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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"byDriveItemId.patch() returns 204 No Content and fails on OneDrive Personal Accounts","articleBody":"### Describe the bug\n\nUsing the graph sdk client I can't update (rename, move, or change any metadata) when I'm specifiying an itemId, instead of the path to the actual file.\n\n### Expected behavior\n\nWorks the same as on OneDrive Business.\n\n### How to reproduce\n\n```\npackage com.microsoft;\n\nimport com.azure.core.credential.AccessToken;\nimport com.azure.core.credential.TokenCredential;\nimport com.azure.core.credential.TokenRequestContext;\nimport com.microsoft.graph.models.DriveItem;\nimport com.microsoft.graph.serviceclient.GraphServiceClient;\nimport java.time.OffsetDateTime;\nimport reactor.core.publisher.Mono;\n\npublic class App {\n    public static void main(String[] args) {\n        final GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(\n                new TokenCredential() {\n                    @Override\n                    public Mono\u003cAccessToken> getToken(TokenRequestContext request) {\n                        return Mono.just(new AccessToken(\n                                \"***\",\n                                OffsetDateTime.now().plusDays(1)));\n                    }\n                });\n        final DriveItem newMetadata = new DriveItem();\n        newMetadata.setName(\"000\");\n        final DriveItem result = graphClient\n                .drives().byDriveId(\"097…\")\n                .items().byDriveItemId(\"97…!s0c…\")\n                .patch(newMetadata);\n        if (result instanceof DriveItem) {\n            System.out.println(result.getName());\n        } else {\n            System.out.println(\"Patch returned null\");\n        }\n    }\n}\n```\n\n### SDK Version\n\n_No response_\n\n### Latest version known to work for scenario above?\n\nMicrosoft Graph REST API before 2025-11-12.\n\n### Known Workarounds\n\nUsing `drives/{driveId}/root:/path/to/file` to patch, but according to the [documentation page](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/driveitem-update?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http#http-request) using Item IDs is preferred, also this option isn't exposed in the Java Sdk.\n\n### Debug output\n\n\u003cdetails>\u003csummary>Click to expand log\u003c/summary>\n\n```\n> PATCH /v1.0/drives/097…/items/97…!s8… HTTP/1.1\n> Accept: application/json\n> Content-Type: application/json\n> Transfer-Encoding: chunked\n> Host: graph.microsoft.com\n> Connection: Keep-Alive\n> Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate\n> Authorization: ********\n> Prefer: Include-Feature=AddToOneDrive\n\u003c HTTP/1.1 204 No Content\n\u003c Cache-Control: max-age=0, private\n\u003c Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000\n\u003c request-id: d90b78b1-b92c-4038-8c44-f1dd39f9c8cd\n\u003c client-request-id: d90b78b1-b92c-4038-8c44-f1dd39f9c8cd\n\u003c x-ms-ags-diagnostic: {\"ServerInfo\":{\"DataCenter\":\"Germany West Central\",\"Slice\":\"E\",\"Ring\":\"4\",\"ScaleUnit\":\"007\",\"RoleInstance\":\"FR2PEPF00000F84\"}}\n\u003c SPLogId: 65a8f6a1-e0bf-f000-6d60-d5c4d2d3abfd\n\u003c Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:53:07 GMT\n```\n\n\u003c/details>\n\n\n### Configuration\n\n_No response_\n\n### Other information\n\nThis started failing around 2025-11-12.\n\nAlso: rclone/rclone#9150\nhttps://github.com/iterate-ch/cyberduck/pull/17882\nhttps://github.com/iterate-ch/onedrive-java-client/pull/53","author":{"url":"https://github.com/AliveDevil","@type":"Person","name":"AliveDevil"},"datePublished":"2026-02-16T12:33:50Z","url":"https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-java/issues/2546"}