Login doesn't work (v0.7.0)

[kb1995]

Versions

• slice-machine-ui: 0.7.0
• node: 18.12.1

This is a critical bug (I also posted it in the community forum - https://community.prismic.io/t/slice-machine-cant-push-changes-as-im-constantly-logged-out/13509/2)

My company is not in a position to upgrade to >1.0 now (I'm also not sure if this bug is caused by being on 0.7 as one of my colleagues doesn't have this issue), but for now when I tried to create a new slice and push it to the Prismic repo, I get an error that I'm not logged in even after I get a success message I'm logged in. Thus I'm stuck in an infinite cycle. What can I do to be able to push changes to Prismic.

[mdeclercq]

Hi @kb1995,

Thanks for reporting the issue. We were not able to reproduce it and have a few questions to get a better understanding.

• When did this work for the last time?
• Do you encounter the error on other repositories too?

You mentioned your colleagues don't have the issue so I suppose the configuration is fine. But I need to ask:

• Could you double-check the configuration to ensure the repository name is correct? In particular this line from the sm.json file

  "apiEndpoint": "https://<repo name>.cdn.prismic.io/api/v2"

• Could you check if you have access to the repository documents list on Prismic: https://<repo name>.prismic.io/documents/

The reason I am asking this is because SliceMachine doesn't properly handle the case where a user tries to access a repository it can't read. This can happen when the user doesn't have the permission on the repo or if the repo is misspelled. When this happens, it shows the Logged in confirmation message but never allows to push changes, just like in your screenshots.

Thanks,

[kb1995]

@mdeclercq Thanks for the reply!

1. It has never worked for me - I recently took over this repo and I just tried to publish a new change but it didn't work
2. I haven't encountered this in other repos
3. sm.json is correct
4. I do have "Writer" access to the repo

The only thing on my mind is that I need to have admin access in order to push slice machine changes. Is that the case?

[mdeclercq]

Thanks for replying @kb1995, You're right, as SliceMachine involves editing Content Types / Slices, you need to ask an Admin or Repository owner to give you the Administrator permission. You can find more information about roles on https://prismic.io/docs/guides/manage-users#user-roles.

Let us know if that solves the issue.

Fyi, the team is aware that this kind of scenario could be handled better by SliceMachine but it's not a priority to fix it right now.

[kb1995]

Thanks @mdeclercq - this fixed the issue! I'm surprised that there is not at least a warning to point me in the right direction...

[mdeclercq]

Glad to see this resolved the issue.

I'm surprised that there is not at least a warning to point me in the right direction...

We created an internal ticket to improve that.

[codermuyi]

slice-machine-ui: 10.2.3 I am experiencing the same issue but I am an Administrator and the repository owner. I haven't been able to push any models.