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iitc-project / ingress-intel-total-conversion

ingress.com/intel total conversion user script with some new features. Should allow easier extension of the intel map.

http://iitc.jonatkins.com/

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Sync problems in Firefox or Chrome and third party cookies #1269

Closed Eccenux closed 6 years ago

Eccenux commented 6 years ago

So this is only for reference as I actually just solved this. Sometimes sync might not work for you in one browser but will work for others.

The problem

You might get one of two errors in "Sync" window:

"Authorization error: localStorage is not available in the current environment."
"Authorization error: idpiframe_initialization_failed"

If you are not getting any errors but sync is still not working then do this:

Open "Sync" window.
Open developer tools (CTRL+SHITF+I should work).
Paste in the console this command (and press enter): window.plugin.sync.authorizer.authorize()

If authorization is working you should get PM: Authorized. Otherwise you should see some error message.

The solution

Turns out this is a cookie problem (contrary to the messages).

Firefox

Go to Preferences -> Privacy (or url: about:preferences#privacy).
In Cookies you should see "Accept cookies and site data from websites (recommended)" option.
Change "Accept third-party cookies and site data" sub-option to "Always".

Chrome

See this answer on stackoverflow.

fkloft commented 6 years ago

Was also a problem with allowed origins due to Intel URL change. Fixed.