power automate desktop - attachments.count always returns 0

[CpxDev1]

I'm working on a Power Automate Desktop flow that checks the number of attachments in an email.  CurrentItem.Attachments.Count always returns zero even when there is an attachment.

Is this a bug? Has anyone run into this issue before? Is there a work-around?

[bernabasket]

Hi,

I think it might be a bug. I've tried to use the "Save Attachments" option and it works. The downside is that the files are actually saved locally but you can do some post-actions to erase them.

The other problem I stepped into was: my email had 3 real attachments but PAD has detected 7 (5 of them were signature images...).

Maybe this can help you a bit, although it seems that Microsoft still needs to improve this action.

Cheers.

[Shrav]

Hi @CpxDev1 ,
You need to select the Save Attachments option for PAD to identify & download the attachments.

If it is not selected, the %CurrentItem.Attachments% would be an empty list. As a result, the %CurrentItem.Attachments.Count% would return 0.

Thanks,
Shrav