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CurlyVole
3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
"Authorized access token" expiring fast? (Allway Sync problem)
Hello everyone,
I'm using a third party software (Allway Sync) to sync files with my dropbox.
Since a couple weeks I have the problem that the app loses access to the Dropbox and I need to obtain...
- 3 years ago
CurlyVole wrote:
Since a couple weeks I have the problem that the app loses access to the Dropbox and I need to obtain a new Authorized Access Token at least once a day.
Dropbox retired the ability for an app to get a long-lived access token. The app developers will need to update their apps to use short-lived and refresh tokens going forward. Contact the developer and pass them the following link.
CurlyVole
Explorer | Level 4
Hi Jay,
I got in contact with the third party app support and they advised my a clean re-install of the app. Which didn't help.
They also told me they weren't able to reproduce the error on their testing systems.
I have no idea how exactly this authorization process works. But is it possible this is somehow related to my dropbox account? I removed AllwaySync from the lists of connected apps and connected it again but that didn't help.
Additional info that might be relevant: I have the same issue on two different Win11 PCs. When I set up several synchronization jobs I need to obtain a new token for each of the jobs seperately.
Jay
3 years agoDropbox Staff
Thanks for the info, are you only getting this on Windows 11 devices, or also for other devices?
As you've disconnected and reconnected it successfully, it does seem like the app developers would need to contact the Dropbox team for assistance.
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