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Hi everybody,

I have created an Approval flow which worked pretty well, until I had to update a document.

In my flow I have used 3 actions with Set Content Approval Status:

  1. for setting the Approval status to: Pending
  2. for setting the Approval status to: Approved
  3. for setting the Approval status to: Rejected

For all 3 I have used the ETag from "Get file metadata"

Steps:

  1. Update the document in SharePoint
  2. Start the approval flow
  3. The approver recieve an approval email and approves the document.

 

Expected result:

The file should have Approval status: Approved

 

Present result:

The flow fails because of the error: 409 "message": "{\"Etag\":\"\\\"{937EEAFB-5AB0-4C6A-A642-FB0563D19680},4\\\"\",\"Message\":\"The ETag of this item does not match the one used for setting content approval status. The contents of the item may have changed before the action was completed.\",\"Succeeded\":false,\"ApprovalErrorCode\":\"etagMismatch\",\"ApprovalLink\ .......etag=%22%7b937EEAFB-5AB0-4C6A-A642-FB0563D19680%7d%2c4%22\"}\r\nclientRequestId: 57e3f5ec-88f7-4796-bae7-99cfca8f6101\r\nserviceRequestId: 945bcf9e-0011-8000-e544-6cd3f699cba3

 

 

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  • v-zhos-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @claudia ,

    Could you please share a full screenshot of your flow's configuration?

    As the error message shown, 'The ETag of this item does not match the one used for setting content approval status.'

    I think there are some mistakes with the setting of this acton.

    Best Regards,

    Community Support Team _ Zhongys

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

  • claudia Profile Picture
    208 on at

    Hi @v-zhos-msft 

    Screenshots with the flow setup has been attached.

    Thank you

     

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  • claudia Profile Picture
    208 on at

    Can somebody help me with this issue please? Any ideas?

     

    Thank you

     

  • NetworkAdmin Profile Picture
    24 on at

    Hi @claudia 

     

    I would take a look at this feed here:

     

    I am asking for some help/ clarity on the same issue. https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/General-Flow-Discussion/Etag-error/m-p/359287#M30286

  • NetworkAdmin Profile Picture
    24 on at

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