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Front: Major incident: Mobile app: Google sign in flow broken

Summary

Summary pending. The diff below shows exactly what changed.

Major incidentLabel: outage (model (Jev), 100%)Changed Detected Source: stspg.io

What changed

AddedTitle#1
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After: Mobile app: Google sign in flow broken
AddedImpact#2
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After: major
AddedStatus#3
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After: resolved
AddedStart time#4
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After: 2025-09-19 18:40 UTC
AddedResolved time#5
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After: 2025-09-23 09:48 UTC
AddedAffected components#6
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After: App
AddedUpdateinvestigating#7
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After: We've have received reports of the google sign in flow failing to redirect back to the mobile app successfully, and have been able to reproduce the issue We are currently investigating the problem
AddedUpdateinvestigating#8
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After: We have isolated the issue to iOS devices, Android customers should be unaffected Continuing to investigate
AddedUpdateidentified#9
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After: We've identified the issue, and are still working on a fix. In the meantime we have identified a workaround that appears to be working on some clients - by navigating directly to https://app.frontapp.com/oauth/google-signin?client_type=universalLink in Safari on iOS and signing you should get redirected to the app in a signed in state
AddedUpdateidentified#10
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After: We've released a new version of the app (5.69.1) that fixes the behavior in some cases, but does not fully address the issue. We are in progress on a full fix. For clients still unable to login we have identified a workaround that appears to be working on some clients - by navigating directly to https://app.frontapp.com/oauth/google-signin?client_type=universalLink in Safari on iOS and signing you should get redirected to the app in a signed in state
AddedUpdatemonitoring#11
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After: We've implemented a fix - you can download the latest version from the app store (5.69.2) to test. Please let us know if you experience any issues on this version
AddedUpdateresolved#12
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After: We have confirmed reports that the latest version of the iOS app (5.69.2) addresses the issue. If you run into login issues, ensure you've updated to the latest version, and reach out if the problem persists.

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