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[Bug 1029289] Re: Need to authorize my google account each time I boot the computer

 

U-o-a on trusty refuses to accept the password to my Google Apps
account, and leaving it enabled in u-o-a causes Google to disallow my
Android phone from sync'ing.

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Title:
  Need to authorize my google account each time I boot the computer

Status in Online Accounts: Account plugins:
  In Progress
Status in Online Accounts: OAuth2 plug-in:
  Unknown
Status in Online Accounts: Sign-on UI:
  Fix Released
Status in “account-plugins” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “evolution-data-server” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “signon-plugin-oauth2” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “account-plugins” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in “signon-plugin-oauth2” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in “account-plugins” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in “evolution-data-server” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in “signon-plugin-oauth2” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact] Google calendar integration is broken, and users are
  requested to re-enter their Google password everytime they log in, or
  everytime they enable/disable their Google account from the System
  Settings.

  [Test Case] Disable/re-enable your Google account. When affected by
  this bug, a notification will appear and you'll be asked to enter your
  Google password in the Online Accounts panel in System Settings.

  [Regression Potential] Minimal: the fix is a backport of a patch from
  the evolution-data-server code which is already in 14.10, and which
  only touches the calendar code (which is currently broken).


  Old description
  ===============

  [Test Case] Sometimes after one day, sometimes after one week, the
  system indicator will turn red and the Google account will be marked
  as needing reauthentication. Time can vary, but any period shorter
  than one month is a symptom of the bug.

  [Regression Potential] Minimal: the change to the Google plugin (in
  account-plugins) simply changes the authentication method, in a way
  that is well-documented. The change in signon-plugin-oauth2 affects
  only those accounts/providers which use the OAuth refresh tokens --
  which is only Google, at the moment -- and in a way that can't
  possibly break any existing functionality; if the new code had some
  mistake, the refresh token would be unusable and the system would
  automatically fall back to requesting a new access token (which is
  exactly what happens now, with this bug).

  I'll try to find why the account-plugins package was not uploaded;
  indeed, both are required in order to fix this bug.

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