_is.utils.CsvFileWriterUtils.writeCsvLine:3 \[qtp-1616392272-23\] - 2019-05-27,11:01:37 +0800,show-hosts,**PASSED** ,26   
  DATE TIME,PID INFO org.apache.cxf.interceptor.LoggingOutInterceptor.log:250 \[qtp-1616392272-23\] - Outbound Message ...

## Cause

Leftovers in the API cache.

## Solution

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