I have an active workflow that copies a template from google drive into a specified folder, then pre fills that template in the next step. On the Copy File and Copy File1 node, I am using the copy operation.
It was previously working for us. We have made no changes, but it is now giving “Forbidden - perhaps check your credentials”, with no other explanation.
Moreover, for one template first Copy File fails, and for other template in the same folder, first Copy File works, but second Copy File1 fails. It is happening on a random basis. Has anyone seen this behaviour?
It is happening randomly on Copy and Copy1 nodes.
Error snippet attached below
Forbidden - perhaps check your credentials?
This file cannot be copied by the user.
Error details
From Google Drive
Error code
403
Full message
Request failed with status code 403
Error data
{ “error”: { “code”: 403, “message”: “This file cannot be copied by the user.”, “errors”: [ { “message”: “This file cannot be copied by the user.”, “domain”: “global”, “reason”: “cannotCopyFile” } ] } }
Other info
Node type
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive
Node version
3 (Latest)
n8n version
1.114.4 (Self Hosted)
Time
01/12/2025, 20:33:17
Stack trace
NodeApiError: Forbidden - perhaps check your credentials? at ExecuteContext.httpRequestWithAuthentication (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@[email protected]_@[email protected]_08b575bec2313d5d8a4cc75358971443/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/node-execution-context/utils/request-helper-functions.ts:1365:9) at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5) at ExecuteContext.httpRequestWithAuthentication (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@[email protected]_@[email protected]_08b575bec2313d5d8a4cc75358971443/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/node-execution-context/utils/request-helper-functions.ts:1737:11) at ExecuteContext.googleApiRequest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@[email protected]_asn1.js@5_afd197edb2c1f848eae21a96a97fab23/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v2/transport/index.ts:54:11) at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@[email protected]_asn1.js@5_afd197edb2c1f848eae21a96a97fab23/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v2/actions/file/copy.operation.ts:123:19) at ExecuteContext.router (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@[email protected]_asn1.js@5_afd197edb2c1f848eae21a96a97fab23/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v2/actions/router.ts:29:26) at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@[email protected]_asn1.js@5_afd197edb2c1f848eae21a96a97fab23/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v2/GoogleDriveV2.node.ts:25:10) at WorkflowExecute.executeNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@[email protected]_@[email protected]_08b575bec2313d5d8a4cc75358971443/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1091:8) at WorkflowExecute.runNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@[email protected]_@[email protected]_08b575bec2313d5d8a4cc75358971443/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1272:11) at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@[email protected]_@[email protected]_08b575bec2313d5d8a4cc75358971443/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1673:27
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n8n version: 1.114.4
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Database (default: SQLite):
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n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
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Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): self hosted
