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Bulk-Verify Multiple Drives (Select + Verify + Retry)

Check 10+ drives at once for OAuth health. Select drives, bulk verify in parallel, retry failures.

3 min read6 steps
1

Enter select mode

On /drives, a toolbar appears at the top once you have 2+ connected drives. Click Select drives.

Checkboxes appear on every drive row. The button changes to show the current selection count.

2

Select which drives to verify

Click the checkbox on any drive you want to include. You can also use Select all personal / Select all backup buttons to pick an entire category at once.

Max 25 drives per batch — this cap exists because Google's OAuth refresh API has concurrency limits.

3

Run bulk verify

Click Verify N selected. Each selected drive shows a spinner while GDShine:

  1. Refreshes the OAuth access token
  2. Lists files in the drive root to prove API access
  3. Reports pass/fail with the exact error message on failure

Verifications run in parallel. A 25-drive check typically completes in 3-5 seconds.

4

Read the results

Each drive gets an inline result banner:

  • Green (pass): "Connection verified — N files in root."
  • Red (fail): error message + a Retry button

If the failure was a token error (invalid_grant, expired refresh token), the banner also shows a Reconnect this drive link that takes you to /connect-drive?reauth=<driveId> for an in-place token refresh.

A summary pill in the toolbar shows: ✓ 7 passed ✗ 3 failed.

5

Retry failures individually

Click Retry on any failed drive to re-verify just that one. This is useful after you've fixed the underlying issue (e.g., reconnected the drive, resolved a Google API hiccup).

Successful retries replace the red banner with a green one. The aggregate summary pill updates automatically.

6

Clear results

When you're done, click Clear results in the toolbar to remove all inline banners. Your drives are unchanged — this just tidies the UI.

Tip: run bulk verify every 1-2 weeks as a health check on your drive fleet, especially if you're running contributor-level with many drives. Expired refresh tokens silently start failing — the bulk check catches them before users notice.

You're done!

You've completed all 6 steps. Questions? Reach out to support.