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We recently started running into an issue where the "Create text with GPT" action in Power Automate is requiring an approval action afterwards (each time the action is used) or it will give the error message below. Previously, this was just a warning but now it appears to be mandatory and won't let you save the flow. It also appears to be blocking previously built flows that used this action. The error goes away if we add in the Start and wait for approval.

Was wondering if anyone else has ran into this (or have any work-arounds) but for us requiring a manual approval each time the action is used would eliminate many of the use cases to automate certain tasks.

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takolota1 4,980 Moderator on at

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This doesn’t make sense & makes MS look out of touch for not understanding that many use-cases may involve reviews & approvals outside the immediate flow.

In the meantime, I’d suggest trying to just add the content approval to the very bottom of the flow & set its run after setting to only trigger if the previous action times out. Maybe if the action is present it will remove the error even if it never gets triggered.

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CGX_bwang 26 on at

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@takolota Thanks for the suggestion, I had tried setting the "configure run after" for the approval action to only when the previous action (GPT action) was failed/timeout/skipped but the error still picked it up.

The approval requirement appears to actually apply on each use of the Create text with GPT action, meaning that if you have multiple GPT actions, it's requiring the approval action after each one or it'll show the error and refuse to save (meaning you can't just have one approval at the end sadly).

Just seems unfortunate that we just started experiencing it this week so wasn't sure if it was a change on our end or from MS.

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takolota1 4,980 Moderator on at

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Ridiculous.

The other thing I would think to do is set a Dataverse action to auto-approve the approval, but that’s a lot more work that shouldn’t be necessary.

https://youtu.be/bqOftVN7J_Y?si=rOuyxDZL2egXe-Q0

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BadToro 24 on at

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Hey, I also don't need to check the output generated by GPT for what I'm doing. Here's a trick I found:

After the GPT step, throw in a 'Start and wait for an approval of text' action.
Make sure to turn on the 'Static Result' option on the approval action.
It'll then run the approval without having to sit and wait for it.

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CGX_bwang 26 on at

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@BadToro That worked! Would've never thought of using that feature, thanks so much!

Not sure if MS intended for us to have to use that work-around, seems like it would be easier to just make the approval requirement a toggle or option.

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ARB_wcc 283 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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I just noticed it today after trying to modify a prompt and it wouldn't let me save it again. Making it mandatory to have an approval action doesn't make sense at all, specially for data extraction.

If anything, we can review the data, after it's been extracted, no need to be approving every single action.

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ARB_wcc 283 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@BadToro Thanks!! 👍🏻 'Start and wait for an approval of text' action with a 'Static Result' option is like setting up a cardboard cutout of a bouncer at the club entrance. Looks intimidating but lets everyone waltz right in 🕺💃😅

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geo1 4 on at

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Are you still able to set a static result today? I cannot enable it, say it is not allowed for that action.

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BadToro 24 on at

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Before you can turn on the 'Static Result', you've got to run the flow at least once. Cheers.

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