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Error: AuthenticationController: Failed to authenticate - Unable to get nonce
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team-identity-deprecated
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Description
Sentry Issue: [METAMASK-XCMK](https://metamask.sentry.io/issues/6041972523/?referrer=github_integration)
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Error: AuthenticationController: Failed to authenticate - Unable to get nonce
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the linked Sentry issue for METAMASK-XCMK and trace the AuthenticationController path associated with the reported error. Determine the conditions that prevent a nonce from being obtained, then verify that authentication no longer reports this failure under the affected conditions.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- authentication
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100