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Sharing Link - Something Went Wrong
MicrosoftHi Cameron,
That doesn't sound good at all! What type of link are you sharing with? Are you selecting the "anyone can access" link, or a "only people in <Org>" or "specific people"? If you can paste a screenshot of the sharing dialog, that will help as well. Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
Yeah, its been pretty frustrating. On Friday I created the sharing link directly from the OneDrive interface hoping it would be more stable. It seemed to be working on Friday when I posted this message, but then I checked back again a moment ago and the sharing access says "Only You", indicating it is no longer shared.
This is sharing only inside my Organization, and it is a read only link, not editing access.
As I said, most recently this was done directly inside the OneDrive web interface. Prior to that it was with the Share menu from inside of MS Word, then clicking Get a sharing link, then selecting Create a view-only link.I just thought to go check the Audit Log search to see if something in the file history can show what happens in between and I think I am on to something, though I still don't understand.
My audit log shows that document being deleted from OneDrive, then re-uploaded right (1 second) after. This has happened a few times with the same document (that was just created on Thursday, so its otherwise a pretty clean and easy to interpret log.)I can see that behavior also mirrored looking at my OneDrive sync client.
So, I guess the real question is why is *something* (maybe OneDrive sync client) periodically removing and then re-uploading that document???
I attached a screenshot from my OneDrive sync client. I'm not sure if it is a cause or simply a symptom of the cause in this case.- StephenRice
Hey CameronGo,
Yep, that would explain the behavior you are seeing regarding sharing links. I'm totally unsure of why the file is being deleted/re-uploaded constantly. Can you send me a quick e-mail so we can trouble shoot offline? Thanks!
Stephen Rice
OneDrive Program Manager II
