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Info V.1
Collaborator | Level 8
7 years ago

2/files/get_metadata 409 path/not_found

We have been seeing the following 409 error recently on multiple customers where get_metadata fails with 409 path/not found. But later when diagnosing the problem the same call works fine. Is there a...
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Inderjeetdev
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

I noticed a file name used in code was deleted on Dropbox, so its details couldn't be fetched in code, which triggered this 409 error. 

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