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Why do connections need to get reauthenticated

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Posted on by joef

Hi All,

I can't seem to find an answer as to why I get daily failure on my FLOWs because the account for the connector needs to get re-authenticated.

Lately, I am getting daily alerts that my FLOW failed, and I always have to re-authenticate.

Can anyone tell me why this happens? This is a combo of regular user accounts and Service Accounts, both lose authentication.

Is there a time limit on connectors?

Is there a way to get a notification before they fail?

TIA,

Joe

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Ventit 422 on at

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I have the same issue. I believe it relates to the Multi Factor Authentication process (which is also Microsoft). I had no issues for a long time but they started happening around October. guess what that was when a lot of companies started getting hacked. Just a coincidence I guess, but the problem is driving me insane

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I was having this problem and had to keep fixing the connections in Power Automate. That was until I went into Power Apps and fixed the connections there - Power Apps and Power Automate share connections. That stopped the problem from then on. So give that a go.

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Thanks for the response,
I went into my PowerApps dashboard, but I do not see any broken connections. Is there another place to check for them?
Also, my Service Account that loses daily connections is only used in FLOW.

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RobElliott 10,428 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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@joef no, I don't think there's anywhere else to check the connections.

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Hi @RobElliott

Do you know if there is a way to get notification when there are connections that need reauthentication? For example, run a flow every night that does certain checks?... Currently, I go to the power automate page every morning and get notification when there are connections that need reauthentication... guess what happened on my 3 week vacation 😞

Any suggestion is appreciated!

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charles

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I did not have any issues with connections until I started using a VPN. Even after I turned that off I now get random disconnects. I think the issue here is not about a notification, but more about why it is happening as I do not believe it should be a frequent problem

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Hi All,
Thank you for reminding me to reaunthenticate 🙂
this has been happening to me ever since we went to SPO and had to start using FLOW instead of Boost. Boost was great! it highlighted changes in list

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