auth argument in /register request is not spec compliant

[timokoesters]

Element Web had the same issue: matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#4347

[aaronraimist]

Just adding a keyword for search: conduit

[timokoesters]

This should be fairly easy to fix. It only required changing a single line on Element Web.

I don't really know anything about the codebase and don't have an ios device to test with. Maybe the bug is here somewhere?: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-ios-sdk/blob/51af49ac3765a14f2294710b4952e89de19ec42c/MatrixSDK/MXRestClient.m#L402

[itsjunetime]

Possibly here in MatrixKit? I'm not very knowledgeable about this issue/spec, but that seems to be the only place that the auth parameter in a register request is empty, so simply removing it from the dictionary may do the trick.

I'd have no idea how to test this, though, so I can't say for certain if it would fix the issue.

[kragil]

Why isn't this getting fixed?

[ashton314]

👉🏼 poke

I think this is still an issue, yes?

[kragil]

Yes, it is AFAICT.

[timokoesters]

This is still a problem. It should even be easy to fix because you only have to stop sending the "auth" dict. See the linked issue on matrix-react-sdk:

In that spec version it says that auth shouldn't be auth: {} but rather not be present.

[ovidiu-ionescu]

Maybe as an interim step, display an extra friendlier message. Business people get the impression Element does not work at all on ios.