Local development: cannot get past initial login screen

[dangzan]

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I am following the "Getting Started" instructions in the root README. After running yarn workspace proton-mail start and navigating to localhost:8080 in my browser, I am met with a prompt for username and password. When I enter one, a Human Verification modal opens that again prompts me for a username and password. When I attempt to submit one, nothing happens. There are no other inputs, links, or options on either of the aforementioned pages/components. I have found other issues here about dealing with captchas, but none about local dev app being inaccessible due to login prompt.

• Is there a particular username and password I am supposed to supply?
• Are there any other instructions for running the app locally that are not referenced in the project root's README?
• Am I supposed to be seeing username and password prompts on the Human Verification screen?

I am using node v18.17.1 and yarn v3.6.2. Thank you for any help you can provide.

[jonhermansen]

Hey @dangzan, not sure if this is helpful for you anymore, but I'm able to test changes locally with the following workaround:

yarn workspace proton-account start
# Browse to http://127.0.0.1:8080 in Firefox and log in, wait until you reach Dashboard screen
# Press Ctrl+C in terminal to kill old webpack process, we'll start a new one now
yarn workspace proton-mail start

After the webpack compilation step, your open browser tab should automatically refresh and should redirect you to your e-mail inbox. At least I've tested this with username/password login, not sure if it will work with 2FA, results may vary.

[razzius]

@jonhermansen on the current latest main branch, even when I use your workaround, I'm still blocked by the captcha not loading.

After I enter my login information on localhost, first it requests a URL like

http://localhost:8080/api/core/v4/captcha?Token=&ForceWebMessaging=1

That responds with an html page with a script embedded, that constructs a url in javascript:

    var url = "\/captcha\/v1\/assets\/?purpose=login";
    // ...

Then it attempts to load that URL http://localhost:8080/captcha/v1/assets/?purpose=login into an iframe, however that URL just loads the app again in what looks like a single-page application catch-all 404 handler sort of route. This loads the login page again, so I'm stuck in a loop:

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Has anybody got a local login working lately?