Issues related to login (and signup)

[Didayolo]

We summarize here the issues related to login (and signup).

1. Other login options

We should have the following login option:

• email login with email added #822
• username
• Google authentification (for signup and login)

2. Password recovery and change

We need to add new features (#706):

• a password recovery option
• a password change option

Fixed by #804

3. Problem with special characters

• This (Server error during sign up with special character in the username #756) is fixed by Validate usernames #778. We prevent using special characters in usernames.

4. Chahub buttons not working

• This (Chahub link not working #781) is fixed by Remove chahub button from the GUI #782. We just removed the buttons for now.

5. Confusing login error

The problem is that, when an account is not active (i.e. email not confirmed), the user receives this confusing error message when trying to login:

While the error message should be something like "Please confirm your email [...]".

Last detail, the sentence "Note that both fields may be case sensitive" is unclear. If username is case sensitive, then we should write "Note that both fields are case sensitive".

6. Confirmation email not received

It seems that some users does not receive the confirmation email. We need to understand why.

7. Do not delete user account when confirmation fails

• activation link changes #779

8. Prevent long usernames

• We need a character limit (e.g. 30 chars) in username field

Done by #819

9. No terms of service

• No terms and conditions to accept during signup #762

We can simply point to this page: https://github.com/codalab/codalab-competitions/wiki/Privacy with a required box field.

Done by #791.

[Didayolo]

I could not log into my active account, and it worked again after:

docker-compose down
docker-compose up -d

This seems to be a seperate problem, and we still don't know what caused this issue.

[dtuantran]

We found this error in django :

django_1          | Internal Server Error: /accounts/signup
django_1          | Traceback (most recent call last):
django_1          |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 34, in inner
django_1          |     response = get_response(request)
django_1          |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 115, in _get_response
django_1          |     response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request)
django_1          |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 113, in _get_response
django_1          |     response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
django_1          |   File "/app/src/apps/profiles/views.py", line 120, in sign_up
django_1          |     activateEmail(request, user, form.cleaned_data.get('email'))
django_1          |   File "/app/src/apps/profiles/views.py", line 98, in activateEmail
django_1          |     if email.send():
django_1          |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/mail/message.py", line 306, in send
django_1          |     return self.get_connection(fail_silently).send_messages([self])
django_1          |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/mail/backends/smtp.py", line 103, in send_messages
django_1          |     new_conn_created = self.open()
django_1          |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/mail/backends/smtp.py", line 63, in open
django_1          |     self.connection = self.connection_class(self.host, self.port, **connection_params)
django_1          |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/smtplib.py", line 253, in __init__
django_1          |     (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
django_1          |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/smtplib.py", line 339, in connect
django_1          |     self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
django_1          |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/smtplib.py", line 308, in _get_socket
django_1          |     return socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout,
django_1          |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/socket.py", line 787, in create_connection
django_1          |     for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
django_1          |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/socket.py", line 918, in getaddrinfo
django_1          |     for res in _socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, family, type, proto, flags):
django_1          | socket.gaierror: [Errno -3] Temporary failure in name resolution

[Didayolo]

Related issue:

• New user sign in after verification results in Server Error 500 #773

[Didayolo]

Account deletion if bug??

codabench/src/apps/profiles/views.py

Line 82 in 4a6ca5c

user.delete()

Fixed by #779

[Didayolo]

If you have problem with signup/login please report here:

• The username
• The email address
• The password (if possible)
• The symptoms (red message, no email received, etc.)