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UNAUTHORIZED_FIELD_OR_TYPE error on change_multiple_column_values

  • December 30, 2025
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dvdsmpsn
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My automation has been successfully running the following mutation daily for weeks:

```

mutation updateItem($board_id: ID!, $item_id: ID!, $column_values: JSON!) {
change_multiple_column_values(
board_id: $board_id
item_id: $item_id
column_values: $column_values
) {
id
}
}

```

With the following variables:
```

{
"board_id": 8767955035,
"group_id": "topics",
"column_values": "{\"date4\":\"2026-07-24 00:00:00\"}",
"item_id": "8954255421"
}

```

The `group_id` variable is set, but not used, so this is just a red herring.

Today when it ran, I got the following response:
```

{
"data": {},
"errors": [
{
"message": "Unauthorized field or type",
"path": [
"change_multiple_column_values"
],
"extensions": {
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED_FIELD_OR_TYPE"
}
}
],
"extensions": {
"request_id": "601955a7-20fb-9f36-badf-826dbf31145e"
}
}

```

Nothing has changed on the app, automation, or board, but today it failed.


Running the same mutation in the GraphQL playground works just fine.

Could mdc have quietly changed the permission on the app, removing the workspace permission?

The last time i wrote an almost identical question, it was because board:write permissions were missing, but this is not the case.

Could there be a temporary glitch in board:write permission? 

4 replies

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  • December 30, 2025

This is usually permission issue, it can be one of the following - 

  1. Board permission - The user you are authenticated with don’t have permission to this item
  2. Column Permission - The user you are authenticated with don’t ahve permission to change the column

Since it works in the playground I believe you are not using the same user?


dvdsmpsn
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  • December 30, 2025

@ram_perel thanks for spending the time to reply. 
 

It’s the same user, with no weird board or column permissions. I’m finding it most strange.
 

It’ll run again in the morning, so I wonder if it will fail again tomorrow. Please your bets now 🙃


Revilre
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  • December 30, 2025

confirm you do actually have workspace permissions because I HAVE seen them vanish or get reverted to one workspace several times.


dvdsmpsn
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@Revilre Repeating the automation works 🤷‍♂️

I’d just like to know why this error appeared this one time. If I can understand why, maybe I can catch for it and do something about it.