Akonadi-ews does not save password in kwallet

[z1kk0]

I try to create EWS account, and save password but it does not arrives at kwallet. Meanwhile if I delete in kwallet a root instance "akonadi-ews" it will appear again, but with no password. If I try to change created account by typing password there are no changes. I tried to remove all akonadi and kmail settings, even tried new system account - no changes. My system is openSUSE Thumbleweed, kmail (kde frameworks) 17.12. I tried to have more logs with this in console:
export QT_LOGGING_RULES="org.kde.pim.* = true"
akonadictl restart
This showed me such logs when I have changed ews account:

org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" xmlns:m=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages\" xmlns:t=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types\"><soap:Header><t:RequestServerVersion Version=\"Exchange2007_SP1\"/></soap:Header><soap:Body><m:FindFolder Traversal=\"Deep\"><m:FolderShape><t:BaseShape>IdOnly</t:BaseShape><t:AdditionalProperties><t:FieldURI FieldURI=\"folder:DisplayName\"/><t:FieldURI FieldURI=\"folder:ParentFolderId\"/></t:AdditionalProperties></m:FolderShape><m:ParentFolderIds><t:DistinguishedFolderId Id=\"msgfolderroot\"/></m:ParentFolderIds></m:FindFolder></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>\n"
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" xmlns:m=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages\" xmlns:t=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types\"><soap:Header><t:RequestServerVersion Version=\"Exchange2007_SP1\"/></soap:Header><soap:Body><m:GetFolder><m:FolderShape><t:BaseShape>IdOnly</t:BaseShape></m:FolderShape><m:FolderIds><t:DistinguishedFolderId Id=\"inbox\"/><t:DistinguishedFolderId Id=\"calendar\"/><t:DistinguishedFolderId Id=\"tasks\"/><t:DistinguishedFolderId Id=\"contacts\"/></m:FolderIds></m:GetFolder></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>\n"
org.kde.pim.ews.client.request: Starting GetFolder request ((EwsId(Distinguished: inbox), EwsId(Distinguished: calendar), EwsId(Distinguished: tasks), EwsId(Distinguished: contacts)))
org.kde.pim.ews: requestPassword: start
org.kde.pim.ews: onWalletOpenedForRead: start true
org.kde.pim.ews: onWalletOpenedForRead: got password
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: data KIO::TransferJob(0x560ed5a6dde0) ""
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: response dumped to "/tmp/akonadi-ews-XcTJ2mg/ews_xmldump_TTw8019.xml"
org.kde.pim.ews.client: Failed to process EWS request - HTTP code 401
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: data KIO::TransferJob(0x560ed5a6db60) ""
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: response dumped to "/tmp/akonadi-ews-XcTJ2mg/ews_xmldump_Cjd8019.xml"
org.kde.pim.ews.client: Failed to process EWS request - HTTP code 401
org.kde.pim.ews.client: Failed to process EWS request - HTTP code 401
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" xmlns:m=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages\" xmlns:t=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types\"><soap:Header><t:RequestServerVersion Version=\"Exchange2007_SP1\"/></soap:Header><soap:Body><m:GetFolder><m:FolderShape><t:BaseShape>IdOnly</t:BaseShape></m:FolderShape><m:FolderIds><t:DistinguishedFolderId Id=\"inbox\"/></m:FolderIds></m:GetFolder></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>\n"
org.kde.pim.ews.client.request: Starting GetFolder request ((EwsId(Distinguished: inbox)))
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: data KIO::TransferJob(0x560ed5a74bb0) "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><s:Envelope xmlns:s=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"><s:Header><h:ServerVersionInfo MajorVersion=\"15\" MinorVersion=\"1\" MajorBuildNumber=\"466\" MinorBuildNumber=\"37\" Version=\"V2016_01_06\" xmlns:h=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types\" xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"/></s:Header><s:Body xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"><m:GetFolderResponse xmlns:m=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages\" xmlns:t=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types\"><m:ResponseMessages><m:GetFolderResponseMessage ResponseClass=\"Success\"><m:ResponseCode>NoError</m:ResponseCode><m:Folders><t:Folder><t:FolderId Id=\"AQMkAGU3NDhhMDAANy1lMTk0LTQwZTEtYjQ5MS03NjA4MGE5NWE3ZjkALgAAA11CX9owgSpOh2Ly9Vqw8VIBAGMRBz9aJtNKqXbJT2coS9cAAAIBDAAAAA==\" ChangeKey=\"AQAAABYAAABjEQc/WibTSql2yU9nKEvXAACtJ2ae\"/></t:Folder></m:Folders></m:GetFolderResponseMessage></m:ResponseMessages><"
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: data KIO::TransferJob(0x560ed5a74bb0) "/m:GetFolderResponse></s:Body></s:Envelope"
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: data KIO::TransferJob(0x560ed5a74bb0) ">"
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: data KIO::TransferJob(0x560ed5a74bb0) ""
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: response dumped to "/tmp/akonadi-ews-XcTJ2mg/ews_xmldump_XFW8019.xml"
org.kde.pim.ews.client.request: Got GetFolder response (id: f3b41c, name: )
org.kde.pim.ews: requestPassword: start
org.kde.pim.ews: requestPassword: password already set
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" xmlns:m=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages\" xmlns:t=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types\"><soap:Header><t:RequestServerVersion Version=\"Exchange2007_SP1\"/></soap:Header><soap:Body><m:GetFolder><m:FolderShape><t:BaseShape>IdOnly</t:BaseShape><t:AdditionalProperties><t:FieldURI FieldURI=\"folder:DisplayName\"/><t:ExtendedFieldURI PropertySetId=\"9bf757ae-69b5-4d8a-bf1d-2dd0c0871a28\" PropertyName=\"GlobalTags\" PropertyType=\"StringArray\"/><t:ExtendedFieldURI PropertySetId=\"9bf757ae-69b5-4d8a-bf1d-2dd0c0871a28\" PropertyName=\"GlobalTagsVersion\" PropertyType=\"Integer\"/></t:AdditionalProperties></m:FolderShape><m:FolderIds><t:DistinguishedFolderId Id=\"msgfolderroot\"/><t:DistinguishedFolderId Id=\"inbox\"/></m:FolderIds></m:GetFolder></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>\n"
org.kde.pim.ews.client.request: Starting GetFolder request ((EwsId(Distinguished: msgfolderroot), EwsId(Distinguished: inbox)))
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: data KIO::TransferJob(0x560ed5a6dcc0) ""
org.kde.pim.ews.client.proto: response dumped to "/tmp/akonadi-ews-XcTJ2mg/ews_xmldump_Zbw8019.xml"
org.kde.pim.ews.client: Failed to process EWS request - HTTP code 401
ERROR "Failed to process EWS request - HTTP code 401"

[zsol]

I ran into the same and managed to work around by manually calling the dbus method Settings/org.kde.Akonadi.Ews.Wallet::setPassword on the service org.freedesktop.Akonadi.Agent.akonadi_ews_resource_0 with my password as the parameter. I could see the password being written into kdewallet and now it's prefilled when I open the settings for my exchange calendar.

[xyz32]

Hi zsol, can you provide an example for your call? I never used dbus before. Thanks.
Also since this code was merged into KDE I think all bug reporting happens on the kde bug tracker.

[erenoglu]

Hi, I faced the same issue today, Kmail-EWS was not saving password to Kwallet. I found this bug and after checing around here's the dbus command I used to enter a password (app password) for my Office365 subscription:

qdbus org.freedesktop.Akonadi.Resource.akonadi_ews_resource_6 /Settings org.kde.Akonadi.Ews.Wallet.setPassword "my_app_password"

It still didn't work but when I opened the account gui, re-entered password once more, I could see the folder list. the list started to come after a while.

Btw, you can also install kwalletmanager and add the passwword manually under the ews password folder, after creating a pass entry with name "akonadi_ews_resource_6rc" equivalent of your resource name. I didn't see any encryption on the password at least for my kwallet settings. I used classic kwallet when setting it up, with no password.

[FeepingCreature]

This also worked for me. On its own, KMail would repeatedly forget the password and hit 401s. With this, it can log in without issue.

[quazgar]

Probably fixed here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393002

Is this still the right place to talk about bugs, anyway?

[agronick]

I had the same issue. I wonder if it is because of special chars in the password.

[d-vogel]

I also experienced the issue, and could solve it thanks to this thread. I referenced it there.

[marbetschar]

Also ran into this issue. Don't if this helps, but I configured KDE in a way it should always prompt for confirmation if something tries to access kWallet.

[thodre]

So will there be a patch at all or is akonadi-ews dead?

[xyz32]

This extension has been merged into main KDE repo. This bug has been fixed in there some time ago.

[VBelozyorov]

Seems it isn't fixed.

There is screencast:
screencast.zip
GIF is too huge, so it is mp4 inside archive.

Temporary available here on filebin.net

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20200125
KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.66.0
Qt Version: 5.14.0
Kernel Version: 5.4.13-1-default
OS Type: 64-bit

KMail Version: 5.13.1 (19.12.1)

[Teetoow]

Still not fixed here...
KDE plasma: 5.17.5
KDE framework: 5.67.0
Qt: 5.13.2
OS : fedora 31

[vanheck]

Have the same issue:
OS: OpenSuse Tumbleweed 20200416
KOrganizer: 5.13.3 (19.12.3)
KDE framework: 5.69.0
KDE plasma: 5.18.4
QT: 5.14.1
Akonadi 5.13.3 (19.12.3)

org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: New notification connection (registered as Akonadi::Server::NotificationSubscriber(0x7f05fc1b48e0) )
org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Subscriber Akonadi::Server::NotificationSubscriber(0x7f05fc1b48e0) identified as "SpecialCollectionsMonitor - 93945876400032"
org.kde.pim.ews.client: Failed to process EWS request - HTTP code 401
org.kde.pim.ews: requestAuthFailed - going offline

:~> akonadictl status
Akonadi Control: running
Akonadi Server: running
Akonadi Server Search Support: available (Remote Search, Akonadi Search Plugin)
Available Agent Types: akonadi_akonotes_resource, akonadi_archivemail_agent, akonadi_birthdays_resource, akonadi_contacts_resource, akonadi_davgroupware_resource, akonadi_ews_resource, akonadi_ewsmta_resource, akonadi_followupreminder_agent, akonadi_googlecalendar_resource, akonadi_googlecontacts_resource, akonadi_ical_resource, akonadi_icaldir_resource, akonadi_imap_resource, akonadi_indexing_agent, akonadi_kalarm_dir_resource, akonadi_kalarm_resource, akonadi_knut_resource, akonadi_kolab_resource, akonadi_maildir_resource, akonadi_maildispatcher_agent, akonadi_mailfilter_agent, akonadi_mbox_resource, akonadi_migration_agent, akonadi_mixedmaildir_resource, akonadi_newmailnotifier_agent, akonadi_notes_agent, akonadi_notes_resource, akonadi_openxchange_resource, akonadi_pop3_resource, akonadi_sendlater_agent, akonadi_tomboynotes_resource, akonadi_unifiedmailbox_agent, akonadi_vcard_resource, akonadi_vcarddir_resource

[vanheck]

Found some info about:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=390798

This patch can solve the problem:
https://cgit.kde.org/kdepim-runtime.git/commit/?id=7afd99abbfa141f6e6dfbe69b01827af8f16ba27

From git log: https://cgit.kde.org/kdepim-runtime.git/log/ - the issue can be solved from version v20.03.90. Actualy I'm using installed Akonadi v19.12.3-1.1

[j-insan3]

Same issue here with:
OS: Arch Linux 20200420
Akonadi: 19.12.3-2
Plasma: 5.18.4.1

But as i far as i understand there is a fix and it is in v20? So i just have to wait? :)

[petersaints]

I was using Kububtu 20.04 and found this problem. Just to be sure that it was not something that has already been fixed as part of a proper upstream release I tested this on the latest Manjaro Testing ISO, which gives me access to the latest akonadi 20.04 version, but the problem still persists. So has the fix been integrated into a release or not?

Hi, I faced the same issue today, Kmail-EWS was not saving password to Kwallet. I found this bug and after checing around here's the dbus command I used to enter a password (app password) for my Office365 subscription:

qdbus org.freedesktop.Akonadi.Resource.akonadi_ews_resource_6 /Settings org.kde.Akonadi.Ews.Wallet.setPassword "my_app_password"

It still didn't work but when I opened the account gui, re-entered password once more, I could see the folder list. the list started to come after a while.

Btw, you can also install kwalletmanager and add the passwword manually under the ews password folder, after creating a pass entry with name "akonadi_ews_resource_6rc" equivalent of your resource name. I didn't see any encryption on the password at least for my kwallet settings. I used classic kwallet when setting it up, with no password.

If it wasn't for this SUPER HELPFUL tip EWS would be essentially broken on KDE PIM.

[aaronw2]

It looks like this problem is still present in 5.16.0 (20.12.0)

[Yamakuzure]

And still present in Akonadi 23.08.2 (Framework 5.111.0, Plasma 5.27.8)

I just found several EWS resources in kwalletmanager, with only two having the correct password, three were wrong and one was even empty. After setting all passwords to the correct one, I can now reliably send E-Mails again.

Looks like the Mail-Send-Agent picked a resource randomly, so sending would fail in 67% of all cases.