rclone version v1.56.0 (or at least, a beta release of that version) is required to fix rclone to adapt to a recent change in the Google Drive API. Older versions, such as the currently packaged 1.50.2-2 on focal, fail with the following error on some files:
ERROR : ...filename...: Failed to copy: failed to open source object: open file failed: googleapi: Error 403: Only files with binary content can be downloaded. Use Export with Docs Editors files., fileNotDownloadable
rclone version v1.56.0 (or at least, a beta release of that version) is required to fix rclone to adapt to a recent change in the Google Drive API. Older versions, such as the currently packaged 1.50.2-2 on focal, fail with the following error on some files:
ERROR : ...filename...: Failed to copy: failed to open source object: open file failed: googleapi: Error 403: Only files with binary content can be downloaded. Use Export with Docs Editors files., fileNotDownloadable
Reference: Upstream bug: https:/ /github. com/rclone/ rclone/ issues/ 5455