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Recurring out of office automatic replies flow failure

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Hi,
this is the very first time I have used power automate, and so I am flying completely blind.
I set up a recurring out of office for every Friday, and the first time I went to use it, it worked, but has not worked since.
Please see bolded text below for my queries, thanks.
 
This is the error message I am getting: "The scheduled duration for sending automatic replies isn't valid.",
 
The error text is below:
 
 "status"400,
  "message""The scheduled duration for sending automatic replies isn't valid.\r\nclientRequestId: e44f63a6-2ad6-4c04-9233-5c24283de143\r\nserviceRequestId: b013140d-561a-5af8-b4dc-500cc56ecc0b",
  "error": {
    "message""The scheduled duration for sending automatic replies isn't valid.",
    "code""InvalidScheduledOofDuration",
    "originalMessage""The scheduled duration for sending automatic replies isn't valid."
  },
  "source""office365-ase.azconn-ase-001.p.azurewebsites.net"
}
 
Could it be something as simple as amending the end time to a date; eg 12 months in the future?
 
 
If anyone is able to help, I would really appreciate it, thanks.
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    Expiscornovus Profile Picture
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    You are trying to set an out of office reply for 10 days ago (1st of May). Afaik setting an out of office reply for a period in the past is not supported.
     
    Additionally, try and use the v2 version of the action. The original action (which didn't have specific fields for time zones) is now deprecated:
     
    Below is an example with Set up automatic replies (v2) action, if that helps?
     



     
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