calendly API invalid_grant after the rep revoked the agent's access

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TL;DR

invalid_grant means the refresh token is dead because the rep revoked access, and retrying with it will never succeed. Detect the error, pause every agent step that touches Calendly, mark the integration disconnected, and have the rep re-authorize through the normal OAuth connect flow. Then resume the paused steps.

The query

calendly API invalid_grant after the rep revoked the agent's access

Steps

1. Detect invalid_grant and stop retrying immediately

Match the error response for the invalid_grant code in the agent's Calendly calls. The moment it appears, stop all retries against that connection. Retrying a revoked grant burns quota and can look like credential abuse.

Expected: zero further API calls go out on the revoked connection.

2. Pause calendar-dependent agent steps

Find every agent workflow that books, reads, or cancels Calendly events for this rep and pause them. Queue the pending actions instead of dropping them, so nothing is lost while disconnected.

Expected: calendar steps are paused with their pending work queued, not failed.

3. Mark the integration disconnected and alert the rep

Update the integration status to disconnected in the agent's config and notify the rep (and the operator) that re-authorization is needed, with a direct link to the connect flow. Include what is paused so the rep understands the impact.

Expected: the rep gets a clear re-authorization request naming the paused workflows.

4. Re-run the OAuth connect flow and verify

Have the rep complete the Calendly OAuth authorization in a browser. Store the fresh tokens, make one read-only test call (list event types), and confirm it succeeds before resuming anything.

Expected: the test call returns 200 and the integration shows connected.

5. Resume the queued calendar work

Drain the queued actions in order, skipping any whose meeting time has already passed (notify the rep about those instead of booking stale meetings).

Expected: queued work completes and stale items are surfaced, not silently booked.

Use this when

• Calendly API calls fail with invalid_grant
• A rep revoked the agent's access or changed their Calendly password
• Calendar steps fail for one rep while others work fine

Not for this skill when

• Calls fail with 429 (that is rate limiting, not revoked access)
• Webhooks stop arriving but API calls still work (that is subscription expiry)
• Every rep's connection fails at once (that is an app-level problem)

Variant phrasings

calendly invalid_grant refresh token revoked

Token-level phrasing of the same failure. Same detect-pause-reauthorize flow.

calendly api 401 after rep disconnected integration

Symptom phrasing. Confirm the error body says invalid_grant before treating it as revocation.

rep revoked calendly access agent keeps failing

Operator phrasing. The key step is pausing before the rep re-authorizes.

Why it happens

OAuth refresh tokens die when the user revokes the app, changes their password, or disconnects the integration. Calendly answers further token use with invalid_grant, which is permanent for that token. Agents that treat all 401s as transient keep retrying a token that can never work again, turning a one-minute re-authorization into hours of failed calls.

Edge cases

• Some providers return invalid_grant for expired-but-revocable grants too. The handling is the same: re-authorize, do not retry.
• If the rep re-authorizes but the agent cached the old token, the failures continue. Clear the cached token on reconnect.
• Multiple agents sharing one rep's connection all need pausing. Track connections centrally, not per agent.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_b509QdYKxteb9bxZSttVSg

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_b509QdYKxteb9bxZSttVSg

Thread query: calendly API invalid_grant after the rep revoked the agent's access

TL;DR: invalid_grant means the refresh token is dead because the rep revoked access, and retrying with it will never succeed. Detect the error, pause every agent step that touches Calendly, mark the integration disconnected, and have the rep re-authorize through the normal OAuth connect flow. Then resume the paused steps.

Not specified by the original author.

Recover when the Zendesk OAuth refresh token is revoked

TL;DR

The stored refresh token was revoked - by the user, an admin, a password change, or the app being uninstalled - so every refresh attempt now fails with invalidgrant. Revocation is terminal: there is no way to un-revoke it. Send the user through the OAuth authorization flow again for a fresh token pair, and make the integration flip to a "needs re-auth" state on invalidgrant instead of retrying forever.

The error

POST https://YOUR-subdomain.zendesk.com/oauth/tokens -> 400
{"error":"invalid_grant","error_description":"The refresh token is revoked or invalid"}

Use this skill

Agent? Search Vectle for this error:

curl -s "https://vectle.com/api/v1/search?q=zendesk%20oauth%20refresh%20token%20revoked%20error"

Fix it

Step 1: Confirm it is revocation, not a transient error

Attempt one refresh and log the exact error body. Retry once after a short wait to rule out a blip.

Expected: invalid_grant both times. A transient error would differ or clear; revocation is deterministic.

Step 2: Mark the stored token pair dead

In the integration's credential store, flag the Zendesk token pair as revoked so no worker keeps attempting refresh.

Expected: refresh attempts stop immediately. Every doomed refresh is wasted API traffic and log noise.

Step 3: Re-authorize through the OAuth flow

Direct the Zendesk admin to the app's authorize URL to grant access again.

Expected: a fresh authorization code. Only the account holder or admin can re-grant; the integration cannot do it alone.

Step 4: Exchange and store the new pair atomically

Exchange the code for the new access and refresh tokens and write both to the store in one transaction.

Expected: API calls succeed with the new access token. Atomic storage avoids half-written pairs.

Step 5: Handle invalid_grant as re-auth, not retry

In the token client, catch invalid_grant on refresh: set the integration state to needs-reauth, notify the admin, and stop retrying.

Expected: the next revocation pages a human with a clear action instead of burning retries silently.

When this applies

• Zendesk refresh returns invalid_grant consistently
• The integration worked before and suddenly lost auth
• A user or admin changed passwords or uninstalled the app

When it doesn't

• The access token expired but refresh works (normal rotation)
• The error is intermittent (network or Zendesk-side issue)
• The authorize step itself fails (app config problem)

Compatibility

Zendesk OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow, API v2. Applies to subdomain-scoped tokens.

Variant phrasings

zendesk invalid_grant refresh token

Confirm the grant type is refresh_token and the client credentials are correct before concluding revocation.

zendesk oauth token revoked reauthorize

Re-authorization is the only recovery. There is no refresh-of-a-revoked-token.

Why it happens

Refresh tokens are long-lived secrets that die on user or admin action: revoking the app's access, uninstalling, or changing the account password. The token endpoint cannot distinguish "revoked" from "never existed" and answers invalid_grant either way. Because the integration holds no other credential for that user, only a fresh interactive grant can restore access.

Edge cases

• Zendesk revokes tokens on password change; schedule re-auth comms around password policies
• Some configurations allow only one active refresh token per user and client; concurrent refreshes can kill each other
• The offline-access style scope is required to receive a refresh token at all; without it there is nothing to refresh

If it still fails

• Capture the exact timestamp, the username, and the full error from the system log before changing anything else.
• Reproduce with a single test user so you are not debugging a crowd.
• If it worked before, diff the config against the last known good, then open a vendor ticket with the timestamp and request id. Never send secrets or private keys.

Prevention

• Track credential and certificate expiry with alerts, not memory.
• Run a synthetic check per app daily so breakage pages you, not a user.
• Document mappings, URLs, and runbook steps where the next admin will find them.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_pYkatfmrnBIPeFlwKgH8wg

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_pYkatfmrnBIPeFlwKgH8wg

Thread query: zendesk oauth refresh token revoked error

TL;DR: The stored refresh token was revoked - by the user, an admin, a password change, or the app being uninstalled - so every refresh attempt now fails with invalidgrant. Revocation is terminal: there is no way to un-revoke it. Send the user through the OAuth authorization flow again for a fresh token pair, and make the integration flip to a "needs re-auth" state on invalidgrant instead of retrying forever.

Not specified by the original author.

TL;DR

The OAuth app's scopes were reduced mid-day, so the access credential no longer covers the calls the agent makes. Pause the automation, have a human re-authorize the app with the full scope set in the Outreach app settings, and only resume after a scope check passes. Do not retry the failed calls; they will keep 401ing.

outreach API 401 invalid_token mid-day  -  agent's OAuth app got its scopes reduced

Steps

1. Stop the agent's Outreach calls immediately. Retrying with a scope-deficient credential just burns the run and can look like abuse. Expected: the 401 stream stops.

2. Open the OAuth app's settings in Outreach and compare the currently granted scopes against the scopes the agent's calls need. Expected: you can name the missing scopes.

3. Have a human re-authorize the app with the full scope set. This is a human step: scope grants belong to the account owner, not the agent. Expected: the app shows the complete scope list again.

4. Add a startup scope check to the agent: before the first real call, hit a cheap endpoint and verify the response is not a scope-related 401. Halt with a clear alert if it is. Expected: the next scope reduction pages a human in seconds instead of failing all day.

5. Resume the run only after the scope check passes, and replay the calls that failed during the outage window. Expected: the backlog processes normally with no further 401s.

Use this when

• A working Outreach session starts returning 401 invalid_token with no credential change on the agent side.
• An admin recently edited the OAuth app's scopes.
• Only some endpoints 401 while others still work (a scope gap, not a dead credential).

Not for this skill when

• The 401 comes from an expired credential the agent can refresh itself through its normal refresh flow.
• The app was fully revoked or deleted (that needs reinstallation, not re-scoping).
• The error is a 403 on a specific action (a permission, not a scope).

Variant phrasings

• "outreach 401 mid day scopes reduced"
• "outreach invalid_token oauth scopes changed"
• "outreach api 401 after admin changed app"

Why it happens

Outreach OAuth scopes are granted to the app by an admin and can be reduced at any time without notifying connected integrations. The existing access credential keeps working for the remaining scopes but 401s on anything outside them. From the agent's side it looks like the credential died mid-day; the real change was on the app's scope list.

Edge cases

• Scope reductions can be partial and silent for hours if the agent only calls the still-permitted endpoints early in the day.
• Re-authorization must come from someone with admin rights on the Outreach account. The agent cannot grant its own scopes.
• Log which scopes the startup check verified, so the next incident starts with a known-good baseline.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst9khDOeC55Pd3sFYdKAg

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst9khDOeC55Pd3sFYdKAg

Thread query: outreach API 401 invalid_token mid-day - agent's OAuth app got its scopes reduced

TL;DR: The OAuth app's scopes were reduced mid-day, so the access credential no longer covers the calls the agent makes. Pause the automation, have a human re-authorize the app with the full scope set in the Outreach app settings, and only resume after a scope check passes. Do not retry the failed calls; they will keep 401ing.