Unable update file store in appdata scope - 500 Internal Server Error

Question

Previously, I have a set of Google Drive API code, which works fine in the following scenarios

1. Save new file to appdata
2. Update previous file i

Answer 1

Note: please do not treat this as an "official answer from Google". Although I work at Google, I don't work on the Drive API.

I've reproduced the problem, and reported it to the Drive API team, who may be able to provide more details. In the meantime, one workaround I've found is to remove the

setNewRevision(false)

part of your update call on line 1414. That's not an ideal workaround as it means you'll get a new revision for each update, which will use up storage quota. However, it does seem to avoid the problem you've seen.