Skype login not working -- the dreaded Magic T-Value

[Eion Robb]

Hi again,

The Hangouts 429 (rate limit exceeded) issue is a separate one again (I had
a link just a second ago to the github issue tracker, but lost it again,
sorry), and can happen if you re-authenticate too many times in an hour -
we do a lot of requests at login to build up conversation and buddy
history, which can easily push things over the limit.  You might have
inadvertently run into it when reconnecting to the Hangouts account after
installing the Skype plugin.

Cheers,
Eion


On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 11:26, Phil Smith III <phsiii at gmail.com> wrote:

> And after leaving the machine for a half hour, came back and it's logged
> in. So perhaps this was just Google burping.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Smith III [mailto:phsiii at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 6:04 PM
> To: 'Eion Robb' <eion at robbmob.com>
> Cc: 'Pidgin Support List' <support at pidgin.im>
> Subject: RE: Skype login not working -- the dreaded Magic T-Value
>
> Wait, my mistake: it's setting Alternative Login method that works. Still
> fails without that. But at least I can connect. Dumb me, changed two things
> at once, then realized later.
>
> But still getting the error 429 from Hangouts. But now I'm even more
> confused: going back to previous dll didn't help (and why would Skype DLL
> break Hangouts?). So is something ELSE borked now?!
>
> Yeah, I'm getting that same error on another machine, which I haven't
> touched. So it's not the Skype DLL (phew, that made no sense, of course).
>
> But native Hangouts works OK still, can send/receive just fine.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Smith III [mailto:phsiii at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 5:52 PM
> To: 'Eion Robb' <eion at robbmob.com>
> Cc: 'Pidgin Support List' <support at pidgin.im>
> Subject: RE: Skype login not working -- the dreaded Magic T-Value
>
> Hmm. Well, if this means the one in a .zip file, dated 8:47PM tonight,
> then the good news is, it seems to fix Skype. The bad news is, it breaks
> Hangouts.
>
> Error seems to be:
> Connection error on 054584E0 (reason: 0 description: Invalid HTTP response
> code (429))
>
> Full debug log attached.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Support [mailto:support-bounces at pidgin.im] On Behalf Of Eion Robb
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 5:39 PM
> To: Phil Smith III <phs3 at akphs.com>
> Cc: Pidgin Support List <support at pidgin.im>
> Subject: Re: Skype login not working -- the dreaded Magic T-Value
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> The issue to follow for this is
> https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/issues/656
> There's a dll with a fix buried near the bottom of the comments, but the
> gist is that using the 'Use alternative login method' setting is always
> preferred, since it's less unreliable (although not everyone has been able
> to use it because of an 'profile accrual required' error message -
> something to do with not having a skype+microsoft merged account)
>
> Just waiting to get more feedback on that fix before I push out a 1.7 of
> the plugin later tonight
>
> Cheers,
> Eion
>
>
>
> On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 08:52, Phil Smith III <phs3 at akphs.com> wrote:
>
> > This has happened before, but following the flowchart always fixed it.
> > I've done that, logged in on the web using Private Browsing, etc. I'm not
> > using two-step auth. No change. Nothing fancy in password: it's ten
> > characters, but all alphanumeric. I installed the latest DLL; no change.
> >
> >
> >
> > I've attached a debug log, as Word so as to preserve the colors etc.; can
> > resend as .txt if that's too Evil.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > --
> >
> > ...phsiii
> >
> >
> >
> > P.S. I'm finally resubscribed! Took a few tries - the confirmations
> > weren't showing up for some reason. Including in gmail.
> >
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