Requests at launch

[muuuh]

Hello,

I'm using the v2.20.2 of https://github.com/timche/gmail-desktop/releases I have disabled the menu item Settings/Auto Update and restarted the app.

I still had to block requests with LittleSnitch to

• 208.67.222.222 (seems to be openDNS)
• icanhazip.com
• ipify.org

The menu item Settings/Advanced/Debug Mode (after restart) reveals the menu item Help/View Logs. The file log.log contains the entry

[2020-11-02 10:21:47.654] [error] Error: Error: net::ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper. (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:93:6395) at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (events.js:223:5)

I haven't found these in the code https://github.com/timche/gmail-desktop.

Is there a way to disable these connections?

Thank you and best regards,

[timche]

I assume these calls are made by this line: https://github.com/timche/gmail-desktop/blob/master/src/app.ts#L249 which is making a request to https://www.whatismybrowser.com.

I understand your privacy concern and we could make this configurable.

[muuuh]

Hi, thank you for your answer. I suppose this is the correct line.

With the newest version there seem to be much more connection tries, like the ip-addresses of resolver1.opendns.com, resolver2.opendns.com, ...

Could you please make a change to make this configurable (although I don't understand why these requests are necessary at all)?

Thank you and best regards,

[timche]

It's required to fix the User Agent issue: https://github.com/timche/gmail-desktop#i-cant-sign-in-this-browser-or-app-may-not-be-secure

[timche]

Normally the call is only made when this setting is true. When the app is trying to fix the User Agent, it will automatically set it to false after it has finished. Please check your config and set it to false to disable it.

[muuuh]

Hmm, I cannot confirm this. I have the following settings: { "autoUpdate": false, "lastWindowState": { "bounds": { "x": 397, "y": 218, "width": 1096, "height": 603 }, "fullscreen": false, "maximized": false }, "compactHeader": true, "hideFooter": true, "hideSupport": true, "debugMode": false, "launchMinimized": false, "autoHideMenuBar": false, "enableTrayIcon": false, "autoFixUserAgent": false, "trustedHosts": [], "confirmExternalLinks": false, "hardwareAcceleration": true, "hideRightSidebar": true }

[timche]

I've reworked the custom user agent logic, so there's no request made to whatismybrowser.com anymore, instead it reads it from a JSON file that's shipped with the app: 24fdf5aa2d95627f2268305543c432d6ef5f06e9

Hope resolves your problem.

[muuuh]

Hi, thank you for your efforts. I'm sorry, but I cannot confirm that this changed the behavior. The client (release 2.24.0) still continuously tries to make the above connections. I have removed "~/Library/Application Support/Gmail Desktop" in attempt to try to minimize errors (mismatching config) on my side.

Perhaps it's a different function as the requests go to icanhazip.com, etc. and not to whatismybrowser.com.

I also have a problem to get an updated log file as the file "~/Library/Logs/Gmail Desktop" does not get updated (Debug Mode doesn't seem to do much currently).

Thank you and best regards,

[timche]

The only request that is being made in the app is https://mail.google.com. Can you please check if this the same requests are made when you open https://mail.google.com in your browser?

[muuuh]

I think it is https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-online

[timche]

Thanks. I'll take a look at what can be done.

[timche]

Fixed in https://github.com/timche/gmail-desktop/releases/tag/v2.24.1

[muuuh]

Thank you! It's working.