# Google OAuth 404 Error

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/google-oauth-404-error/26561>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** web\
**Created:** [September 21, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/google-oauth-404-error/26561 "2021-09-21T22:54:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![natashataylor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/natashataylor/32/13747_2.png) [@natashataylor](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/natashataylor)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/google-oauth-404-error/26561/1 "2021-09-21T22:54:11Z")

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**Platform:** Website

**Browser:** Chrome

**URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages:** inaturalist.ala.org.au/auth/google\_oauth2

**Screenshots of what you are seeing:**

 ![iNatGoogle](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/8/f/8fc678f8d4b78160dc1833df4e39f661099229ec.png)

**Description of problem:** Clicking “Sign in with Google” on the login page redirects to a 404. This problem is intermittent, and resolved ten minutes later, but I thought I would notify it as a bug in case it’s symptomatic of a deeper problem.

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/google-oauth-404-error/26561/2 "2021-09-22T02:56:39Z")

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Logged in a few times via Google and wasn’t able to replicate, but as you said, seems like it’s intermittent. Maybe something weird going on with Google.

In general I’d always recommend having a password for iNat and use that to log in so that you don’t have to rely on a third party, which is another potential point of failure.

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**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/google-oauth-404-error/26561/3 "2026-03-24T01:03:04Z")

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please submit a new bug report if it is continuing to happen