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Gmail connection expires and mail stops sending

Gmail authorization expires every few weeks, so mail stops until the owner revokes and re-grants access.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

5 public reports · first reported 24 April 2023 · last reported 12 July 2025

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Several site owners say the Gmail SMTP connection quietly stops working after a few weeks or months, even though nothing in the credentials changed.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 5 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.