Snowflake Push Group Error "Invalid JSON: Unexpected Character ('<' (code 60)): Expected A Valid Value"
Jan 22, 2026
Okta Integration Network
Overview
Snowflake push group fails with the following error visible in the Okta dashboard:
Error while updating user group membership for group <group>: Bad Request. Errors reported by remote server: Invalid JSON: Unexpected character ('<' (code 60)): expected a valid value (JSON String, Number, Array, Object or token 'null', 'true' or 'false') at [Source: (String)"<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <title>Bad Request</title>
Applies To
- Snowflake
- Provisioning
- Push Groups
Cause
The error is described in the vendor's documentation: Okta SCIM Provisioning Push Group error with Snowflake
Possible causes for this issue:
- The user does not exist in Snowflake. However, the user is being used in the Push Group within Okta.
- The user was dropped from Snowflake either manually or through an automated process.
- The user was manually created in Snowflake and is not owned by the Okta provisioner connector.
- The same Okta group is being used for the Push Group, and the group assignment, which is unsupported due to an Okta limitation.
Please also review Group Push documentation for best practices.
Solution
- Make sure that all members of the affected Push Group do not have any provisioning errors and are provisioned successfully in the Snowflake application.
- Go to the Okta Admin Console, navigate to Applications > Snowflake > Push Groups, and attempt the group push again.
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