This is as intended, please see [1]. You should also get the error message "Keypair data is invalid: Keypair name contains unsafe characters"
References: [1] https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/aa81d6c301d6549af6fe8e8a9fb55facf898f809/nova/compute/api.py#L3907-L3911 ** Changed in: nova Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1604943 Title: non-ASCII chars ( Chinese ) not allowed in Keypair name Status in OpenStack Compute (nova): Invalid Bug description: On a create (POST) request on /os-keypairs API, using a non-ASCII character such as Chinese or Japanese characters for the name parameter produces a 400 error return. "POST /v2.1/f60dbb1f1d2e4f8cb2434f0ed1016d97/os-keypairs HTTP/1.1" status: 400 len: 401 time: 0.0861628 Openstack version is mitaka. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1604943/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp