[Pidgin] #9537: case sensitive chat room name code 404

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#9537: case sensitive chat room name code 404
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 Reporter:  elvaen                   |        Owner:  deryni      
     Type:  defect                   |       Status:  pending     
Milestone:                           |    Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.5.7                    |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  muc chat case sensitive  |  
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Changes (by elvaen):

  * status:  pending => new


Old description:

> If two chat rooms exist on the jabber server with the same name but
> different case sensitivity (all lower and all upper) and you join the all
> upper room you'll join the "all lower" room but receive "Code 404"
> message delivery failure when trying to send messages.
>
> Pidgin seems to fail to distinguish case sensitivity at some point.
>
> The steps to reproduce this are a little convoluted and difficult to do
> because creating the all caps room is tricky.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1) Using Openfire 3.6.3 as our XMPP server...
> 2) Create a persistent chat room called "room"
> 3) Using an older version of pidgin (2.5.2 confirmed, for example)
> join/create the room "ROOM". (The latest version of pidgin won't allow me
> to create a duplicate room anymore.)
> 4) Using the latest version of pidgin (2.5.7) join the chat room "ROOM"
> 5) You'll be viewing the contents of "room" but when you attempt to send
> messages the server throws back a "Code 404" error.
>
> If you instead join "room" then there won't be any problems, despite the
> fact that both rooms exist on the server.
>
> Note: Openfire 3.6.3 does not allow you to create two rooms with the same
> name differentiated only by case via the server admin interface. However,
> it does accept those rooms if they are created via the XMPP client
> (pidgin 2.5.2, for example)
>
> This bug is pretty minor considering how hard it is to create the events
> that introduce it -- but it was hard to track down and documenting it
> here seems like it might help someone.

New description:

 If two chat rooms exist on the jabber server with the same name but
 different case sensitivity (all lower and all upper) and you join the all
 upper room you'll join the "all lower" room but receive "Code 406" message
 delivery failure when trying to send messages.

 Pidgin seems to fail to distinguish case sensitivity at some point.

 The steps to reproduce this are a little convoluted and difficult to do
 because creating the all caps room is tricky.

 Steps to reproduce:
 1) Using Openfire 3.6.3 as our XMPP server...
 2) Create a persistent chat room called "room"
 3) Using an older version of pidgin (2.5.2 confirmed, for example)
 join/create the room "ROOM". (The latest version of pidgin won't allow me
 to create a duplicate room anymore.)
 4) Using the latest version of pidgin (2.5.7) join the chat room "ROOM"
 5) You'll be viewing the contents of "room" but when you attempt to send
 messages the server throws back a "Code 404" error.

 If you instead join "room" then there won't be any problems, despite the
 fact that both rooms exist on the server.

 Note: Openfire 3.6.3 does not allow you to create two rooms with the same
 name differentiated only by case via the server admin interface. However,
 it does accept those rooms if they are created via the XMPP client (pidgin
 2.5.2, for example)

 This bug is pretty minor considering how hard it is to create the events
 that introduce it -- but it was hard to track down and documenting it here
 seems like it might help someone.

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Comment:

 fixing typo... code should read 406, not 404. Also working on getting a
 debug log.

 I have the log for our main room, but I'm trying to reproduce the problem
 in a test room and having difficulty doing so.

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