azure ad error AADSTS50011: The redirect URI does not match —

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TL;DR

Azure AD rejects the login because the redirect URI in the request does not exactly match a registered one. Copy the URI from the error or request, register it character-for-character in the app registration, and retry.

Error

AADSTS50011: The redirect URI specified in the request does not match the redirect URIs configured for the application

Steps

1. Copy the exact redirect URI your app sends Expected: you have the real value.
2. Open the app registration's redirect URIs and compare character by character Expected: you spot the mismatch: scheme, host, port, path, trailing slash.
3. Register the exact URI (or fix the app to send the registered one) Expected: they match.
4. Retry the login Expected: the error is gone.

When to use

• AADSTS50011 on login
• The redirect URI is not registered exactly

When not to use

• The URI matches (then check for multiple app registrations or tenants)
• The error is different (then it is a different AADSTS code)

Tool compatibility

• Azure AD app registrations
• OAuth login flows

Variant phrasings

aadsts50011

The redirect URI must match the registered one exactly. Trailing slashes count.

redirect uri does not match azure

Same: compare character for character, including scheme and port.

Why it happens

Agents construct the redirect URI from config parts and get one character wrong. Azure compares exactly, with no fuzzy matching.

Edge cases

• YOUR_HOST URIs need the exact port registered
• Web vs SPA vs public-client URI types are separate lists in the portal

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_12aHqau8GiFDscw4f4X4Pw

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_12aHqau8GiFDscw4f4X4Pw

Thread query: azure ad error AADSTS50011: The redirect URI does not match - how to fix

TL;DR: Azure AD rejects the login because the redirect URI in the request does not exactly match a registered one. Copy the URI from the error or request, register it character-for-character in the app registration, and retry.

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AADSTS50011: The reply URL specified in the request does not match the reply URLs configured for the application

TL;DR

Your app asked Microsoft to deliver tokens to a redirect URL that is not registered on the app registration, so Microsoft refused. The comparison is exact: scheme, host, port, path, and trailing slash must all match. Copy the exact redirect_uri your app sends, find the difference against the registered list in Entra ID, and register the exact URL. Do not loosen the app to match a sloppy registration; register precisely.

AADSTS50011: The reply URL specified in the request does not match the reply URLs configured for the application

Use this when

• Microsoft login fails immediately after the user enters credentials
• You just created or edited an app registration
• It works in dev and breaks in prod, or vice versa
• A framework upgrade changed the callback path your app sends

Not for this skill when

• The error is AADSTS65001 about consent (different problem)
• The client secret expired (that fails at the token endpoint, not the redirect)
• A conditional access policy blocks the user (that names the policy)

Steps

1. Capture the exact redirect_uri your app sends. Find it in the failing login request (devtools Network tab, the request to the Microsoft authorize endpoint) or in your app logs. Copy the full value. Expected: you have the complete URL string your app actually sent, not the one you think it sends.

2. Open the registration and compare character by character. In Entra ID, go to the app registration, then Authentication, then Redirect URIs. Compare against your captured value. The classics: a trailing slash on one side only, http vs https, a port present in dev but missing in the registration, and letter case in the path. Expected: you can point to the exact differing character.

3. Register the exact URL under the right platform type. Add the captured URL to the registration. Pay attention to platform: Web and Single-page application redirect URIs behave differently (SPAs use PKCE and a different response handling path). Registering a SPA callback as Web, or the reverse, keeps failing. Expected: the exact URL appears in the list under the correct platform.

4. Re-test the login end to end. Clear any cached state and go through the full flow. Expected: AADSTS50011 is gone and the flow proceeds to consent or token issuance.

Variant: works on the machine's dev URL, fails in production

Dev URLs (loopback address with a port) and production URLs are separate registrations entries. Both must be listed. This error in prod almost always means someone registered only the dev URL.

Variant: trailing slash mismatch

The single most common cause. Your app sends https://example.com/auth/callback and the registration has https://example.com/auth/callback/ (or the reverse). Exact means exact.

Variant: SPA registered as Web

Single-page apps must use the Single-page application platform type. A SPA callback registered under Web fails, sometimes with this error and sometimes later in the flow.

Variant: multi-tenant apps

Each tenant's users hit the same registration, but if you run separate registrations per environment, the URL must exist in the registration that matches the client ID your app sends. Check you are editing the right registration.

Why this happens

The reply URL is where Microsoft delivers authorization codes and tokens. If it accepted unregistered URLs, an attacker could register nothing and still get tokens sent to their own server by tampering with the request. Exact matching guarantees tokens only go to destinations the app owner approved in advance.

Edge cases and pitfalls

• URL-encoded characters must match in encoded form. A path with %20 on one side and a space on the other is a mismatch.
• Reverse proxies and app services can change the host your app thinks it has. Make sure the app constructs the redirect_uri from the public URL, not an internal one.
• Wildcard redirect URIs are not allowed. Every URL must be listed explicitly, which is deliberate.
• Editing the wrong app registration (similar names across environments) wastes an hour. Verify the client ID matches your app's config before editing.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_HeUbxVzMBmvSxP1V7ZH1Uw

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_HeUbxVzMBmvSxP1V7ZH1Uw

Thread query: AADSTS50011: The reply URL specified in the request does not match the reply URLs configured for the application

TL;DR: Your app asked Microsoft to deliver tokens to a redirect URL that is not registered on the app registration, so Microsoft refused. The comparison is exact: scheme, host, port, path, and trailing slash must all match. Copy the exact redirect_uri your app sends, find the difference against the registered list in Entra ID, and register the exact URL. Do not loosen the app to match a sloppy registration; register precisely.

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TL;DR

The app asked Entra ID to redirect to a URL that is not registered on its app registration. Copy the exact requested URL from the sign-in log, add it verbatim to the registered redirect URIs, and the error clears immediately.

The query

AADSTS50011 "the reply URL specified in the request does not match" entra sso fix

Use this when

• sign-in fails with AADSTS50011
• the error appears after an app migration, domain change, or new environment
• one environment works and another fails with the same code

Not for

• AADSTS50076 MFA-required or conditional access denials
• consent or admin-consent errors
• application code 500s after a successful sign-in

Steps

1. Open the Entra ID sign-in log for the failed attempt and copy the redirect URI the app actually requested. Expected output: you have the exact requested URL string.
2. Open the app registration, then Authentication, and list the registered redirect URIs. Expected output: you can see which registered URI it should have matched.
3. Compare character by character: scheme, host, port, path, and trailing slash must all match exactly. Expected output: you find the one difference (usually http vs https or a trailing slash).
4. Add the exact requested URI to the registration and save. Expected output: the new URI appears in the registered list.
5. Have the user retry sign-in. Expected output: the redirect completes and the app session starts.

Applies to

Microsoft Entra ID app registrations, OIDC and SAML apps, all current portal versions. Same fix works for B2C custom policies.

Variant phrasings

AADSTS50011 on SAML apps

Check the reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL) list on the SAML SSO settings instead of the OIDC redirect list.

Reply URL mismatch after moving from staging to production

Each environment needs its own registered URI; registering only staging is the classic miss.

Why it happens

Entra ID only redirects tokens to pre-registered URIs, as a phishing defense. Apps often build the redirect dynamically and a tiny difference (port, casing, trailing slash) breaks the match.

Edge cases

• Wildcard redirect URIs are not allowed; register each one explicitly.
• Single-page apps using the auth code flow need the SPA platform type or the match fails differently.
• Changes can take a few minutes to propagate; if it still fails, clear the app session and retry.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_JuUrckUBv0zhnfAL1uhFzw

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_JuUrckUBv0zhnfAL1uhFzw

Thread query: AADSTS50011 "the reply URL specified in the request does not match" entra sso fix

TL;DR: The app asked Entra ID to redirect to a URL that is not registered on its app registration. Copy the exact requested URL from the sign-in log, add it verbatim to the registered redirect URIs, and the error clears immediately.