Flat protocol broken?

[fub]

I've just discovered that I can't get any challenges anymore in my LJ client. I get an error response saying that I did not specify a mode. But until ten minutes ago, everything was working fine...

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[pauamma]

No answer for you (I may codedive tomorrow if I have the time), but it's not just you - I had 2 other entries asking the same in the moderation queue, and I steered them toward commenting on yours instead to avoid splitting info.

ETA: timing makes it very likely it's related to the latest LJ code release.

[azurelunatic]

There's discussion about there having been problems with clients around the time of the release.

It may or may not still be going on.

Release notes here: http://community.livejournal.com/lj_releases/55347.html

[pauamma]

Yeah - I just read that, and I saw no mention except for a general brokenness report (asked them to compare their symptoms to this, just to make sure).

[pauamma]

Still going on, per http://community.livejournal.com/lj_dev/827531.html?thread=8954763#t8954763.

[agent_mimi]

When I try to auto login, I get an error box that says "Client error: No mode specified". Several people have mentioned the same thing today in comments to this old post:

http://community.livejournal.com/lj_dev/388904.html

[pauamma]

Still happening now? (Just in case this was turbulence while the release was happening.)

[allah_sulu]

Still happening. Client error: no mode specified.

[pauamma]

Thanks.

[raven_ap_morgan]

MultiLJ is working, and it uses the flat protocol. I noticed in the Telnet session that the mode was not the first variable in the list - I always issue mode first, so I wonder if that has something to do with it. Also, getchallenge uses no additional variables - ver is not required in that call.

Just some thoughts...

[allah_sulu]

I tried putting the mode in a different place in the list, and it didn't help.

[pauamma]

Can you try removing ver= (if it is present in your code) to see if it changes things?

[allah_sulu]

It's not in my code.

[crustycurmudgeo]

This showed up earlier with DeepestSender.

I deleted all my livejournal cookies then relogged in and all was fine.

[allah_sulu]

I just deleted my entire cache, cookies and all, and it's still not working for me.

[fub]

When I tried it this morning (4.5 hours ago) it was working for my client...
You can try it out with a telnet client -- send the request as above, and see what you get back. If you get the error (again), it's not in your/the code and it's (still) broken (again) at the LJ end.

[arethinn]

I've seen people complaining that this "broke Semagic" but I was able to log in and post OK just now without changing anything.

[pauamma]

Thanks for the report. Might have been fixed meanwhile - http://community.livejournal.com/changelog/8248335.html.