POST call to OwnTracks returns SSO error

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What type of hardware are you using: Old laptop or computer
What YunoHost version are you running: 12.0.11
What app is this about: OwnTracks

Describe your issue

Hello All :waving_hand:

I’ve been experiencing some issues lately with my OwnTracks app. It has been off ever since I tried cleaning up the history data- I believe it was since I deleted the .rec files whereas I should have just emptied them? I recreated manually these files and their user folders under the home/yunohost.app/owntracks/rec folder with my admin account via ssh.
Now whenever I am attempting to publish a location from my android app, I can see logs such as the ones I attached below (with personal info modified). Since it looks like some sso related html, I presume it means something’s off with the sso- but what?
Anyone has any idea? All responses are welcome! :folded_hands:

Share relevant logs or error messages

2025-03-06 20:10:04.521 D [DefaultDispatcher-worker-4] HttpMessageProcessorEndpoint: Publishing Message JSON {"_type":"status","_id":"eee7ccc2","android":{"hib":0,"bo":0,"loc":0,"ps":0,"wifi":1},"topic":"owntracks/usr1/phone1/status"}
2025-03-06 20:10:04.539 D [DefaultDispatcher-worker-4] HttpMessageProcessorEndpoint: HTTP response received: Response{protocol=http/1.1, code=200, message=OK, url=https://my.domain/yunohost/sso/?r=XXXXX}
2025-03-06 20:10:04.540 D [DefaultDispatcher-worker-4] HttpMessageProcessorEndpoint: HTTP response body: <!DOCTYPE html><html  data-capo=""><head><meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/yunohost/sso/customassets/custom.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/yunohost/sso/assets/entry.DpPK_8DF.css">
<link rel="modulepreload" as="script" crossorigin href="/yunohost/sso/assets/DFvAvYwi.js">
<link rel="prefetch" as="style" href="/yunohost/sso/assets/default.BgPXwhMe.css">
<link rel="prefetch" as="style" href="/yunohost/sso/assets/YIcon.DX7cAa3h.css">
<link rel="prefetch" as="style" href="/yunohost/sso/assets/nuxt-icon.D08378P0.css">
<link rel="prefetch" as="script" crossorigin href="/yunohost/sso/assets/DrDZOOdo.js">
<link rel="prefetch" as="script" crossorigin href="/yunohost/sso/assets/CSbfOQfZ.js">
<link rel="prefetch" as="script" crossorigin href="/yunohost/sso/assets/CUWpuZQL.js">
<link rel="prefetch" as="script" crossorigin href="/yunohost/sso/assets/CgrqUlTk.js">
<link rel="prefetch" as="script" crossorigin h
2025-03-06 20:10:04.541 E [DefaultDispatcher-worker-4] HttpMessageProcessorEndpoint: JsonParseException HTTP status: 200
2025-03-06 20:10:04.544 D [DefaultDispatcher-worker-4] MessageProcessor: Message sent successfully: [MessageStatus android=org.owntracks.android.model.messages.AddMessageStatus@3029bab]
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I don’t have the app installed but did you the rec files the correct ownership?
Do you have any backup? Open one and check the files

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Hello @jarod5001 - thanks a lot for the reply!!
So I had a look around, tried to extract one of the .rec files from my backup, but unfortunately the file ownership is set to the account that extracts the file.
I did however checked the ownership of the ghash folder also under the owntracks one and noticed it was under the ownership of owntrack owntracks. So I tried changing ownership of both rec and last folders to same user/group recursively, but to no avail :confused:
Anyone with owntracks can check the permission given to these folders on his machine :folded_hands: I’d be truly grateful!!

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Hi, I have set the app as “not working” yesterday after another report of the app not working. It seems the package needs a lot more configuration for the app to work.

Was it ever working for you? For which version of the app and package?

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Hey @tituspijean - thanks for getting back to me on that!
Sad to hear the app is not working :sad_but_relieved_face: though to be honest I’m not surprised.
the app version is
owntracks/frontend (2.15.3)
owntracks/recorder (0.9.9)
And the yunohost app package version is 2.15.3~ynh2 (hope this is the answer you’re after)
It used to work for me rather on and off- usually for a few days, than stopped, then after restarting the service and/or the phone, got back to work again…

If I understand you correctly, you suggest to uninstall it? Thanks for letting me know anyway :heart:

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No, he means we need volunteers to help fix it. The more info we get, the better we can do it work correctly

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Thank you! If it does work in some unknown conditions, there is hope. I am not sure I will be able to tackle that alone or in a timely matter. Thank you for your patience :slight_smile:

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@tituspijean to be precise- it used to work in some unknown conditions.
I wish I could do more to help- I mainly know some C# (and not much ‘ops’ stuff) which I doubt can be of any help in looking on this issue :confused:
Anyway, I highly appreciate all the work you’re doing, and I’m well aware this has no real priority. TBH it’s just a nice to have, this app.
And if you ever need any help in testing, feel free to ping me :blush:

Thanks again for everything!!

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Can you restore the backup? Report the version and see if it still works

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Yeah, I tried to, but unfortunately it did not work. I had to re-update the app, since it was not working at all (cannot remember the error message I was getting) and once I updated it to the latest version, I had the issue that started the whole thread.

I’m taking the liberties to tag @wbk here, since I had some exchange with them some time ago about the Owntracks app, and if by any chance he uses it, maybe he could shed some more light on it…?

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Was it working on yunohost 11?

May be you can make a test : add the app permission to visitors and check if this solves the problem (then remove it)

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So now that the app has been retracted from the apps repository (I suppose), once its service never starts and I cannot start it even manually.

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The app is still available but not directly on the catalog.
You can install it manually from the webadmin >applications >install, and provide the url of the repo (at the bottom of the page).
The repo is GitHub - YunoHost-Apps/owntracks_ynh: Owntracks package for YunoHost
You seem very interested in fixing it so you may spend some time trying and give us feedback.

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Thanks! Will do, just need to find some time :blush:
I’ll get back to you to let you know :folded_hands:

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