Power Automate troubleshooting

Welcome to Power Automate troubleshooting. These articles explain how to determine, diagnose, and fix issues that you might encounter when you use Power Automate. In the navigation pane on the left, browse through the article list or use the search box to find issues and solutions.

Administration

How-To Guide

• Microsoft Flow Extension Package shows Installation failed
• Recommendations for conditional access and multi-factor authentication

Approvals

How-To Guide

• Common errors creating and assigning flow approvals

Authentication or Sign-in

How-To Guide

• Can't sign in to Microsoft Flow with "Authentication failed" error

Connections

How-To Guide

• Client Request Aborted or Failed to fetch error
• Missing on-premises data gateway

Desktop flows

How-To Guide

• Error code when running an attended or unattended desktop flow
• "Power Automate needs an update" message when opening Power Automate for desktop
• UI automation action fails with "Failed to get UI element" or "Failed to get window" error

Flow run issues

How-To Guide

• InvalidTemplate error due to null fields
• Troubleshoot slow running flows

Documentation and training

Reference

• Power Automate documentation
• Power Automate training

Support Resources

Reference

• Power Automate support
• Power Automate Community forum
• Power Automate Ideas forum