# Authorization error accessing plugins in ChatGPT Plus **URL:** \ **Category:** Plugins / Actions builders\ **Tags:** plugin-development\ **Created:** [July 29, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704 "2023-07-29T13:15:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vedmed1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/dec6dc/32.png) [@vedmed1977](https://community.openai.com/u/vedmed1977)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/1 "2023-07-29T13:15:44Z")
Hello! I have purchased a ChatGPTplus subscription. I have installed the Plugins a week ago. Everything worked great until today. Today, when I tried to start working in the same mode as before with Plugins, right after the first request in the response field I got the following message: “! Authorization error accessing plugins”. That is, I can’t use Plugins now. Please help me to fix the problem. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/3X/8/3/830bf3f9cf5a2e5e89034f0428aa1e49fa091c6d.png) Thank you in advance for a prompt reply! ---
**Author:** ![EricGT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ericgt/32/20571_2.png) [@EricGT](https://community.openai.com/u/EricGT)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/2 "2023-07-29T13:21:08Z")
Note: I have not seen this error before but just offering some suggestions I would try if this were my problem. 1. Logout then Login. 2. Uninstall plugins then reinstall plugins. 3. Change browser. 4. Clear browser cache. 5. Use F12 to check for errors. 6. Try each plugin separetly. 7. Check a totally different plugin. ---
**Author:** ![darick.r.bourassa.92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@darick.r.bourassa.92](https://community.openai.com/u/darick.r.bourassa.92)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/3 "2023-07-29T16:08:39Z")
Hey there, I had this same issue, around the same time as you. For me, the issue seems to be ScholarAI. All other plugins work. Try disabling scholar AI, and you should be ok. If I discover what the specific issue with ScholarAI is I will let you know. Edit: It appears to be all Scholar Plugins so I would just find some alternatives for now ---
**Author:** ![victor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@victor](https://community.openai.com/u/victor)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/4 "2023-07-30T17:55:04Z")
Hi, “Research By Vector” is up. This plugin seach content in Arxiv. ---
**Author:** ![willgoldtop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/willgoldtop/32/176468_2.png) [@willgoldtop](https://community.openai.com/u/willgoldtop)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/5 "2023-07-30T18:42:19Z")
ChatWithPDF seems to be experiencing the same issue as ScholarAI ---
**Author:** ![DogFart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/dogfart/32/176572_2.png) [@DogFart](https://community.openai.com/u/DogFart)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/6 "2023-07-31T02:55:01Z")
I’m having the exact same problem with ScholarAI. If that plugin is active, then I get the error “Authorization error accessing plugins” regardless of what I ask ChatGPT. ---
**Author:** ![s-kim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/s-kim/32/146367_2.png) [@s-kim](https://community.openai.com/u/s-kim)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/7 "2023-07-31T05:44:15Z")
You can get the authorization from reinstalling ScholarAI plugin. ---
**Author:** ![caduqued](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/caduqued/32/176656_2.png) [@caduqued](https://community.openai.com/u/caduqued)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 10:15am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/8 "2023-07-31T10:15:04Z")
I had today (30/07) the same problem with ScholarAI. Following one of the previously suggested fixes, I corrected this by uninstalling the plugin, and reinstalling it again. When I reinstalled it, it took me to a “sign up” ScholarAI page and once I signed up everything worked again just fine. ---
**Author:** ![sofianabdeldayem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@sofianabdeldayem](https://community.openai.com/u/sofianabdeldayem)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/9 "2023-07-31T14:59:14Z")
Thanks a lot, That’s exactly what I am having here. Based on your suggestion, I disabled Scholar Ai and all worked well now. Top Answer. ---
**Author:** ![TWC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/twc/32/177354_2.png) [@TWC](https://community.openai.com/u/TWC)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/10 "2023-08-02T09:16:38Z")
I had the same issue. Uninstalled Scholar AI - re-installed it, provided my email to create an account and it all worked fine from there. ---
**Author:** ![mandula.abhilash](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/mandula.abhilash/32/177444_2.png) [@mandula.abhilash](https://community.openai.com/u/mandula.abhilash)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/11 "2023-08-02T14:00:10Z")
I am getting this error when using Prompt Perfect plugin ---
**Author:** ![kyaroru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/kyaroru/32/177481_2.png) [@kyaroru](https://community.openai.com/u/kyaroru)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/12 "2023-08-02T15:42:11Z")
I just experienced this same issue, and here’s how I fixed it: **STEP-BY-STEP SOLUTION:** 1. Go into the Plugin Store in ChatGPT 2. Search for the plugin(s) presently not working (in my case, “Prompt Perfect” and “ScholarAI”) 3. Uninstall the plugin(s) 4. Reinstall the plugin(s), which will most likely require you to re-authorize it/them 5. Test the plugin(s) to verify that it’s/they’re working again 6. DONE!!! **HOW THIS BECAME AN ISSUE:** - Based on what I’ve found so far, it seems that OpenAI (ChatGPT) recently de-authorized or unverified some plugins, which required re-verification by the creators and re-authorization by the users. - And unfortunately, the “error message” is not clear and doesn’t explain to anyone how to resolve the issue or what the issue actually even is. Hope this helps someone else, as doing the above solved my problem with the two plugins I was getting this error with (ScholarAI and Prompt Perfect). ---
**Author:** ![prosalejapan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/prosalejapan/32/178237_2.png) [@prosalejapan](https://community.openai.com/u/prosalejapan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/14 "2023-08-04T21:37:03Z")
I had same problem occur just now. I took off all plugin and reset again and log off on. But won’t work. I’m not using scholar AI plug in. Not sure what to do next. If anybody solve this prblem like me. please share with your solution. ---
**Author:** ![marsen451](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@marsen451](https://community.openai.com/u/marsen451)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/15 "2023-08-07T08:29:30Z")
confermo problmea risolto deselezionando il plugin scholarAI ---
**Author:** ![91manaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/ecc23a/32.png) [@91manaa](https://community.openai.com/u/91manaa)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/16 "2023-08-07T09:34:20Z")
Hello everyone, I had the same issue with Prompt Perfect plugin. after reinstalling it, the issue was resolved. I hope this can help. ---
**Author:** ![jameslong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/jameslong/32/171808_2.png) [@jameslong](https://community.openai.com/u/jameslong)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/17 "2023-08-07T19:36:52Z")
Chiming in here with some perspective - this can happen if the oauth access token for a plugin has expired (and there is no refresh token). The only current solution (AFAIK) is to uninstall, then reinstall the plugin. Would be amazing if ChatGPT redirected users to the plugin login page in this scenario! ---
**Author:** ![Foxalabs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/foxalabs/32/738355_2.png) [@Foxalabs](https://community.openai.com/u/Foxalabs)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/18 "2023-08-07T19:38:02Z")
Is that still a thing? I thought that was fixed with the offline mode setting? or am I confusing that with something else? ---
**Author:** ![jameslong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/jameslong/32/171808_2.png) [@jameslong](https://community.openai.com/u/jameslong)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/19 "2023-08-07T19:41:40Z")
I saw this issue personally as of approx 2 weeks ago, it’s possible a fix has been posted in the meantime. It was a combo of two things: 1. Plugins not returning refresh tokens in their oauth flow (e.g. no offline\_access scope) 2. ChatGPT not redirecting to oauth flow on token expiration ---
**Author:** ![giacombi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/giacombi/32/179151_2.png) [@giacombi](https://community.openai.com/u/giacombi)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/20 "2023-08-08T06:38:05Z")
As today august 8th any plugins enabled throw the same error. ChatGPT is usable only without plugins. I’ve tried all the solutions before, even logging into single plugin site but nothing. completely puzzled… ---
**Author:** ![yuce21](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/yuce21/32/179183_2.png) [@yuce21](https://community.openai.com/u/yuce21)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 8:21am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704/21 "2023-08-08T08:21:49Z")
I am having sam problem just now. I also tried to reinstall plugins from Scholar AI, then installed again. But that was not a solution. [Next page](https://community.openai.com/t/authorization-error-accessing-plugins-in-chatgpt-plus/311704.md?page=2)