Notion Debug Bundle

Overview

Collect diagnostic information for Notion API issues: SDK version, token validity, database access, page sharing status, rate limits, and platform health. The Notion API requires integrations to be explicitly invited to each page or database — most "not found" errors are sharing problems, not code bugs.

Prerequisites

• @notionhq/client installed (npm ls @notionhq/client to verify)
• NOTION_TOKEN environment variable set (internal integration token, starts with ntn_)
• curl and jq available for shell-based diagnostics

Instructions

Step 1: Quick Connectivity and Auth Check

#!/bin/bash
echo "=== Notion Debug Check ==="
echo "Generated: $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"

# 1. SDK version
echo -e "\n--- SDK Version ---"
npm ls @notionhq/client 2>/dev/null || echo "SDK not found — run: npm install @notionhq/client"

# 2. Runtime and token status
echo -e "\n--- Runtime ---"
node --version 2>/dev/null || echo "Node.js not found"
echo "NOTION_TOKEN: ${NOTION_TOKEN:+SET (${#NOTION_TOKEN} chars)}"
TOKEN_PREFIX="${NOTION_TOKEN:0:4}"
if [ -n "$NOTION_TOKEN" ] && [ "$TOKEN_PREFIX" != "ntn_" ]; then
  echo "WARNING: Token does not start with 'ntn_' — may be using legacy format"
fi

# 3. API connectivity — /v1/users/me as health check
# Notion-Version 2022-06-28 is the current stable REST API version.
echo -e "\n--- API Connectivity ---"
RESPONSE=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}\n%{time_total}" \
  https://api.notion.com/v1/users/me \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${NOTION_TOKEN}" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2022-06-28" 2>&1)

HTTP_CODE=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | tail -1)
LATENCY=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | tail -2 | head -1)
BODY=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | head -n -2)

echo "HTTP Status: $HTTP_CODE"
echo "Latency: ${LATENCY}s"

if [ "$HTTP_CODE" = "200" ]; then
  echo "Bot Name: $(echo "$BODY" | jq -r '.name // "unknown"')"
  echo "Bot Type: $(echo "$BODY" | jq -r '.type // "unknown"')"
else
  echo "Error Code: $(echo "$BODY" | jq -r '.code // "unknown"')"
  echo "Message: $(echo "$BODY" | jq -r '.message // "unknown"')"
fi

# 4. Notion platform status
echo -e "\n--- Notion Platform Status ---"
curl -s https://status.notion.so/api/v2/status.json \
  | jq -r '.status.description // "Could not reach status page"' 2>/dev/null \
  || echo "Could not reach status.notion.so"

# 5. Rate limit baseline (3 req/sec across all endpoints)
echo -e "\n--- Rate Limit Info ---"
echo "Notion enforces 3 requests/second per integration (across all endpoints)"
echo "Average request rate limits are not exposed in response headers"

Step 2: Full Debug Bundle Script

When the quick check is not enough, run the full collector. It writes an environment snapshot, the redacted auth/database/platform JSON, redacted application logs, the npm dependency tree, and a redacted .env copy into a timestamped directory, then tars it up as notion-debug-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.tar.gz. It is safe to attach to a support ticket — tokens, secrets, and avatars are stripped before packaging.

See the complete collector script (notion-debug-bundle.sh) in full implementation.

Step 3: Programmatic Diagnostics

For structured diagnostics inside a Node/TypeScript app, use the SDK directly to test auth (/v1/users/me), database retrieval, and workspace-level search. It returns a plain object for logging or serialization and maps APIErrorCode.ObjectNotFound to the actionable "integration not invited" hint.

See the full collectNotionDiagnostics() function in the programmatic diagnostics reference.

Output

• notion-debug-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.tar.gz containing:
  • environment.txt — SDK version, Node version, token prefix, OS
  • api-auth.json — Bot user info from /v1/users/me (avatar redacted)
  • database-access.json — Database retrieve result (if NOTION_DATABASE_ID set)
  • platform-status.json — status.notion.so health and active incidents
  • logs-*-redacted.txt — Recent Notion-related log entries (tokens masked)
  • dependency-tree.txt — Full npm dependency tree for @notionhq/client
  • env-redacted.txt — Environment config (all values masked)

Error Handling

Error	HTTP	Cause	Fix
unauthorized	401	Invalid or missing token	Verify NOTION_TOKEN starts with ntn_, regenerate in integration settings
object_not_found	404	Page/DB not shared with integration	Open page in Notion, click Share, invite the integration
rate_limited	429	Exceeded 3 req/sec	Add exponential backoff; batch requests where possible
validation_error	400	Malformed page/database ID	Use 32-char UUID format (with or without dashes)
conflict_error	409	Concurrent edit conflict	Retry with fresh data; avoid parallel writes to same block
internal_server_error	500	Notion platform issue	Check status.notion.so; retry after 60s

Examples

Quick reference for the recurring gotchas — validate a token prefix:

# Valid tokens start with ntn_; the old secret_* format is deprecated.
echo "Token prefix: ${NOTION_TOKEN:0:4}"

For page ID normalization (dashed vs dashless UUIDs) and the full redaction rules (what to ALWAYS REDACT vs what is SAFE TO INCLUDE in a bundle), see examples and redaction rules.

Resources

• Notion API Introduction — authentication, versioning, pagination
• Notion Status Page — real-time platform health
• Notion Error Codes — full error code reference
• Integration Setup Guide — creating and configuring integrations
• Rate Limits — 3 req/sec limit details

Next Steps

For rate limit issues, see notion-rate-limits. For page sharing and permission problems, see notion-enterprise-rbac.