Linkedin Error: The operation failed with an error. 401: Empty oauth2 access token

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:bullseye: What is your goal?

Publish content on my personal LinkedIn account

:thinking: What is the problem & what have you tried?

The scenario was working correctly in previous days but suddenly stopped working. I checked the log and the error is “The operation failed with an error. 401: Empty oauth2 access token”. I reauthorized the connection with LinkedIn, but the error persists.

:clipboard: Error messages or input/output bundles

The operation failed with an error. 401: Empty oauth2 access token

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This is a known issue with the LinkedIn OAuth that comes up after reauthorizing; Make is usually still caching the old token rather than picking up the new one.

Here is what you can try: delete the LinkedIn connection entirely from Make (not just reauthorizing), clear browser cache, THEN create a brand new connection from scratch. When the new connection is saved, swap it into your scenario’s LinkedIn module and run a test.

If it keeps failing, check to make sure your LinkedIn app permissions haven’t changed - LinkedIn occasionally revokes scopes, which can break token flow even when the connection appears valid.