Error "Going away" when using qix.openAppSession() with OAuth2

nammaitran — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:07:47 GMT

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to adapt the following example from the Qlik API documentation here to my use case, but I’m running into a strange error:

Error: Failed to open app 393d1c65-d852-4c30-95cc-286bc90132bf: Going away

It seems that the application cannot be opened with openAppSession().

Here’s my code:

import {auth, qix} from '@qlik/api';

const appId = "XXXXXXXX";

(async () => {

auth.setDefaultHostConfig({

host: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXX.eu.qlikcloud.com",

authType: "oauth2",

clientId: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx",

clientSecret: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",

scope: "user_default admin.apps admin_classic",

});

const app = await qix.openAppSession(appId).getDoc();

const sheets = await app.getSheetList();

for(let sheet of sheets) {

console.log(sheet.qMeta.title, sheet.qMeta.privileges, `Current publish status is:${sheet.qMeta.published}`);

}

process.exit();

})();

What I’ve checked so far:

The app exists and I can open it manually in Qlik Cloud.
The OAuth2 credentials and scopes seem correct.
I am the owner of the app.

Questions:

Does openAppSession() work with OAuth2 client credentials, or is it only supported for certain authentication flows?
Could the "Going away" error indicate a websocket connection problem or missing scope?
Are there specific permissions needed to call getDoc() in this context?

Has anyone encountered this error before, and how did you resolve it?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Re: Error "Going away" when using qix.openAppSession() with OAuth2

alex_colombo — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:24:11 GMT

Hey @nammaitran, could you please add below code for printing all the websocket events? Seems something is cutting websocket connection.

const appSession = qix.openAppSession(appId); const events = appSession.onWebSocketEvent((event) => { console.log("event: ", event); });

Re: Error "Going away" when using qix.openAppSession() with OAuth2

nammaitran — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:20:03 GMT

Hello @alex_colombo, thanks a lot for your reply

I added the code you suggested for printing WebSocket events, and here’s what I got:

event: { eventType: 'opened', appId: '393d1c65-d852-4c30-95cc-286bc90132bf' } event: { eventType: 'suspended', appId: '393d1c65-d852-4c30-95cc-286bc90132bf', initiator: 'network', code: 1001, reason: '' } event: { eventType: 'closed', appId: '393d1c65-d852-4c30-95cc-286bc90132bf', code: 1001, reason: '', wasClean: true ... }

So the connection opens, then immediately gets suspended and finally closed with code 1001 (going away).

To be honest, I’m not entirely sure how to interpret this. From what I understand:

The WebSocket handshake is successful (opened)
Something on the network or server side causes the session to suspend (suspended, initiator: network)
The connection then closes cleanly (closed, code 1001)

Any hints on how to debug this further would be really helpful.

Thanks again for your support!

Full log:

Error: Failed to open app 393d1c65-d852-4c30-95cc-286bc90132bf: Going away. at file:///C:/Qlik/CLI/node_modules/@qlik/api/chunks/qix-bnv1_Kxc.js:356:36 at async file:///C:/Qlik/CLI/get_private_sheets.mjs:19:15 { code: -1, enigmaError: true, original: CloseEvent { [Symbol(kTarget)]: <ref *1> WebSocket { _events: [Object: null prototype] { open: [Function: onOpen] { [Symbol(kIsForOnEventAttribute)]: true, [Symbol(kListener)]: [Function: bound onOpen] }, close: [Function: onClose] { [Symbol(kIsForOnEventAttribute)]: true, [Symbol(kListener)]: [Function: bound onClose] }, error: [Function: onError] { [Symbol(kIsForOnEventAttribute)]: true, [Symbol(kListener)]: [Function: bound onError] }, message: [Function: onMessage] { [Symbol(kIsForOnEventAttribute)]: true, [Symbol(kListener)]: [Function: bound onMessage] } }, _eventsCount: 4, _maxListeners: undefined, _binaryType: 'nodebuffer', _closeCode: 1001, _closeFrameReceived: true, _closeFrameSent: true, _closeMessage: Buffer(0) [Uint8Array] [], _closeTimer: Timeout { _idleTimeout: -1, _idlePrev: null, _idleNext: null, _idleStart: 1010, _onTimeout: null, _timerArgs: undefined, _repeat: null, _destroyed: true, [Symbol(refed)]: true, [Symbol(kHasPrimitive)]: false, [Symbol(asyncId)]: 53, [Symbol(triggerId)]: 32, [Symbol(kAsyncContextFrame)]: undefined }, _errorEmitted: false, _extensions: {}, _paused: false, _protocol: '', _readyState: 3, _receiver: Receiver { _events: [Object: null prototype] {}, _writableState: WritableState { highWaterMark: 16384, length: 0, corked: 0, onwrite: [Function: bound onwrite], writelen: 0, bufferedIndex: 0, pendingcb: 0, [Symbol(kState)]: 1091466620, [Symbol(kBufferedValue)]: null, [Symbol(kWriteCbValue)]: null }, _maxListeners: undefined, _allowSynchronousEvents: true, _binaryType: 'nodebuffer', _extensions: {}, _isServer: false, _maxPayload: 104857600, _skipUTF8Validation: false, _bufferedBytes: 0, _buffers: [], _compressed: false, _payloadLength: 2, _mask: undefined, _fragmented: 0, _masked: false, _fin: true, _opcode: 8, _totalPayloadLength: 0, _messageLength: 0, _fragments: [], _errored: false, _loop: false, _state: 0, _eventsCount: 0, [Symbol(shapeMode)]: false, [Symbol(kCapture)]: false, [Symbol(websocket)]: [Circular *1] }, _sender: Sender { _extensions: {}, _socket: TLSSocket { _tlsOptions: { allowHalfOpen: undefined, pipe: false, secureContext: [SecureContext], isServer: false, requestCert: true, rejectUnauthorized: true, session: undefined, ALPNProtocols: undefined, requestOCSP: undefined, enableTrace: undefined, pskCallback: undefined, highWaterMark: undefined, onread: undefined, signal: undefined }, _secureEstablished: true, _securePending: false, _newSessionPending: false, _controlReleased: true, secureConnecting: false, _SNICallback: null, servername: 'xxxxxxxxxx.eu.qlikcloud.com', alpnProtocol: false, authorized: true, authorizationError: null, encrypted: true, _events: [Object: null prototype] { close: [Function: onSocketCloseDestroySSL], end: [Function: onReadableStreamEnd], error: [Function: socketOnError], newListener: [Array], connect: undefined, secure: [Function: onConnectSecure], data: undefined, drain: undefined }, _eventsCount: 5, connecting: false, _hadError: false, _parent: null, _host: 'xxxxxxxxxx.eu.qlikcloud.com', _closeAfterHandlingError: false, _readableState: ReadableState { highWaterMark: 16384, buffer: [], bufferIndex: 0, length: 0, pipes: [], awaitDrainWriters: null, [Symbol(kState)]: 60295028 }, _writableState: WritableState { highWaterMark: 16384, length: 0, corked: 0, onwrite: [Function: bound onwrite], writelen: 0, bufferedIndex: 0, pendingcb: 0, [Symbol(kState)]: 1091450228, [Symbol(kBufferedValue)]: null, [Symbol(kWriteCbValue)]: null }, allowHalfOpen: false, _maxListeners: undefined, _sockname: null, _pendingData: null, _pendingEncoding: '', server: undefined, _server: null, ssl: null, _requestCert: true, _rejectUnauthorized: true, parser: null, _httpMessage: null, autoSelectFamilyAttemptedAddresses: [ '2a05:d018:1703:a204:4a99:1a97:d796:8111:443' ], timeout: 0, write: [Function: writeAfterFIN], [Symbol(alpncallback)]: null, [Symbol(res)]: null, [Symbol(verified)]: true, [Symbol(pendingSession)]: null, [Symbol(async_id_symbol)]: 32, [Symbol(kHandle)]: null, [Symbol(lastWriteQueueSize)]: 0, [Symbol(timeout)]: null, [Symbol(kBuffer)]: null, [Symbol(kBufferCb)]: null, [Symbol(kBufferGen)]: null, [Symbol(shapeMode)]: true, [Symbol(kCapture)]: false, [Symbol(kSetNoDelay)]: true, [Symbol(kSetKeepAlive)]: false, [Symbol(kSetKeepAliveInitialDelay)]: 0, [Symbol(kBytesRead)]: 784, [Symbol(kBytesWritten)]: 1042, [Symbol(connect-options)]: { rejectUnauthorized: true, ciphers: 'TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256:TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:HIGH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!SRP:!CAMELLIA', checkServerIdentity: [Function: checkServerIdentity], minDHSize: 1024, allowSynchronousEvents: true, autoPong: true, protocolVersion: 13, maxPayload: 104857600, skipUTF8Validation: false, perMessageDeflate: true, followRedirects: false, maxRedirects: 10, headers: [Object], socketPath: undefined, hostname: undefined, protocol: undefined, timeout: undefined, method: 'GET', host: 'xxxxxxxxxxxx.eu.qlikcloud.com', path: undefined, port: 443, createConnection: [Function: tlsConnect], defaultPort: 443, _defaultAgent: [Agent], servername: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx.eu.qlikcloud.com', singleUse: true }, [Symbol(websocket)]: undefined }, _firstFragment: true, _compress: false, _bufferedBytes: 0, _queue: [], _state: 0, onerror: [Function: senderOnError], [Symbol(websocket)]: [Circular *1] }, _socket: TLSSocket { _tlsOptions: { allowHalfOpen: undefined, pipe: false, secureContext: SecureContext { context: SecureContext {} }, isServer: false, requestCert: true, rejectUnauthorized: true, session: undefined, ALPNProtocols: undefined, requestOCSP: undefined, enableTrace: undefined, pskCallback: undefined, highWaterMark: undefined, onread: undefined, signal: undefined }, _secureEstablished: true, _securePending: false, _newSessionPending: false, _controlReleased: true, secureConnecting: false, _SNICallback: null, servername: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.eu.qlikcloud.com', alpnProtocol: false, authorized: true, authorizationError: null, encrypted: true, _events: [Object: null prototype] { close: [Function: onSocketCloseDestroySSL], end: [Function: onReadableStreamEnd], error: [Function: socketOnError], newListener: [ [Function: keylogNewListener], [Function: newListener] ], connect: undefined, secure: [Function: onConnectSecure], data: undefined, drain: undefined }, _eventsCount: 5, connecting: false, _hadError: false, _parent: null, _host: 'xxxxxxxxxxx.eu.qlikcloud.com', _closeAfterHandlingError: false, _readableState: ReadableState { highWaterMark: 16384, buffer: [], bufferIndex: 0, length: 0, pipes: [], awaitDrainWriters: null, [Symbol(kState)]: 60295028 }, _writableState: WritableState { highWaterMark: 16384, length: 0, corked: 0, onwrite: [Function: bound onwrite], writelen: 0, bufferedIndex: 0, pendingcb: 0, [Symbol(kState)]: 1091450228, [Symbol(kBufferedValue)]: null, [Symbol(kWriteCbValue)]: null }, allowHalfOpen: false, _maxListeners: undefined, _sockname: null, _pendingData: null, _pendingEncoding: '', server: undefined, _server: null, ssl: null, _requestCert: true, _rejectUnauthorized: true, parser: null, _httpMessage: null, autoSelectFamilyAttemptedAddresses: [ '2a05:d018:1703:a204:4a99:1a97:d796:8111:443' ], timeout: 0, write: [Function: writeAfterFIN], [Symbol(alpncallback)]: null, [Symbol(res)]: null, [Symbol(verified)]: true, [Symbol(pendingSession)]: null, [Symbol(async_id_symbol)]: 32, [Symbol(kHandle)]: null, [Symbol(lastWriteQueueSize)]: 0, [Symbol(timeout)]: null, [Symbol(kBuffer)]: null, [Symbol(kBufferCb)]: null, [Symbol(kBufferGen)]: null, [Symbol(shapeMode)]: true, [Symbol(kCapture)]: false, [Symbol(kSetNoDelay)]: true, [Symbol(kSetKeepAlive)]: false, [Symbol(kSetKeepAliveInitialDelay)]: 0, [Symbol(kBytesRead)]: 784, [Symbol(kBytesWritten)]: 1042, [Symbol(connect-options)]: { rejectUnauthorized: true, ciphers: 'TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256:TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:HIGH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!SRP:!CAMELLIA', checkServerIdentity: [Function: checkServerIdentity], minDHSize: 1024, allowSynchronousEvents: true, autoPong: true, protocolVersion: 13, maxPayload: 104857600, skipUTF8Validation: false, perMessageDeflate: true, followRedirects: false, maxRedirects: 10, headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer <redacted>', 'Sec-WebSocket-Version': 13, 'Sec-WebSocket-Key': 'lEIEfofesnDrWsYJmLFIzg==', Connection: 'Upgrade', Upgrade: 'websocket', 'Sec-WebSocket-Extensions': 'permessage-deflate; client_max_window_bits' }, socketPath: undefined, hostname: undefined, protocol: undefined, timeout: undefined, method: 'GET', host: 'xxxxx.eu.qlikcloud.com', path: undefined, port: 443, createConnection: [Function: tlsConnect], defaultPort: 443, _defaultAgent: Agent { _events: [Object: null prototype], _eventsCount: 2, _maxListeners: undefined, defaultPort: 443, protocol: 'https:', options: [Object: null prototype], requests: [Object: null prototype] {}, sockets: [Object: null prototype] {}, freeSockets: [Object: null prototype] {}, keepAliveMsecs: 1000, keepAlive: true, maxSockets: Infinity, maxFreeSockets: 256, scheduling: 'lifo', maxTotalSockets: Infinity, totalSocketCount: 0, maxCachedSessions: 100, _sessionCache: [Object], [Symbol(shapeMode)]: false, [Symbol(kCapture)]: false }, servername: 'xxxxxxxxxxxx.eu.qlikcloud.com', singleUse: true }, [Symbol(websocket)]: undefined }, _bufferedAmount: 0, _isServer: false, _redirects: 0, _autoPong: true, _url: 'wss://xxxxxxxxxxx.eu.qlikcloud.com/app/393d1c65-d852-4c30-95cc-286bc90132bf?reloadUri=wss%3A%2F%2Fxxxxxxxxxxx.eu.qlikcloud.com%2Fsense%2Fapp%2F393d1c65-d852-4c30-95cc-286bc90132bf', _req: null, [Symbol(shapeMode)]: false, [Symbol(kCapture)]: false }, [Symbol(kType)]: 'close', [Symbol(kCode)]: 1001, [Symbol(kReason)]: '', [Symbol(kWasClean)]: true } }

Re: Error "Going away" when using qix.openAppSession() with OAuth2

alex_colombo — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:26:29 GMT

This is wierd, seems something is cutting websocket connection. Where are you running this code? It is on your local machine or deployed somewhere?

Re: Error "Going away" when using qix.openAppSession() with OAuth2

nammaitran — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:07:12 GMT

Hello @alex_colombo I'm running it on my local machine

Re: Error "Going away" when using qix.openAppSession() with OAuth2

alex_colombo — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:15:06 GMT

could you please share your OAuth client configuration?

Try also to remove the scope prop from setDefaultHostConfig, or at least separate values with comma.

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