You are not authorized to resume this session | Experience Community
Skip to main content
Question

You are not authorized to resume this session

  • January 12, 2026
  • 4 replies
  • 38 views

Forum|alt.badge.img+1

A participant on a contact list has reported that he could not start my survey.  (I set authentication in the survey.)  He received an error message: “You are not authorized to resume this session”, and claimed that he hasn’t started the survey successfully because he encountered this error when he first logged into Qualtrics. He tried a few more time, and still got the same message, even when he used InPrivate window. 

The survey has been launched last Friday to 20+ people, so far this participant is the first one who reported the error. 

Anyone has an idea to sort this out? Thanks a lot. 

4 replies

arunxmarchitect
Level 3 ●●●
Forum|alt.badge.img+3

@Sarahsiu_HKU ,

could you please share a screenshot of the Survey Flow?

Also, is this an anonymous survey, or are the participants authenticated in the survey?

This will help narrow down what might be causing the issue.

Thanks,
Arun


Forum|alt.badge.img+1
  • Author
  • Level 1 ●
  • January 13, 2026

Hi Arun, 

The participants are authenticated in the survey.  The one who reported the issue is on the Contact list. The following screenshot shows the authentication; the embedded data retrieved from the Contacts, and part of the remaining question flow. For your further advice. 

Thanks. 

Sarah 

 


arunxmarchitect
Level 3 ●●●
Forum|alt.badge.img+3

@Sarahsiu_HKU , 

Here is an related post

 


Forum|alt.badge.img+1
  • Author
  • Level 1 ●
  • January 14, 2026

Thanks again, Arun. I will ask for technical support accordingly.