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Hope you are doing well, recently i have created a flow, it was working fine until i changed my password. after that i cant build connections and can not create flows. i have cleared all catch from browser but it did not help.

kindly check the attached picture.

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Rhiassuring 8,692 Moderator on at

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Hi there,

First off, this looks like a screenshot from Power Apps, not Power Automate?

Second, you'd want to use Office 365 Outlook, not Outlook.com, likely.

So when you go to make.powerautomate.com, you are unable to login? Or you are unable to create flows at all?

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cafe262 65 on at

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The "Test connection failed. Details: Name cannot be null or empty" error has been a commonly reported problem over the past 2 days.

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Using-Connectors/Test-connection-failed-Details-Name-cannot-be-null-or-empty/m-p/2678535
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Using-Connectors/Creating-New-connection-in-Power-Automate-to-Office-365-Outlook/m-p/2680103#M22347

It looks like all free non-business connectors (OneDrive / Outlook / Excel) have stopped working. Still waiting on a fix. I noticed that Google Sheets and Gmail have also stopped working.

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JRMazing 36 on at

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I am having the same issue, I lost connection to both Outlook .com and Excel Online. I was able to resolve Outlook by clicking ... and selecting 'Switch Account' and then re-logging in but for excel online this does not work. I originally received a long error (attached) but now I am just getting the same error 'Name cannot be null or empty' when I try to create a connection and if I try to fix a connection, I am getting an error from Power Apps that states 'The caller does not have the minimum required permission to perform the requested operation under API 'shared_excelonline'.'

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JRMazing 36 on at

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Hello, @Rhiassuring, have you seen any more on this, it's still an issue and Power Automate cannot connect to several applications, the one I am having issues with is Excel Online, see my post below with screenshots.

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PatMoore 12 on at

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This might only be temporary but, my flows have started working again today.

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cafe262 65 on at

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Issue has been resolved for me. I can now build and run flows using OneDrive, Excel and Outlook 👍

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jgabrielson 29 on at

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Back online for me!

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JRMazing 36 on at

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Me too, I guess if you post on enough forums, submit enough tickets, and call the help desk enough they finally get to it 😉

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