Automation Is Owned by Non-admin User Error

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.

Automation ownership is determined by the most recent editor of the automation, not the original creator of the automation. When ownership changes, runtime permissions change with it, which can cause automations to silently fail without any configuration changes.

For a detailed explanation of how automation ownership works, how permissions are evaluated at runtime, and why this error occurs, see Automation Ownership and Security.

How to Resolve

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

• Restore the missing permissions for the current automation owner
• Clone the automation and delete the failing automation
• Open the automation, make a minor change, and save it to transfer ownership back to site-level ownership

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