Fresh desktop install cannot connect to any servers

[codevski]

Description

So I have a docker selfhosted instance which works fine in the browser but when I try to setup desktop app I cannot seem to get it to connect. I have also tried connecting to official (saw someone say to test it regarding another issue someone was having and I still cannot connect.

Vikunja Version

"v0.23.0"

Browser and version

Desktop: Both Flatpak and AUR bin 0.23.0-1

Can you reproduce the bug on the Vikunja demo site?

No

Screenshots

[kolaente]

Can you check what the API response is when you set the url? (CTRL+Shift+I and then "network")

[Protarios]

Here a Screenshot from my desktop app. I experience the same issue.
(Replaced the domain name with ---- after the request of couse)

It worked perfect until the update where backend and frontend were moved into one docker container.
Frontend works well in Firefox aswell as android app.

[kolaente]

Did you enable cors?

[Protarios]

Let me check. It stopped working, when I updated from the seperate frontend/backend containers to the new integrated one.

[kolaente]

As mentioned in the release notes, the cors settings were changed in that release.

[Protarios]

I am playing around with cors and port settings a bit, maybe the issue lies there.

This is the exact step in the code where it stops.

[kolaente]

The network error from the screenshot you sent before said "CORS Error". That's a pretty strong indication that you didn't enable CORS. Does it work if you enable it?

[Protarios]

No, but I think the issue may lie within reverse proxy and ports settings.
Only strange that Vikunja App connects without any issue.

[kolaente]

In the dev tools, what's the value of the access-control-allow-origin header in the response of the request to /info?

[Protarios]

[cerealconyogurt]

Hey! I have the same issue. I have a self-hosted instance running and working fine in the browser but when I try to setup desktop app I cannot seem to get it to connect. I tried my instance and the official one with both having same access problem.

[kolaente]

@cerealconyogurt What do you see in the dev tools? (ctrl + shift + I)

[brunotenisi]

I have the same issue. I have a self-hosted instance running and working fine in the browser and in the android app, but when I try to setup desktop app I cannot seem to get it to connect. I tried my instance (flatpak and .RPM) and the official one with both having same access problem.
In the dev tools, there is this error message:

I tried to create the file in the server folder where the Vinkunja container is installed, but I was unsuccessful in activating this cors.

cors:
enable: true
origins:
- "*"

I put it this way, as suggested in the documentation, am I doing something wrong?

[brunotenisi]

I tried to move the config.yml to /etc/vikunja in the server, but without success

[kolaente]

@brunotenisi Does it work if you set VIKUNJA_CORS_ENABLE? The default value for origins is *.

[brunotenisi]

@brunotenisi Does it work if you set VIKUNJA_CORS_ENABLE? The default value for origins is *.

Hello @kolaente, thank you for reply. I found the answer in a post in the vikunja community, here.

The fix was to add VIKUNJA_CORS_ENABLE: true to the docker compose environment.

After this, had to take the dockers down, and put them up again.