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Power Automate Flow returns "HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable." and the Flow fails

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Posted on by Mabel

Hello,

I have several flows which work mostly with SharePoint API.
Usually I use "Get item", "Update item" and "Send an HTTP request to SharePoint" actions.

Most of the time everything works as it should. However, sometimes actions fail seemingly because SharePoint Online server becomes unavailable.
In this case, "HTTP error 503" is clearly indicated, but the action itself displays "Status Code: 400" and the request cannot be automatically retried.

Could you kindly explain the actual failure reason and improve the flow?

Thank you!

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CFernandes 8,402 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hey @Mabel

I see that you are passing the path - Can you please pass the List Name\Title -

_api/web/lists/GetByTitle('ListName')

or just use the List GUID -

/_api/web/lists(guid'{list_guid}')

You can find the list GUID see - https://nickgrattan.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/finding-the-id-guid-for-a-sharepoint-list/

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Mabel 34 on at

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Hi @CFernandes
Thanks for your message.

I see that you are passing the path - Can you please pass the List Name\Title -
_api/web/lists/GetByTitle('ListName')
Yeah, that's exactly what I used.
My computer is a Japanese system. It's a SharePoint list, named "郵便・宅配便到着通知".
After I translated the page into English in the browser, '・' became to ‘/’ .
I use "Send an HTTP request to SharePoint" to update data in the SharePoint list.

or just use the List GUID -
/_api/web/lists(guid'{list_guid}')
You can find the list GUID see - https://nickgrattan.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/finding-the-id-guid-for-a-sharepoint-list/
Thanks for your advice.
I will try to use this method.

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CFernandes 8,402 Most Valuable Professional on at

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@Mabel Please try using the List GUID instead.

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Mabel 34 on at

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Hi @CFernandes
Okay, Thanks for your proposal!
I will try to use this method to improve my flow.

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kikopkop 35 on at

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@Mabel Sir did this solve this issue?

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Mabel 34 on at

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@kikopkop I used this method 'List GUID' and it works well.
And I also retained the method 'GetByTitle', thesimilar error never happened again after that.

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