getFoldersByName fails randomly

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Phil Nguyen

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Jul 16, 2023, 4:13:59 PM7/16/23

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I have a script run by trigger which has been working for months but then failed with error in getFoldersByName which cannot find a folder called 'House'. I am able to navigate to this folder and the trigger runs under my profile. The folder is a parent folder and has not changed since the script was first setup.

I've seen this error with getFoldersByName failing when a script works with one user but failed with another.

I was able to resolve both problems by editing the folder name and then renaming it back again to the original name. ie: I change 'House' to 'House+' and then change it back to 'House'.

This change seems to reset something in Google Drive or Apps Script which allowed getFoldersByName to work.