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Flow Inside Solution Not Using Updated File System Connection Reference

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The connection reference for a "List Files in Folder" File System action was initially pointing to the wrong file system connection.  (The solution was imported from another environment.)  Connection is going through data gateway.
  • Updated connection reference to point to correct connection in environment.
  • Error says the folder doesn't exist, though when editing the flow and I click the folder icon to browse, I can browse to the folder without issue.
  • Connector using same account as test environment.
  • Pointed List Files in Folder to different connection, saved, then pointed it back.
  • Published flow and then published solution.
  • This connection worked previously, in previously imported versions of solution.
  • Flow outside of solution can use connection just fine.
I had a similar issue in the test environment with the same connection.  I tried all kinds of things, including restarting the data gateway service.  In the end it just started working and I'm not sure what did it.  Now the same connection is having issues after importing solution to prod.  At first the connection reference was pointing to the wrong connector, but after updating it it's still failing.  It's the same folder path and same account that works in the test environment.
 
Super frustrating.
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    52 on at
    I resolved this issue by re-importing the solution, making sure the connection references are pointing to the correct connections during import.
     
    Another way to resolve it (without re-importing) was to create a new connection reference in the solution and point File System action to new connection reference.  The problem here is the issue could reoccur the next time the solution is imported.
     

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