Slack connector OAuth fails with invalid_team_for_non_distributed_app

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Summary

Authorizing a Slack as Bot connector from the Sprites dashboard for the dashaai.slack.com workspace fails before authorization completes.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open a Sprites organization in the dashboard.
2. Go to Connectors.
3. Add a Slack as Bot connection.
4. Select and authorize the Slack workspace.

Actual result

Slack displays:

Something went wrong when authorizing this app.

invalid_team_for_non_distributed_app

Retrying does not resolve the failure.

Expected result

Slack should display the consent screen, complete authorization, and add the bot connector under Your connections.

Likely failure boundary

Slack documents this error as occurring when an undistributed Slack API app is authorized on a workspace other than the workspace where the app was created. Because the Sprites dashboard supplies the OAuth application for this connector flow, the OAuth client may be undistributed or the flow may be using the wrong client ID.

The target workspace cannot change distribution settings for a Slack app owned by Sprites.

References

• Slack error definition: https://docs.slack.dev/authentication/installing-with-oauth/#errors
• Sprites connector documentation: https://docs.sprites.dev/concepts/connectors/
• Closed Fly.io forum report from other affected users: https://community.fly.io/t/sprites-connector-slack-invalid-team-for-non-distributed-app/28049

Observed on July 13, 2026.