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March 19, 2024
Question

Access Denied when opening one of my documents

  • March 19, 2024
  • 6 replies
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Why do I get the following: “

Access Denied

You don't have permission to access "/lucidchart/4a73f356-d780-47f8-9631-0603503d699a/edit?from_internal=true" on this server.

Reference #18.15f36e68.1710853767.440d9c38”

 

It sounds like the server can’t launch my request.

Comments

Mj Z
Lucid support team
March 19, 2024

Hello, 

Thank you for posting! 

Could you try in a private or incognito window to help us narrow down the potential cause? Could you also try connecting to a different network or disconnecting from your VPN (if applicable)? Sometimes account performance issues can be related to internet security/speed or browser issues. These steps will help us eliminate that possibility. For help with opening an incognito window, please see this community post (in English).

If those don’t resolve the problem, can you please send the following information so I can take a closer look?

  • A screenshot of the issue.
  • A screenshot of the associated Javascript Console output after reproducing the issue. You can open your Javascript Console by pressing Ctrl+Shift+J (if your computer is a Windows/Linux) OR Cmd+Opt+J (if your computer is a Mac).


Thanks in advance for your help and patience.

June 11, 2024

All or most of my team runs into this issue periodically. Clearing cookies fixes it, as does using another browser. We have our account integrated via SAML for SSO.

It appears that the session cookie becomes invalidated for some reason, but instead of being redirected to login again, the login page cannot be reached due to access denied errors.

The issue is not limited to being on one network or another. It may be time-related, as being offline for a weekend (for example) with multiple LucidChart tabs open has been a case associated with the issue. However, that’s not always the case, and sometimes it will happen in the middle of a day for us.

Also, not everyone is affected at the same time, so it’s not clear that it’s a server-side change causing the issue.

Thanks,
James

September 3, 2026

This is also happening in my company. Random users are getting the issue. The workaround is to close and re-open the browser? Seems like a cookie expiration or timeout issue? We use OKTA for SSO to LucidCharts.

Zuzia S
Lucid community team
September 7, 2026

Hi ​@RahimHirji, thank you for chiming in! 

If your issue is no longer occurring with an incognito window or by re-opening the browser, this means that it was likely caused by cookie or browser extension interference. Can you please try clearing your cache and cookies in a regular browsing session and try again? If the issue persists, I recommend disabling your extensions one by one until you determine which extension is causing the issue.
Please let me know if neither of these help!

September 14, 2026

Hello ​@Zuzia S,

Clearing the cache/cookies does work. However the problems seems to come back. It’s happens to random users. The problem has started this year. As I mentioned we used as an SSO. Not sure if that has something to do with it?

 

Thanks!