# Notion: Notion MCP connections are having auth issues

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-08-05 03:34 UTC · Resolved: 2026-08-05 04:33 UTC · Duration: 58 min
- Updates: 2 · Affected components: Notion MCP
- [Vendor status page: https://www.notion-status.com/incidents/01KZ7ZT78SZH2H11CHCRR75HER](https://www.notion-status.com/incidents/01KZ7ZT78SZH2H11CHCRR75HER)
- [Company: Notion](https://rewindex.com/company/notion.md)

## Summary

New Claude-to-Notion MCP authorizations failed with “Invalid authorization request,” blocking new connections. Notion rated the incident major and reported failures starting approximately 01:25 UTC on August 5, 2026; the incident was logged at 2026-08-05 03:34 UTC and resolved at 2026-08-05 04:33 UTC (computed duration: 58 min). _(machine-written, sol)_
## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-08-05 03:34 UTC: We are currently investigating an issue affecting new Claude-to-Notion MCP connections. Users attempting to authorize Claude to access their Notion workspace are encountering an "Invalid authorization request" error. Starting at approximately 01:25 UTC on August 5, 2026, new authorization requests from Claude to Notion began failing.
- **resolved** 2026-08-05 04:33 UTC: This issue is now resolved.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-08-05 03:34 UTC: [Major incident: Notion MCP connections are having auth issues](https://rewindex.com/change/i53be566e8ace00.md)


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/notion/incidents/01KZ7ZT78SZH2H11CHCRR75HER · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/company/notion/incidents/01KZ7ZT78SZH2H11CHCRR75HER.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/companies/notion/incidents/01KZ7ZT78SZH2H11CHCRR75HER · Generated 2026-10-18T10:43:04.123Z