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FlowMakerConnectionBlocked - Getting this error when running our CoPilot Studio Agent

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Posted on by BJ-01070631-0

Today onwards , we are facing the below issue when running our CoPilot Studio Agent ( formerly called Power Virtual Agent ).
Error Message: The flow with name <FlowName> is using a maker connection, which is not allowed. Error Code: FlowMakerConnectionBlocked .

Any suggestions on how this can be resolved?

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,047 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @BJ-01070631-0

My suggestion would be to recreate the connection. However, I have a question or 2.

Note that you cannot have an Autonomous Agent that has a flow that is configured for Maker Connections, which would attempt to prompt the user for credentials, so you need to do #2 below so that your bot can use the flow in autonomous mode

1) was this an existing Flow that you attached as an Action (Tool) into your bot or

2) did you create this custom Action(Tool) so its essentially an "Agent" flow, versus a true flow, (which would be considered a Maker flow) and my guess is the connection is not compatible with your bots configuration, since the Tool.Action should run based on the advanced settings of the Agents activation.

Are you using service principals for instance in your flow, or DID you have a connection that was created by someone whom is no longer in the organization?

When you go into the Flow from Power Automate maker portal, does the flow look like works? Can you trigger it from there as a test?

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milozhou Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi,

Have you solved this issue? I met the same issue when I migrate the solution to a new environment, even a blank flow could not be called from Copilot Studio side, but running it directly in Power Automate platform works well. I guess it's some DLP policy restriction? Thanks.

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,047 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @BJ-01070631-0

Did my suggestion to recreate the connection work?

The issue is that it is using the "flows" persons connection (hence why its called Maker) and its not valid to use that in your scenario.

@milozhou could be the same for you.

I do not use the connection or create it until I use it in Copilot so I have not yet had that issue.

If these suggestions help resolve your issue, Please consider Marking the answer as such and also maybe a like.

Thank you!
Sincerely, Michael Gernaey

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JW-12082156-0 2 on at

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@Michael E. Gernaey have you found a solution for this. I have the same issue but it only appears in Prod environments. In there, I am not even able to trigger an empty flow that was created from within the agent. I can test it through the test flow feature in MCS, but when the agent tries to trigger it I get this error:

"Error Message: The flow with name [Name] is using a maker connection, which is not allowed. Error Code: FlowMakerConnectionBlocked Conversation"

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dibhalla Microsoft Employee on at

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Did you get any fix for this?

We have set up an Agent that triggers an Agent Flow using a topic. When testing the flow directly, it works fine. However, when calling it from the Copilot Studio Agent, we get the following error:

"The flow with name <FlowName> is using a maker connection, which is not allowed. Error Code: FlowMakerConnectionBlocked."

I tried setting up the connection using a service account and even recreated it, but the issue persists. Interestingly, this problem occurs only in one of our production environments, while the same setup works fine in another production custom environment.

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Modified all the flow to run as run only user, after a new preview release, in production environment, only end user credential will support for running agent in Copilot Studio for security purpose.
Block the use of maker-provided credentials for authentication | Microsoft Learn

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Niraj Singh 6 on at

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In the Power Platform Admin Center, go to Environment → Settings → Features.

There you’ll find the setting Control maker credential options.

By default, this is disabled for maker connections, which means flows can only run using end-user credentials. As a result, each flow must be executed by the "run-only" user.
Find the Microsoft release documentation:
Link: Block the use of maker-provided credentials for authentication | Microsoft Learn

Recommend first trying to run the flow using the SPN account.
If that doesn’t work and the issue continues, ask your tenant admin to enable this setting.

Currently, this restriction applies only to production-type environments.
👉 Hope this helps!
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