# AN-2026-0447: Google Drive API error reason emailMessage: "The emailMessage parameter is only applicable when sendNotificationEmail=true and the permission type is 'user' or 'group'."

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- id: AN-2026-0447 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0447/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/handle-errors#:~:text=emailMessage>
- services: google-drive-api
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Summary
```text
Drive API handle-errors page: error with "reason": "emailMessage" and "message": "The emailMessage parameter is only applicable when sendNotificationEmail=true and the permission type is 'user' or 'group'.".
```

## Statements (checkable)
0. Drive API handle-errors page: error with "reason": "emailMessage" and "message": "The emailMessage parameter is only applicable when sendNotificationEmail=true and the permission type is 'user' or 'group'.".  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
See the handle-errors page section for emailMessage (https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/handle-errors).
```

## Error signatures
- code: `emailMessage`
- substring: `The emailMessage parameter is only applicable when sendNotificationEmail=true and the permission type is 'user' or 'group'`

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from the vendor error-code catalog page opened 2026-10-28 (verbatim strings; linted)