Bug 191436

Summary:	Kopete Yahoo plugin periodically gives erroneous "incorrect password" dialog
Product:	[Unmaintained] kopete	Reporter:	Stephan Sokolow <kde_bugzilla_2>
Component:	Yahoo Plugin	Assignee:	Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	0.70.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Stephan Sokolow 2009-05-03 08:54:58 UTC

Version:           0.70.2 (using 4.2.2 (KDE 4.2.2), Gentoo)
Compiler:          x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.25-gentoo-r7-20080501

Every so often, Kopete says "the password was wrong" for my Yahoo account despite my not having changed it and then accepts the exact same password when I retype it.

Having to pointlessly retype it is a big pain, so if the server is saying "bad password", I'd suggest retrying a few times before asking for a new one if it's an auto-reconnect rather than a manually-triggered operation. (Maybe on an exponential back-off over the following five minutes)

Comment 1 Matt Rogers 2009-07-05 06:06:31 UTC

Is this still occurring? (Assuming that you've gotten an updated package with the new yahoo login mechanism so that you can actually log in in the first place)

Comment 2 Stephan Sokolow 2009-07-05 13:59:05 UTC

Yes, I can log in, and no, I haven't seen it happen recently, but this is already a horribly intermittent problem (Once every few months), so I can't be sure it's fixed.

Comment 3 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-15 23:30:31 UTC

Hello from the KDE Bugsquad!

Unfortunately, Yahoo has discontinued the Yahoo Messenger service, and the code has been removed from Kopete.

Thus, I am closing this bug as "UNMAINTAINED" since it will no longer be fixable, or able to operate due to Yahoo.