I confirmed things are working again in my app. Thank you Ryan! Chris
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 5:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Sync-dev mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/sync-dev > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Sync-dev digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Sync login suddenly not working (Ryan Kelly) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 12:12:40 +1000 > From: Ryan Kelly <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Sync login suddenly not working > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > >> I wrote a web app some time ago that interfaces with the Mozilla Sync > >> 1.5 API, to retrieve my Sync bookmarks on platforms that aren't > >> supported by Firefox (e.g. iOS). It's worked perfectly fine up until > >> about a week ago. Suddenly when I try to log into my app with my Sync > >> credentials, I get this JSON response back from Mozilla: > >> > >> {"code":400,"errno":125,"error":"Bad Request","message":"Unknown > >> account","info":" > https://github.com/mozilla/fxa-auth-server/blob/master/docs/api.md#response-format > ","email":"<my > >> email addr>"} > >> > > the short > > story is: for operational security reasons we have added some temporary > > rules designed to prevent non-web clients from accessing the login API. > > > > These rules have been successful in preventing a lot of fraudulent > > traffic; unfortunately they've also blocked some legitimate uses such as > > yours. We're evaluating the current approach and working hard on next > > steps, which I'm hopeful will allow us to lift the current restrictions > > soon. > > > Just to close the loop here - the restrictions on logging in from non > web clients have been lifted, and apps such as the above should be > working again. If we find we need to impose similar restrictions in > future, we'll do it with a much clearer error message rather than the > confusing "Unknown account" message. > > > Cheers, > > Ryan > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Sync-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/sync-dev > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Sync-dev Digest, Vol 34, Issue 4 > *************************************** > -- Just contemplate Just think it through Just close your eyes... - The Ocean Blue, *Fast Forward Reverse*
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