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Once you re-add the database connection with the same name/settings, the charts should reconnect. *** ## Step-by-Step: Get back to working with your original key ### Step 1 — Find your original `SECRET_KEY` Open the `superset_config.py` in **your own original Superset folder** (not your friend's clone) and copy the exact `SECRET_KEY` value — character for character. ### Step 2 — Set up the folder you want to use going forward Pick whichever folder you want (yours or your friend's clone — doesn't matter, the clone is just application code). Open its `superset_config.py` and set: ```python SECRET_KEY = 'paste-your-exact-original-key-here' ``` No extra spaces or quote issues. ### Step 3 — Point to YOUR metadata database Your charts and dashboards live in the **metadata database**, which is defined by `SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI` in `superset_config.py` [[1]](https://app.dosu.dev/a28d3c7e-a9d3-459e-9fb6-3a6f9ff4f357/documents/7cff5f89-5980-4243-962f-0ac513be2231). By default this is a SQLite file called `superset.db`. In your config, confirm it points to **your original** DB file: ```python SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:////path/to/YOUR/superset.db' ``` Do **not** use your friend's `superset.db` — use your own. Check your original `superset_config.py` for the path, or look in your home directory (e.g. `C:\Users\<YourName>\.superset\superset.db`). ### Step 4 — Run db upgrade ```bash superset db upgrade ``` ### Step 5 — Start Superset ```bash superset run -p 8088 --with-threads --reload --debugger ``` ### Step 6 — Clear your browser Clear cookies and local storage for `127.0.0.1:8088`, then log in fresh. Stale session cookies from a different key will cause errors [[2]](https://github.com/apache/superset/discussions/43153#discussioncomment-18012451). ### Step 7 — Fix broken database connections Go to **Settings → Database Connections**. Any connection showing a decryption error — delete it and re-add it by entering the credentials again. Database connection passwords are encrypted with the `SECRET_KEY`, so connections created under a different key can't be decrypted [[2]](https://github.com/apache/superset/discussions/43153#discussioncomment-18012451). Your charts will reconnect automatically once the database connection is restored with the same name. *** **To answer your question directly:** Yes, you can use your friend's git clone as the code base. Just set **your own `SECRET_KEY`** and point `SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI` to **your own `superset.db`** in the config. Your data (charts, dashboards) lives in that metadata DB, not in the application code [[1]](https://app.dosu.dev/a28d3c7e-a9d3-459e-9fb6-3a6f9ff4f357/documents/7cff5f89-5980-4243-962f-0ac513be2231). 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