# Slack Connection with Service Account

**URL:** <https://devforum.okta.com/t/slack-connection-with-service-account/34592>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [November 17, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/slack-connection-with-service-account/34592 "2025-11-17T20:45:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![joelhale](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/user_avatar/devforum.okta.com/joelhale/32/5704_2.png) [@joelhale](https://devforum.okta.com/u/joelhale)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/slack-connection-with-service-account/34592/1 "2025-11-17T20:45:27Z")

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Hey all,

Does anyone know if its possible to somehow create a connection to slack with a service account? I have tried but it just configured the connection for the slack instance again.

Im stuck.

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**Author:** ![maxkatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/user_avatar/devforum.okta.com/maxkatz/32/5624_2.png) [@maxkatz](https://devforum.okta.com/u/maxkatz)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/slack-connection-with-service-account/34592/2 "2025-11-17T20:58:47Z")

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Hey @joelhale, welcome to the forum!

Do you perform the following steps:

1. Create a connection to Slack in Workflows
2. Sign into Slack with the service account when prompted
3. Select a Slack workspace
4. Finish creating a connection.

Is the connection created with (your) regular user account, and not the service account?

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**Author:** ![joelhale](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/user_avatar/devforum.okta.com/joelhale/32/5704_2.png) [@joelhale](https://devforum.okta.com/u/joelhale)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/slack-connection-with-service-account/34592/3 "2025-11-17T21:01:58Z")

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Hey Max! We met at the community meetup last year at Oktane!

I did, but actually I am not being prompted to login. I just get the approval check for the slack app. What can I do to trigger the login prompt?

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**Author:** ![maxkatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/user_avatar/devforum.okta.com/maxkatz/32/5624_2.png) [@maxkatz](https://devforum.okta.com/u/maxkatz)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/slack-connection-with-service-account/34592/4 "2025-11-17T21:13:59Z")

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> [@joelhale](#):
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> We met at the community meetup last year at Oktane!

👋👋👋

It likely picks up your current/regular Slack account. You can sign out of Slack or try to create a connection from an Incognito window.

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**Author:** ![joelhale](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/user_avatar/devforum.okta.com/joelhale/32/5704_2.png) [@joelhale](https://devforum.okta.com/u/joelhale)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/slack-connection-with-service-account/34592/5 "2025-11-18T13:59:21Z")

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You had it right. I was able to auth once I was totally logged out of my personal account.

Thanks for the assist!