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Google Drive token setup fails with generic error page

Google Drive token setup ends with a generic error page after the OAuth client is created, even with the account listed as a test user.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

7 public reports · first reported 27 September 2026 · last reported 6 October 2026

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What's going wrong

Users setting up Google Drive for rclone after creating a desktop OAuth client report that the authorisation step ends with a generic error page, even after adding their account as a test user.

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

In the idea report

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  • Related problems.

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