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User context transfer in Power Automate upon button click via Power Apps

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I've a canvas app created in PowerApps from where upon a button click, Power Automate flow is being triggered which consists of Approval action and send mail action. In the send mail action, I want mail to be sent using a group mailbox.
Issue is that PowerApps also transfers the user context to Power Automate where Power Automate gets the user mail from which the send mail is to be performed and not using the group mailbox. Below is the error screenshot.
Constraint: The end user who clicked on the PowerApps button isn't necessarily expected to have authority to send mails using the group mailbox while the Flow Owner will always have and has the authority to send mails using the group mailbox.
 
 
Expected solution: A way using which the Flow can ignore any contexts being passed from PowerApps and rather use the authority of the flow owner to send mails using group mailbox.
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  • SM-30121019-0 Profile Picture
    3 on at
    I'm also stuck in a similar kind of situation.
  • CU04021749-0 Profile Picture
    2 on at
    I don't think Power Automate will keep flow owner context, but what you can try is send yourself an email with a very specific subject line and track it in another flow for the group ID email, just workaround

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