1699099 - Matrix Homeserver discovery

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Chat Core :: Matrix, enhancement)

Description

[Martin Giger [:freaktechnik]]

We currently don't properly handle finding the homeserver when creating a Matrix account.
We should use the split nick feature to have the user enter their username and "nice"
homeserver name and then run SRV and .well-known lookups for the real homeserver.

This might also give us a chance to change the account name in Thunderbird to match the actual mxid. Further this would make the "userId" preference we currently have obsolete, if we make the mxid a fixed part of the account identity.

Comment 1

[Martin Giger [:freaktechnik]]

The react SDK uses the data returned from login to get the correct URLs: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/blob/72fab80bb915df54f464922bbabaf9d9a7aa4b82/src/Login.ts

Comment 2

[Martin Giger [:freaktechnik]]

Attachment: Bug 1699099 - Support a prefix to the chat account name and split account when pasting a full identifier. r=clokep

Comment 3

[Martin Giger [:freaktechnik]]

Attachment: Bug 1699099 - Matrix Homeserver URL discovery. r=clokep

Depends on D118045

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/4fbcd5401089
Support a prefix to the chat account name and split account when pasting a full identifier. r=clokep
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/3699db8e0acd
Matrix Homeserver URL discovery. r=clokep

Comment 5

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

X3 failures from this? https://treeherder.mozilla.org/jobs?repo=comm-central&selectedTaskRun=QXmBtBRQTYS4DeB99qdoqQ.0

Comment 6

[Martin Giger [:freaktechnik]]

(In reply to Magnus Melin [:mkmelin] from comment #5)

X3 failures from this? https://treeherder.mozilla.org/jobs?repo=comm-central&selectedTaskRun=QXmBtBRQTYS4DeB99qdoqQ.0

Yeah most likely, the first patch in the stack changed irc stuff.

Comment 7

[Martin Giger [:freaktechnik]]

Attachment: Bug 1699099 - Follow up to fix IRC tests. r=clokep

Comment 8

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

(Will clear up the tree a bit.)

Comment 9

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/b133bbf5ffcd
Follow up to fix IRC tests. r=mkmelin