Why Does My Gmail Connector Keep Disconnecting in Jarvis?

If your Gmail connector repeatedly drops in Jarvis (getjarvis.eu), the usual causes are Google expiring the OAuth token, a recent password change, or a Workspace admin policy that limits third-party app sessions. Open Jarvis with Cmd+/ (Ctrl+/ on Windows), go to Settings then Connectors, and click Reconnect on Gmail, choosing the exact same Google account on the consent screen. If you have two-step verification or strict session controls, Google may revoke long-lived access more aggressively, forcing periodic reconnects. For Workspace accounts, ask your admin whether third-party app access or token lifetime policies are clipping the grant. Picking the wrong account during reconnect is also common, since Google auto-selects whoever is signed in. Jarvis stores each token AES-256-GCM encrypted at rest under GDPR and never trains on your mail. Tasks route to frontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google; plans start at $16/month when you need more than the free weekly requests.

Gmail access runs on an OAuth token Google issues to Jarvis, and Google controls its lifetime. Changing your Google password invalidates existing tokens immediately, so a password reset is a frequent reason the connector drops the next time Jarvis tries to use it. Google also expires or rotates tokens on its own schedule, and accounts with heightened security can see shorter-lived grants. In all these cases Jarvis simply finds the token no longer valid and reports Gmail as disconnected. None of it indicates a problem with Jarvis; it's Google's session management doing its job.

Corporate Google Workspace adds another layer. Admins can cap third-party app session length, require periodic re-consent, or restrict which apps members may keep connected, any of which forces Jarvis to reconnect more often than a personal Gmail would. If you're on a work account and the drops are frequent, check with your admin about third-party access policies. Separately, a self-inflicted cause is reconnecting to the wrong inbox: Google pre-selects the currently signed-in account, so if you have several, confirm you picked the intended Gmail each time, otherwise you keep refreshing a different account than the one you use.

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