[Users] Oauth2 Gmail not working

[David Fletcher]

On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:55:13 -0800, sgeneris at comcast.net wrote:

> Outh2 GMail stopped working today.
>
> Instead of sending a code to my phone
> it says Claws is being tested and refers me
> to the developer.
>
> Pls advise.

More information that it "stopped working" is needed. What were you
trying to do at the time? Has it worked in the past or never worked?
It's working fine for Gmail here.

Claws is a desktop email client. The Oauth2 setup does not send a code to
your phone. If you're trying to set up a desktop by doing some part of
the Oauth2 authorisation process on your phone it will never work as the
authorisation process will never be able to register its authorisation
response on your computer.

The message about Claws being tested suggests you have the Client ID
registration with Google set up wrong so it has expired. See the FAQ
about how to do this, including a warning about being signed into the
wrong google account if you have more than one:
https://claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Oauth2#Setting_up_OAuth_2.0_for_Gmail

Is the status of your ClientID registration set as "Publishing status
(of project): 'In Production'"? The FAQ explains what happens if this
is set to 'testing' - maybe this is the problem? This can lead to
"each authorization code will only last for seven days" as mentioned
in the FAQ.

Regards, David.