select id from nosuchobject__c ^ error at row:#:column:## sobject type 'nosuchobject__c' is not supported. if you are attempting to use a custom object, be sure to append the '__c' after the entity name. please reference your wsdl or the describe call for the appropriate names.

Salesforce Platform REST API · GET /services/data/{version}/query · HTTP 400 INVALID_TYPE

Status: ✅ verified:server:sandbox · first seen 2026-10-24 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 44 confirmations from 2 vantages

A SOQL query on an object the org does not have returns HTTP 400 INVALID_TYPE ("sObject type '<object>' is not supported").

What to do

  1. No client-side fix known (by design).

Dimensions

env: sandbox · plan: any · region: any · account_state: developer_edition

Evidence

Probe af:salesforce:probe:soql-unknown-object (declarative, source)

Observations: none from reporters yet.

Machine access

curl -s https://apifacts.dev/v0/check \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"target":{"method":"GET","url":"https://login.salesforce.com/services/data/{version}/query"},"error":{"status":400,"body_excerpt":"select id from nosuchobject__c ^ error at row:#:column:## sobject type '\''nosuchobject__c'\'' is not supported. if you are attempting to use a custom object, be sure to append the '\''__c'\'' after the entity name. please reference your wsdl or the describe call for the appropriate names."}}'

YAML: facts/salesforce/soql-unknown-object-invalid-type.yaml

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