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Learn how to resolve Microsoft Teams notification errors following OAuth login with this step-by-step guide. Discover how downgrading your libraries can restore functionality.
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Fixing Teams Notification Issues After OAuth Login

If you’re developing an app for Microsoft Teams and running into issues with notifications following an OAuth login, you’re not alone. Many developers have faced similar challenges, especially after certain library updates. In this guide, we’ll uncover the problem you might encounter, analyze the error message, and offer a straightforward solution: downgrading your dependencies.

Understanding the Problem

When your Teams app redirects users to complete an OAuth login, it should ideally notify the parent activity about the user's success or failure. Here’s how the process typically works:

The app performs an OAuth login.

After successful authentication, your JavaScript code calls microsoftTeams.authentication.notifySuccess(), or notifyFailure() if there's an issue.

However, if you start seeing an error like "Error reading string. Unexpected token: StartObject. Path 'state'", it indicates that there's a problem with how the data from your Teams SDK is being processed following the login. This message usually points to issues with data parsing in your C# bot framework code.

Common Symptoms

On invoking an activity after login, you encounter errors that lead to global error handlers activating instead of executing successfully.

The contents of the turnContext.Activity may include unexpected JSON structures, indicating that the data being sent back is different from what was expected by your bot.

Diving Deeper: Analyzing the Error Message

The error message is a crucial clue. It typically arises in these scenarios:

The JSON being communicated from the Teams SDK doesn't align with your expectations in the bot’s logic.

state, which carries user information, is formatted incorrectly or not serialized as expected due to version discrepancies between the SDK and the bot framework.

For example, if your JSON looks like this:

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Then your bot might struggle to process it due to the current versions of the libraries you’re using. You may find that dependent library versions are rarely backward compatible, and one version could introduce breaking changes.

Solution: Downgrading the Library

After assessing the issues and experimenting with different versions of the library, the successful approach involved downgrading the Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Integration.AspNet.Core library. Here’s what you need to do:

Identify Your Current Version: First, check the version of the library that you're currently using, which in your case was 4.19.3.

Choose a Stable Version: The solution found effective was downgrading the library to **4.10.0**. This version reinstates the expected functionality for interacting with the Teams SDK without causing errors during state handling.

Update Dependencies: In your project’s NuGet package manager, you can perform the downgrade:

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Test Your App: After making this change, rerun your application and attempt the OAuth login process again. Your app should now be able to handle notifications correctly without throwing errors.

Conclusion

Bringing back a Teams app that was previously operational can sometimes feel challenging, especially with dependencies and various version updates. If you face errors related to OAuth login notifications, consider examining your library versions—specifically downgrading to an earlier version that has proven to work correctly. By following these steps, you’ll likely get your Teams notifications working seamlessly again.

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