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cannot open Flow Approval Attachment from Teams mobile app

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I built a Power Automate Approval flow triggered when a new email arrives.

Flow Approval Attachments are set as a variable called as "varfile" & can be opened successuflly from desktop Teams or Outlook approval window.

However I cannot open the Flow Approval Attachments from Teams mobile app.

Not sure is it a bug in Power Automate or some misconfiguration in my flow?

Very appreciate your suggestion in advance!

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Nived_Nambiar 18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @kankanfirst

what issues you are facing when opening attachments from Teams mobile?

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kankanfirst 19 on at

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Hi Nived,
When I tried to click the attachment via TEAMS mobile app, it’s always loading yet file cannot be opened.
Pls see below video I put it in zip file for ur ref.

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Ken

demo-00.00.00.000...

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Nived_Nambiar 18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @kankanfirst

due to some restrictions- i could not able to open the video, But i think this can help ?

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/user-unable-to-open-attachments-from-teams/9e2aee61-829f-49b8-888b-31561e4c39df

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munthazir 6 on at

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I too am having the same issue. I have defined the attachments from a Microsoft form as a VAR variable (almost exactly like the issue explained above). On the approvals flow the Approver is able to View the Attachment on Teams (Desktop and Web) and also on Outlook (Web, Desktop and Mobile).
The only place I am not able to view the attachment is the "Teams mobile app", I can view the attachment but I when I click on it, it does not do anything.
Any idea what could be causing this?

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Nived_Nambiar 18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @munthazir

agree on that - i have tried the same- trying to view the attachment from approval actions via mobile- could not able to open the attachment- may be a bug

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munthazir 6 on at

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Did anybody find a solution for this?

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