the requested resource does not exist

Salesforce Platform REST API · GET /services/data/{version}/sobjects/{object}/describe · HTTP 404 NOT_FOUND

Status: ✅ verified:server:sandbox · first seen 2026-10-24 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 253 confirmations from 2 vantages

describe on an object the org does not have returns HTTP 404 NOT_FOUND "The requested resource does not exist".

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:unknown-sobject-describe (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}/sobjects/{object}/describe"},"error":{"status":404,"body_excerpt":"the requested resource does not exist"}}'

YAML: facts/salesforce/unknown-sobject-describe-404.yaml

Data: CC BY 4.0 · apifacts registry · This page is generated; edit the YAML, not the page.