I am using cloud hosted n8n, and the Google Sheets Api. If I reconnect my Google Sheets Credentials, the workflow works fine. However, when the workflow is scheduled to run the next day, I get the following Error: [image] Note that my Google Sheets belongs to the same credential that I am logging…

Hi Hassan! I ended up creating a Google Service Account, and sharing the sheet to the email of said account. This is actually better, as with OAuth I was forced to share all my google drive documents, where as with the Service Account I can grant access to specific files. Google Service …

What’s going on refreshToken is required means the Google Sheets node tried to renew the access token it obtained in the previous run, but n8n couldn’t find (or couldn’t use) a stored refresh token. This usually happens when: No refresh‑token was ever issued Google only sends a refresh token whe…

Hi William_Carlson, Because the cloud version requires us to use n8n’s oauth app rather than specify our own that we created in Google Api Console, I can neither set the access_type, nor publish my Oauth App. When I set up the credentials for Google Sheets, there is no option to put a client key. I…

Google Sheets refreshToken is required. Cloud hosted

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hassan133 August 10, 2025, 12:07pm 4

you managed to find a solution ?

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