That does sound like it could be serverside. Is there any pattern to buddies that display online and offline? Like, is it those 'public' xmpp addresses (with the random numbers/hex in them) that appear as offline? Or just buddies that were added after a certain date?
Alternatively, you could try the new Hangouts plugin that I'm working on that uses the same Hangouts protocol that the mobile (and web) apps use. https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts Cheers, Eion On 12 April 2016 at 07:12, Thomas Preece <tho...@thomaspreece.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm seeing an odd problem in Pidgin where some Google Talk / Hangouts > buddies are consistently appearing offline when they are in fact online > (verified using the Hangouts app on mobile). This is happening with a new > account, but I'm not seeing it with a previously-existing account on the > same instance of Pidgin. > > Additionally, sometimes sending messages to these users produces as error > that the message fails to send, yet the contact confirms that they have > received it - annoyingly it's not reliably reproducible, so I don't have > the exact message to hand. > > I'm using Pidgin 2.10.9 (with libpurple 2.10.9) on Ubuntu 14.04 - I > realise this isn't the very latest version, but I can't see anything in the > changelog that looks relevant. > > The fact that it only happens for certain buddies on one particular > account suggests to me it's probably a server-side issue - although when I > asked on Google's help forums they helpfully told me that they don't > support third-party clients and directed me here. > > Is this something that anyone has seen before, or can someone suggest any > good next steps for troubleshooting? > > Many thanks, > Thomas Preece > > _______________________________________________ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support >
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