A developer building a multi-tenant assistant platform reports encountering Graph API Error 100 subcode 33 when attempting to access partner-shared client WhatsApp Business Accounts (WABAs) via...

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    "summary": "A developer building a multi-tenant assistant platform reports encountering Graph API Error 100 subcode 33 when attempting to access partner-shared client WhatsApp Business Accounts (WABAs) via Meta's WhatsApp Cloud API.",
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      "[post] WhatsApp Cloud API: Error 100, subcode 33 when accessing a partner-shared WABA",
      "[post] When I query the client's WABA using the same token, both the WABA lookup and the phone-number listing return Graph API error 100, subcode 33: \"Unsupported get request. Object does not exist, cannot be loaded due to missing permissions, or does not support this operation.\""
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    "post_text": "Hi everyone! I'm building a multi-tenant WhatsApp assistant platform using Meta's WhatsApp Cloud API, n8n, and PostgreSQL. My goal is to manage multiple clients through one provider-owned app and a shared webhook endpoint.\n\nMy app works perfectly with my own WABA, but I cannot access a client's WABA, even though it has been shared with my business portfolio.\n\nMy setup:\n\nMy Meta app is owned by my business portfolio.\n\nThe client's WABA belongs to their own business portfolio.\n\nThe client shared their WABA with my portfolio as a partner, granting full control.\n\nI assigned the client's WABA to my System User with full control.\n\nMy System User also has access to my app.\n\nThe app has the required permissions: business_management, whatsapp_business_management, and whatsapp_business_messaging.\n\nWhat works:\n\nMy System User token successfully retrieves the phone numbers from my own WABA.\n\nWhat fails:\n\nWhen I query the client's WABA using the same token, both the WABA lookup and the phone-number listing return Graph API error 100, subcode 33:\n\n\"Unsupported get request. Object does not exist, cannot be loaded due to missing permissions, or does not support this operation.\"\n\nI generated a new System User token with the same permissions after assigning the client's WABA, but the error persists.\n\nI also confirmed that:\n\nThe client's WABA appears in my System User's assigned assets with full...",
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