Forbidden - perhaps check your credentials? Request failed with status code 403 Google file dwnlaod node

Anyone else know ahst been happening to the Google downloas file node? it keep giving me the error “Forbidden - perhaps check your credentials? Request failed with status code 403” The credentials are workig just fine and the scope of the project in the console are set to do anything and everything. It was working just fine until a couple of hours ago. I don’t understand.

Please share your workflow

Information on your n8n setup

  • **n8n version: 1.111.0
  • **Database: (default: SQLite)
  • **n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting: own
  • **Running n8n via: Docker
  • **Operating system: Ubuntu 24.04

Hey, could you try to open the Credentials entry for Google Drive and try to reconnect it?

The token will expire if your app is not set to In Production here: https://console.cloud.google.com/auth/audience

I already did that and the credentials are working just fine. And the console app is in production. All the others Google node are working. I even try to download a Doc file in another workflow and is downloading it successfully. I also deleted the node and try a fresh one, and still the error persist. I think it has to do with the fact that is a PDF file. Whats more weird is that it worked just fine the first hour, even with the same file that was working earlier is having the issue.

You are currently watching for changes on a folder itself (like its name), not files within the folder. Then, you are trying to download by $json.id, but this is the ID of the folder, not a file. If your goal is to download newly uploaded files, then, in the first node, you can select Watch for File Created and also have another trigger for Watch for File Updated if you need that too. These 2 triggers will allow you to then fetch the file and the next node will download it.

Feel free to mark this as Solution if it helped :slight_smile:

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Thank you @krisn0x. You’re a life saver!

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