Custom network with HTTP Basic Auth didn't work

[zulhfreelancer]

My private chain node RPC URL is something like this:

"http://username:[email protected]"

It's running on port 80 but with HTTP Basic Auth. When I try to add it to MetaMask, I got the screenshot above.

Expected behavior
Able to connect without any problem.

Screenshots
See above.

Browser details (please complete the following information):

• OS: Mac OS 10.12.6
• Browser: Firefox 69.0.1 (64-bit)
• MetaMask: v7.2.2

I think this is a bug. If I'm wrong, please share to me the right way to connect to a node with HTTP Basic Auth like this. Thanks.

[0xTimepunk]

Bump to this. Happening the same to me.

This issue only happens in Firefox. Chrome and Brave work fine.

Editing the headers of a request of Metamask in about:debugging to http://username:[email protected]

Allows the request to proceed (currently the requests go as http://the.node.ip.address, even if you set them as http://username:[email protected] in metamask)

@bdresser

[tmashuang]

related to #9791, also fixed by headers.