The problem disappeared automatically yesterday without any system upgrade.
Probably something was changes by Google on how they allow to download the contact list and now they have fixed it. Therefore I'm setting the status to invalid. ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/830872 Title: All contacts relative to Google Accounts have disappeared from Empathy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/830872/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs