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Retroachivements login errors

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Description

First and foremost consider this:

  • Only RetroArch bugs should be filed here. Not core bugs or game bugs
  • This is not a forum or a help section, this is strictly developer oriented

Description

Running games, retroachivements throws errors saying login error, yet login is correct

Expected behavior

Retroachivements works and logs in correctly

Actual behavior

It does not log in and errors out

Steps to reproduce the bug
  1. Input log in information with user and pass
  2. Boot a game that supports achivements
  3. recive log in error
Bisect Results

recent updates? retroachivement forums seems to suggest its a reletivly sporatic issue with many having same problem, but others do not

Version/Commit

You can find this information under Information/System Information

  • RetroArch: 1.8.5 nightly
Environment information
  • OS: windows 10
  • Compiler: [In case you are running local builds]

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No source files or tests are identified. Start by reproducing the login failure with RetroArch 1.8.5 nightly on Windows 10 and inspect the available RetroAchievements login errors or logs; done means identifying a reproducible cause and confirming that supported accounts log in successfully.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
authentication
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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