portainer/portainer · error

Invalid OAuth AuthStyle

Error message

Invalid OAuth AuthStyle

What it means

Error "Invalid OAuth AuthStyle" thrown in portainer/portainer.

Source

Thrown at api/http/handler/settings/settings_update.go:104

			return errors.New("Invalid user session timeout")
		}
	}

	if payload.KubeconfigExpiry != nil {
		if _, err := time.ParseDuration(*payload.KubeconfigExpiry); err != nil {
			return errors.New("Invalid Kubeconfig Expiry")
		}
	}

	if payload.EdgePortainerURL != nil && *payload.EdgePortainerURL != "" {
		if _, err := edge.ParseHostForEdge(*payload.EdgePortainerURL); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}

	if payload.OAuthSettings != nil {
		if payload.OAuthSettings.AuthStyle < oauth2.AuthStyleAutoDetect || payload.OAuthSettings.AuthStyle > oauth2.AuthStyleInHeader {
			return errors.New("Invalid OAuth AuthStyle")
		}
	}

	return nil
}

// @id SettingsUpdate
// @summary Update Portainer settings
// @description Update Portainer settings.
// @description **Access policy**: administrator
// @tags settings
// @security ApiKeyAuth
// @security jwt
// @accept json
// @produce json
// @param body body settingsUpdatePayload true "New settings"
// @success 200 {object} portainer.Settings "Success"
// @failure 400 "Invalid request"

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at api/http/handler/settings/settings_update.go:104 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of portainer/portainer@17e74456ff (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/4855eb926a990ba2. Report an issue: GitHub.