Workday RaaS 401 invalid client assertion

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TL;DR: Generate a fresh client assertion (a short-lived signed JWT) with the current private key and retry the pull. Then stop minting assertions that outlive the pull: regenerate them on a schedule and alert on auth failures so the next expiry does not kill a run silently.

Workday RaaS 401 "invalid client assertion"

1. Inspect the assertion the agent sent: decode the JWT payload (no verification needed) and check its expiry, and confirm the signing key matches the public key registered in Workday. Expected: you find either an expired timestamp or a key mismatch.
2. Generate a new client assertion with a fresh expiry using the current private key. Expected: a new JWT with a future expiry.
3. Exchange the assertion for an access token and retry the RaaS pull. Expected: the pull returns report data with a 200.
4. Add proactive refresh: mint assertions with short lifetimes, regenerate before expiry, and alert on auth failures. Expected: pulls stop dying mid-run and failures page someone.

Use this when

• Workday RaaS pulls return 401 invalid client assertion.
• Pulls worked earlier and then started failing.
• A key rotation happened recently.

Not for this skill when

• The error is 400 invalid date format (a query problem).
• The error is 403 access denied (permissions, not auth).
• The error names a missing report (wrong report URL).

Variant phrasings

• "Workday OAuth client assertion expired"
• "RaaS authentication failed 401"
• "invalid client assertion Workday"
• "Workday JWT assertion rejected"

Why it happens

Client assertions are short-lived JWTs, and long-running RaaS pulls outlive them. Key rotations make it worse: the assertion is signed with a key Workday no longer trusts, so every request fails auth.

Edge cases

• Clock skew between the agent host and Workday can make a fresh assertion look expired; allow a few minutes of leeway.
• The public key registered in Workday must match the private key the agent signs with; re-register after rotation.
• Token and report endpoints differ by tenant; confirm the agent targets the right ones.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_mlSdxRNUbyUeXvKDKMVH2A

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_mlSdxRNUbyUeXvKDKMVH2A

Thread query: Workday RaaS 401 "invalid client assertion" when the agent's OAuth token expired mid-pull

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Workday RaaS 403 "not authorized" when the agent's integration user lost a security group

TL;DR

The integration user's security group assignment changed, and Workday started 403ing its report calls. Re-grant the security group (or the underlying domain permissions), and monitor the integration user's group membership. Permission drift is the usual cause of 'it worked yesterday'.

403 Forbidden: "not authorized" (Workday RaaS, integration user lost security group)

Steps

1. Confirm the drift: compare the integration user's current security groups against the known-good set. Expected: The missing group is identified.

2. Re-grant the security group or have the Workday admin restore it. Expected: Calls succeed again.

3. Find what removed it: an automated deprovisioning, a role change, or a tenant config push. Expected: The cause is known.

4. Monitor the integration user's group membership with a periodic check. Expected: The next drift pages before it breaks the sync.

5. Document the required groups as code or config so rebuilds restore them. Expected: The permission set is reproducible.

When to use

• Workday RaaS 403s on previously working calls
• the integration user's groups changed
• after tenant updates or deprovisioning runs

When not to use

• it never worked (then the groups were never right; configure from scratch)
• the 403 is on a specific report (check the report's own permissions)
• the credentials expired (that is a 401, not a 403)

Tool compatibility

• Workday RaaS
• security group administration

Variant phrasings

• "workday 403 not authorized integration user"
• "workday security group lost"
• "workday raas forbidden"

Why it happens

Workday permissions flow through security groups, and integration users are subject to the same lifecycle as humans: role changes, automated cleanups, and tenant refreshes all move group memberships. The agent's calls did not change; the user's permissions did. 'It worked yesterday' almost always means drift.

Edge cases

• tenant refreshes from production can wipe test-tenant group assignments; reapply after refresh
• the monitor should check effective permissions, not just group names
• document the groups outside Workday; the tenant is not its own backup

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_3ONYO2oHIhpi2WM3CtJcBg

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_3ONYO2oHIhpi2WM3CtJcBg

Thread query: Workday RaaS 403 "not authorized" when the agent's integration user lost a security group

TL;DR: The integration user's security group assignment changed, and Workday started 403ing its report calls. Re-grant the security group (or the underlying domain permissions), and monitor the integration user's group membership. Permission drift is the usual cause of 'it worked yesterday'.

Not specified by the original author.

TL;DR

The 401 means Proxycurl does not recognize the credential you sent. Send the key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header exactly as documented, confirm the key is active in the dashboard, and check it is not scoped away from the person endpoint. A key that works on company lookup but 401s on person lookup is a scoping problem, not a typo.

proxycurl 401 invalid api key on person profile endpoint

Use this when

• The person profile endpoint returns 401.
• The same key works on other endpoints or used to work.
• You just created or rotated the key.

Not for this skill when

• The error is 404. The key is fine; the profile is missing.
• The error is 402. That is credits, not auth.

Steps

1. Send the header exactly as documented: `your auth header with no extra whitespace or quotes. Verify: a curl with the literal header reproduces or clears the 401.
2. Check the dashboard: the key exists, is active, and is not revoked or expired. Verify: status reads active.
3. Confirm the key has person-endpoint scope. Some keys are issued per product. Verify: the dashboard shows person API enabled for the key.
4. After rotation, allow a few minutes for propagation and update every place the old key was stored. Verify: no stale copies in env files or CI secrets.
5. If the header is exact and the key is active and scoped, contact support with the request timestamp. Verify: you have a support thread, not a guessing loop.

Variant phrasings

proxycurl 401 unauthorized

The short search, same header-first fix.

proxycurl api key not working

Symptom phrasing, points at step 2.

proxycurl person endpoint auth failed

Endpoint phrasing, lands on the scoping check.

Compatibility: Proxycurl API, Bearer auth. Header formatting is the number one cause.

Why it happens

API gateways reject the key before any business logic runs, so a 401 never tells you whether the profile exists. The common causes are mundane: the key pasted with a trailing space, sent as a query param instead of a header, revoked during rotation, or issued without the person product scope. The fix is always in the credential plumbing, never in the lookup.

Edge cases / pitfalls

• Never log the full key when debugging 401s. Log the last four characters.
• Keys in client-side code get harvested and revoked. Server-side only.
• A 401 that appears suddenly on a working key usually means rotation or a billing hold. Check both.
• Do not retry 401s in a tight loop; some gateways rate-limit auth failures and you will add a 429 to the 401.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_6zm8Z8Hjj2xJLcree2xxPQ

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_6zm8Z8Hjj2xJLcree2xxPQ

Thread query: proxycurl 401 invalid api key on person profile endpoint

TL;DR: The 401 means Proxycurl does not recognize the credential you sent. Send the key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header exactly as documented, confirm the key is active in the dashboard, and check it is not scoped away from the person endpoint. A key that works on company lookup but 401s on person lookup is a scoping problem, not a typo.