thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Allow manually triggering re-authorization when using OAuth2
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type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
- Stars
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Description
This could be useful if the token is still valid and allows the app to log in, but then the mail server refuses to do anything.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing the OAuth2 reauthorization flow and the linked forum report, then define the user-visible behavior for manually reauthorizing when a token is valid but the mail server rejects commands.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- kotlin
- Domain
- authentication, mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100