Integrations asks app-specific password but only accepts the account password.

[Wolk9]

The problem

The dialog asks for an app specific password, but in reality it only accepts the password from your iCloud account. Either the authentication should be rewritten, or the UI should ask for the right thing.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.8.2

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

iCloud

Link to integration documentation on our website

No response

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Additional information

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[gilperme]

I can confirm that behavior described by OP is the same for me.

Here's my setup:

Core 2024.8.2 Supervisor 2024.08.0 Operating System 13.1 Frontend 20240809.0

[oceanice]

I have the same problem. If I try to set this up with an app specific password then my IOS device does not pop up the screens for generating the pin code, so you are unable to complete the registration in the HA integration GUI. If I use the account password, then I do get the pop up on the IOS device and can obtain the code to enter into the integration GUI.

Here's my setup

Core 2024.8.2 Supervisor 2024.08.0 Operating System 13.1 Frontend 20240809.0

Thanks

[CarlosMunozT]

same here, i can't login in integration

[Mowgly1977]

Stesso problema per me, inoltre mi continuano ad arrivare sui dispositivi richieste di configurazione tramite accesso.

[markus99]

Same issue here. Asks for app specific password, have to enter account pw.

[jayjay3108]

same problem here

[denis1994]

Same here and I receive periodically emails that my apple id is used to login by a browser which is annoying. And a security risk because a real email from another login which is not from the integration can be overlooked.

[svalcken]

Today I got the messages again about the regularly appearing 2-factor authorization. The app password is accepted, but the 2-factor authorization from icloud does not appear. The account password was accepted, but the 2-factor authorization was not accepted. After restarting, the integration it works again. It's getting annoying. Can this please be solved properly? Unfortunately, I'm not the only one. But I can't help with the development either, because I don't know enough about the authorization process. I've already deleted the icloud folder under .storage and that doesn't help with the actual solution, it just makes it work again as a workaround. Thank you very much.

Additional my home Assistant is the 2024.9.1

[Juanpermon]

App password is not accepted. Already tried deleting the .storage\icloud folder.

Core 2024.9.1 Supervisor 2024.08.0 Operating System 13.1 Frontend 20240906.0

[Eniste1]

same here

[Niek]

Same issue - app-specific password not accepted, regular password accepted but doesn't show any devices/entities.

[Juanpermon]

Keeps happening on HA 2024.09.1. App password not accepted.

[Niek]

What seems to work is: log in with regular password, delete the integration, add it again and log in again with app-specific password. Far from ideal though (I'm also getting spammed with security emails).

[Juanpermon]

I don't feel OK typing my Apple ID password outside Apple ecosystem :S

[Eniste1]

Core 2024.9.1 Supervisor 2024.09.1 Operating System 13.1 Frontend 20240906.0

rejoiced too soon...

Brief status report from my side:

After updating to 2024.9.1, app-based login (app-specific login) was initially possible. - So far so good

But then the spam flood of mails started again - (Your Apple ID was used to log in to iCloud via a web browser)

In addition, there were now constant 2-factor authentication queries on the iPhone directly (which of course could not be entered or confirmed anywhere in the Home Assistant).

I will unfortunately have to temporarily uninstall the iCloud integration