2044667 - Comcast/Xfinity OAuth doesn't accept localhost ports

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, defect)

Description

[Justin Tracey [:jtracey]]

While attempting to use the external browser flow for logging into a Comcast email account, we get a plain text page that says error="redirect_uri_mismatch", error_description="Invalid redirect". Deleting the port number from the redirect URI makes this disappear.

We either need Comcast to fix this, a way to fix it ourselves in the provider configuration, or a way to opt out of the external browser flow (currently it's just based on whether the redirect target is the default http://localhost, which it is).

Comment 1

[Roland Tanglao :rolandtb :adobo :sinigang :mapotofu previous tour of duty profile: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?login=rtanglao%40mozilla.com]

• I've created a github issue to document this in SUMO if required: EDIT: OAuth article: Comcast/Xfinity OAuth doesn't accept localhost ports #221

Comment 2

[Justin Tracey [:jtracey]]

To update on this:

a way to opt out of the external browser flow (currently it's just based on whether the redirect target is the default http://localhost, which it is).

This was added in bug 2044753, so login still works. The specific issue has been fixed by Comcast, though we're still waiting for an inconsistency in scopes to be resolved on their end before we turn the external browser flow on.