Bug#1054919: kaccounts-providers: google authentication hang after username entry

[Alexis Murzeau <amubtdx@gmail.com>]

On 09/11/2023 03:04, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I received a report from sney (in #debian-qt-kde on OFTC) that a
> workaround is no longer necessary in either kaccounts-providers or
> signon-ui.
>
> Thus it sounds like this was a case #1 problem
> (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1054919#24)
>
>      1. Google refuses to talk to Qt webkit/QtWebEngine that identifies
>      itself accurately.
>
> and it appears that they've reverted the action that broke everyone's
> access to their Google accounts.  This is the most correct solution and
> the best possible outcome.
>
> Alexis and Peter, would you please confirm that the workaround is no
> longer necessary?  And please leave the bug open even if Google accounts
> are working again, because the frequency of this breakage has been
> mounting.

Yes it works again now (with the workaround removed).
I can login into my google account.

I found where I got this workaround, this is what has done dabiswas112
in a fedora COPR in hazel-bunny/ports:
https://github.com/hazel-bunny/rpm-packaging/blob/master/lib/signon/signon-ui/fake-user-agent.patch

This COPR was suggested here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2230099.


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