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Action 'Get_file_content' is now failing

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I have two flows that have been working great for about a year however all of the sudden, they are failing at the action of 'get_file_content.' The flows are connected to a Microsoft Form so that when the user uploads a file to the form, the flow brings the file as an attachment into a SharePoint list. 
 
I did a little research on this issue and did find that there are a few other users with this same, sudden issue, however I have not seen a solution and am not sure if this is a bug or something Microsoft needs to fix vs. something in my flow (since the flows have been working great for a long time and haven't been changed).
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  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi,
     
    could you please share what is error associated with the action ?
     
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  • MN-23101204-0 Profile Picture
    8 on at
    The error message says:
     
    Action 'Get_file_content' failed: the resource could not be found.
     
  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi,
     
    Looking at the error - seems like resource/file from which it is trying to fetch content is not available/not found.
     
    could you show how flow is designed ?
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    BF-14102101-0 Profile Picture
    18 on at
    I had this problem last week as well. Here was my work-around copy/pasted from an earlier thread:
     
    It looks like yours (and my) flow used the "Get File Content" from One Drive:
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Change this to use the "Get File Content from Path" from SharePoint and have it go to the Team and Form location, using the name from "Apply to Each"  :
     
    Then just re-add your file content in your subsequent steps.
  • MN-23101204-0 Profile Picture
    8 on at
    That solution worked - thank you!
  • HA-25101451-0 Profile Picture
    2 on at
    This problem appeared for me today too but this work-around didn't work for me - I did however find this video series and across parts 2 & 3 found all my fixes so wanted to share here too in case it helps anyone else.
     

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