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Only partners can access channels

  • January 27, 2026
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We have API integration with FrontApp for many years using our live account. We need to build an application channel for internal use only that will be used to handle specific type of group messages not currently supported by FrontApp.

I already setup the developer app and application feature is installed. The app is verified and the webhook is working when I create messages on FrontApp directly.

I am trying to sync an external message back into the channel, but I am getting this error

“Only partners can access channels. Please see https://dev.frontapp.com/docs/channels-overview for access.”

I looked at the documentations and it requires the app to be developed before I can get a partner account, but I can’t develop the app if I can’t sync the messages.

Again, this is for internal use only. The reason we are choosing application app instead of custom channels is custom channels can’t "Compose new outbound messages with replies threaded in the same conversation"

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wesam
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  • January 27, 2026

I got a message back from support, thank you

This error message is misleading and outdated, so I've requested that we improve it. Apologies for the confusion.

Typically, you see this error if you are using the wrong credentials to authenticate your channel with Front, such as for example using a Core API token as the Bearer. The correct method to authenticate with the Channel API is documented here.