API-Only Users Are Blocked from Bridging into UI Sessions

To improve security, users with the API Only User permission can no longer bridge into UI sessions by using the frontdoor URL generated by the /services/oauth2/singleaccess endpoint, also known as UI Bridge API. This change can break integrations that unintentionally grant UI access to API-only users.

Where: This change applies to Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) in all editions.

How: If you call the /services/oauth2/singleaccess endpoint with an access token that was issued to an API-only user, the call fails with a Bad_OAuth_Token error.

To allow these users to bridge into UI sessions via frontdoor URLs, remove the API Only User permission.