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Automation Is Owned by Non-admin User Error (v1)

In Automations v1, the error "Automation is owned by non-admin user..." indicates that the automation is owned by a Folder Admin user who no longer has the required permissions to all source or destination paths referenced by the automation.

In v1, ownership follows the most recent editor, so a Folder Admin's revised automation uses that user's permissions even if a Site Administrator originally created it. An edit can therefore expose missing access to a source or destination without changing either path.

How to Resolve

A Site Administrator can resolve this by taking one of the following actions.

They can restore the missing permissions for the current automation owner.

They can also open the automation, make a minor change, and save it. When a Site Administrator saves an automation, ownership transfers to site-level.

Alternatively, they can clone the automation and delete the failing one.

When deleting a Folder Admin user who owns automations, the system prompts to reassign those automations to another user, including a Site Administrator.