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AADSTS50012 — Authentication failed

General authentication failure (certificate/policy/etc.).

Riposte solution

A generic Azure AD authentication failure occurred. This could be due to certificate problems or policy issues. Check your Azure AD app configuration (e.g., if using client certificate, ensure it's valid and uploaded). There's no immediate Riposte fix; you must resolve the underlying auth config issue, then attempt the auth flow again via /auth/sessions.

Quick facts

Provider
Microsoft
Endpoint / surface
Azure AD OAuth 2.0
Status code
401

Why it happens

[Invalid client cert; Policy misconfiguration]

How to fix it

[Verify cert & policies; fix conditional access/policies]