Commit f802d400 authored by Nick Gaskill's avatar Nick Gaskill

Merge branch 'hchouraria-docs-group-access-token-import-error-unsupported' into 'master'

Group access tokens cannot import projects

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!83246
parents 04d964f5 6f18b556
......@@ -383,3 +383,17 @@ s = Gitlab::ImportExport::Saver.new(exportable: p, shared:p.import_export_shared
s.send(:compress_and_save)
s.send(:save_upload)
```
### Import using the REST API fails when using a group access token
[Group access tokens](../../group/settings/group_access_tokens.md)
don't work for project or group import operations. When a group access token initiates an import,
the import fails with this message:
```plaintext
Error adding importer user to Project members.
Validation failed: User project bots cannot be added to other groups / projects
```
To use [Import REST APIs](../../../api/project_import_export.md),
pass regular user account credentials such as [personal access tokens](../../profile/personal_access_tokens.md).
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