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 Cognos report throws error for a single user : 'Bad Request - Invalid Verb'

Madhu Lodugu's profile image
Madhu Lodugu posted Wed May 20, 2026 08:57 AM

A new report in Cognos is throwing this error for a specific user. I am not facing this and also checked with a couple of other users who could run the same report successfully. Please check the attachment to see the error (HTTP Error 400. The request verb is invalid). Please suggest what can  be done to resolve this.

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Best Regards,
Abbas Alnamar's profile image
Abbas Alnamar IBM Champion

Hello Madhu,

Please try having the user clear their browser cache and cookies entirely, or test running the report using an Incognito/Private window, as HTTP 400 errors are typically caused by corrupted session data or oversized browser headers rather than a permission issue. If the error still occurs in Incognito, please check if they can run other HTML reports successfully, and try copying this specific report into their "My Content" folder to see if they can execute it from there. This will help us isolate whether the root cause is a localized browser glitch or a profile-specific issue.

Thank you,

Abbas