Hi everyone, I’m currently using self-hosted n8n and facing the 7-day Google OAuth re-authentication issue with regular Gmail accounts ( @gmail.com ). Before migrating to n8n Cloud Pro, I need confirmation: **Question**: If I use n8n Cloud’s built-in “Sign in with Google” for Gmail/Calendar/Sheets cre…

Hi @dylan_kwak We will try answer your questions with what we understand and our own experience with self-hosting: The seven-day authentication limit applies if your app User Type is External and its publishing status is Testing, consent and tokens expire after seven days.” docs.n8n.io+1 This is …

Thank you for your detailed response! This is very helpful. I have a follow-up question about the verification process: When I tried setting my OAuth app to: Publishing status: In production User type: External Google required additional verification for accessing sensitive scopes like Gm…

Hi @dylan_kwak Glad my previous post was helpful! I’ll try to answer your follow-up questions based on our experience with a self-hosted n8n instance. As per Google’s documentation here , If your public application uses scopes that permit access to certain user data, it must complete a verification…

Google OAuth re-authentication issue - Cloud vs Self-hosted

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Tylon November 9, 2025, 8:26pm 5

Also add your User account within the google app as a test user.

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