From c875d8903390d8349d0044c9d6bd006974d146e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sanjay Kanth A Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:29:33 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] docs: drive: document Branding step needed to publish own client_id Google now requires an app homepage URL and privacy policy URL to be set on the OAuth consent screen's "Branding" page before the "PUBLISH APP" button becomes clickable, even for a personal single-user app. The existing instructions jumped straight to publishing in step 9 without mentioning this, leaving the button greyed out with no explanation of why. Fixes #9854 --- docs/content/drive.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/content/drive.md b/docs/content/drive.md index 1b4f803ad..64fe4b415 100644 --- a/docs/content/drive.md +++ b/docs/content/drive.md @@ -2029,6 +2029,15 @@ Scroll down and click "+ Add users". Add yourself as a test user and press save. 9. Go to "Audience" and then click "PUBLISH APP" button and confirm. Add yourself as a test user if you haven't already. + (If the "PUBLISH APP" button is greyed out, Google now requires a + homepage URL and a privacy policy URL before publishing, even for a + personal single-user app. Go to "Branding" in the left panel, fill in + "Application home page" and "Application privacy policy link" - a free + GitHub Pages site is fine for these if you don't have a domain of your + own - then "Authorized domains" with the domain you used, and click + Save. Return to "Audience" and the "PUBLISH APP" button should now be + available.) + 10. Provide the noted client ID and client secret to rclone. 11. Run the web-based authorization flow from within `rclone config`, by answering