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Arif QayoomOriginal post

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AppwriteException: user_unauthorized, The 
current user is not authorized to perform 
the requested action. (401)            Getting this error continously```
Turboman

I maybe could test it in an hour or so

Turboman

@Arif Qayoom i have some questions regarding this:

  • How are you calling it? Rest, CLI or SDK (and if yes which SDK)
  • Did you verifify that you have an active session
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nathfavour

  1. Are you using client SDK or server SDK or a mix of both both?

  2. Do you have guest access enabled in your project auth

  3. Do you have row (legacy document) level security turn on in that table (legacy collection)

nathfavour

Spot on. Didn't notice this reply earlier

Turboman

actually @nathfavour we are stupid with the first ig, it's tagged flutter

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Turboman

which answers the first question xD

Arif Qayoom

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I am using only client side, Flutter & using https://appwrite.io/docs/products/auth/presences & used this for documentation & its like chats App

nathfavour

Nice catch, nice catch😅

That narrows it down it down greatly to either RLS permission, or invalid session

Turboman

could you run

Dart
try {
  const user = await account.get({});
  log(user.toString());
} catch (err) {
  log(err);
}

before it to verify that you have a valid session

Turboman

replace "account" with your account variable that you have created

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Arif Qayoom

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Error setting up presence: AppwriteException: user_unauthorized, The current user is not authorized to perform the requested action. (401)```   For the first time It is working but when I closes app & Started app then this error is showing up
Turboman

do you have a valid session? what is the result of this snippet

Arif Qayoom

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I/flutter (27182): --- Account GET successful: {$id: 6a4b59ca430880c00c73, $createdAt: 2026-07-06T07:31:22.258+00:00, $updatedAt: 2026-07-07T12:52:48.191+00:00, name: arifqayoom39, password: null, hash: null, hashOptions: null, registration: 2026-07-06T07:31:22.257+00:00, status: true, labels: [], passwordUpdate: 2026-07-06T07:31:22.257+00:00, email: a*****39@gmail.com, phone: , emailVerification: false, emailCanonical: a*****39@gmail.com, emailIsFree: true, emailIsDisposable: false, emailIsCorporate: false, emailIsCanonical: true, phoneVerification: false, mfa: false, prefs: {data: {}}, targets: [{$id: 6a4b59ca4cad247aacea, $createdAt: 2026-07-06T07:31:22.314+00:00, $updatedAt: 2026-07-06T07:31:22.314+00:00, name: , userId: 6a4b59ca430880c00c73, providerId: null, providerType: email, identifier: a*****39@gmail.com, expired: false}], accessedAt: 2026-07-07T12:52:48.187+00:00, impersonator: false, impersonatorUserId: null} ---

Arif Qayoom

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This is the result I am getting

Arif Qayoom

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@Turboman For the first time it works well & show Online status to other user but when I closed this app & then restarted it shows I/flutter (27182): Error setting up presence: AppwriteException: user_unauthorized, The current user is not authorized to perform the requested action. (401)

Arif Qayoom

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ID unique .. & Tried to use UserId alsso but nothing changed

Arif Qayoom

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    final client = AppwriteConfig.client;
    final presences = Presences(client);


    try {
      // 1. Mark self as online in this room
      final p = await presences.upsert(
        presenceId: ID.unique(),
        status: 'online',
        metadata: {'roomId': widget.room.id},
        permissions: [
          Permission.read(Role.users()), // Allow others to see our presence
        ],
      );
      _presenceId = p.$id;


      // 2. Initial fetch to see if the other user is already online
      final activeList = await presences.list(
        queries: [Query.equal('userId', widget.user.id)],
      );
      bool found = false;
      for (var presence in activeList.presences) {
        if (presence.status == 'online' &&
            presence.metadata?['roomId'] == widget.room.id) {
          found = true;
          break;
        }
      }
      if (mounted) {
        setState(() => _isOtherUserOnline = found);
      }


      // 3. Subscribe to presences
      final realtime = AppwriteConfig.realtime;
      _presenceSubscription = realtime.subscribe(['presences']);
      _presenceSubscription.stream.listen((response) {
        final payload = response.payload;
        if (payload['userId'] == widget.user.id) {
          final isDelete = response.events.any((e) => e.contains('.delete'));
          final isOnline = payload['status'] == 'online';
          final inRoom = payload['metadata']?['roomId'] == widget.room.id;


          if (mounted) {
            setState(() {
              if (isDelete) {
                _isOtherUserOnline = false;
              } else {
                _isOtherUserOnline = isOnline && inRoom;
              }
            });
          }
        }
      });
    } catch (e) {
      print('Error setting up presence: $e');
    }
  }```
Turboman

You are always creating a new id for the presence, i would recommend you to store presence id to make it persitent

Turboman

Which is my last idea i have, if it still occurs then idk actually...

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