iCloud binding, authentication problem

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FWIW, I find the 5.0.4.202512191545 binding works but seems to be slow to load. After an OH restart I have to wait several minutes after all other Things have come ONLINE, then I Disable/Enable the account or Save the account. At this point the iCloud Account goes ONLINE and no additional 2FA is required

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Iā€™m currently using 5.0.4.202512191545 and still have the same issue.

UPDATE: after countless restarts, dis- and enabling the bridge thing, resetting my icloud password, suddenly a 2FA popup appeared and I was able to login again!

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Thanks for the hint. After using the latest version its working fine again.

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166

Hello everybody, is there a plan having a OH 4 compatible version of the fixed binding? Would be very much appreciated.

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I can only encourage you to upgrade to 5.1.0. I myself hesitated a very long time (approx. 2 years) and kept on OH 3.4.6 because i feared compatibility issues. But at the end there is no alternative to regular upgrades because many binding updates happen on the actual version. Recent examples have been the iCloud binding and the Amazon Echo Control binding.

At the end, it was much easier for me than i assumed. But donā€™t punish me, if you will make a different experience :slightly_smiling_face: .

By the way: OH 5 is the best OH i experienced within the last 10 years.

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Last few days it doesnā€™t work again. I get ā€œCONFIGURATION_ERROR
Request https://idmsa.apple.com/appleauth/auth/signin/complete?isRememberMeEnabled=true failed with 503.ā€ in iCloud bridge configuration. My version is 5.1.0. Any ideas?

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Same here - it was working until a few hour ago and now Iā€™m also receiving the error 503.

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Same here - Version 5.1.0 worked few days, since ~3 days itā€™ doesnā€™t work again. Binding and Thing re-installation/creation doesnā€™t solve the problem

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I think opening up a ticket (like this one: [iCloud] account thing won't login after openhab restart Ā· Issue #17590 Ā· openhab/openhab-addons Ā· GitHub) is the best approach. I think @maihacke is more active on GitHub than here.

I havenā€™t encountered the issue, but I assume thatā€™s because I havenā€™t restarted openHAB yet.

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In the meantime i have restarted several times and today i have updated from OH 5.2.0-SNAPSHOT #5051 to OH 5.2.0-SNAPSHOT #5090 (latest).

Everything works out as expected without any error.

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After the upgrade to OH5.1.1, I had to re-enter the 2FA, but after that, the connection remained, also after restarts.

However, after every restart, the icloud:device Thing is OFFLINE, needing a manual ā€œrebootā€, after which it works. So thereā€™s a hiccup somewhere in the startup process, I think?

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Hi, as it seems there is no fix of the issue yet, I have some info / clues that might help to identify the error. After some back and forth testing, clearing of cache and tmp and re-installing the latest binding, I managed to get 1 of two accounts working. I have two accounts setup in my system, my wide and mine to be able to implement some location based automation. It worked for most of the time but stopped working 2-3 months abo. Strange is, that both accounts are configured exactly the same but only mine still gives me that error:

Request https://idmsa.apple.com/appleauth/auth/signin/complete?isRememberMeEnabled=true failed with 401.

My OpenHaAB version is 5.1.0 Main UI Commit 69bf7f37

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Hello everyone,

I am currently running openHAB 5.1.1 (stable) and I am having problems with the iCloud binding authentication.

I have created an Apple app-specific password and configured the binding to use this password instead of my regular Apple ID password.
Two-factor authentication is enabled on my Apple ID, but as expected, app-specific passwords should bypass 2FA.

Unfortunately, the login still fails with the same error.

The error shown in openHAB is:

CONFIGURATION_ERROR  
Request https://idmsa.apple.com/appleauth/auth/signin/complete?isRememberMeEnabled=true failed with 401

This happens consistently, even after:

  • Recreating the Thing

  • Restarting openHAB

  • Verifying that the app-specific password is entered correctly

  • Successfully logging in via browser at appleid.apple.com

It appears that using an app-specific password does not resolve the authentication issue in openHAB 5.1.1.

Is there a chance that there will be an iCloud-binding-snapshot for OH5.1.1?

Is this a known limitation of the current stable release, and has this issue already been addressed in newer versions (e.g. 5.2)?

Thanks in advance.
Flo

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https://idmsa.apple.com/appleauth/auth/signin/complete ???403 Forbidden

Apple Iā€™ve had this problem for 6 days, is there any way to fix it?

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The latest OH 5.2.0 snapshots already contain the fixed binding. I run 5.2.0-SNAPSHOT # 5134.

There are users, including me, who are happy with Simonā€™s fix and there are others who are not happy. To my knowledge the reason is not yet identified.

I use my standard Apple account (no app specific password).

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Iā€™m afraid I canā€™t help, but see here: iCloud binding, authentication problem - #171 by ErikDB.

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I have so many bindings and rules running, would it be a good idea to switch to a snapshot? I always use stable versions, and even those always have a few problems. :thinking:

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I only wanted to say that the fix is already available in all recent snapshots. My feeling is, that an upgrade might not help you. Your issue sounds different for me.

For me the fix worked from OH 5.0.3 through all builds up to OH 5.2.0.

Edit: 17.02.2026, corrected from OH 4.3 to OH 5.0.3

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I upgraded to the 5.2 snapshot and still canā€™t get the iCloud binding to work. Iā€™m seeing similar errors and tried creating an app specific password to no avail:


CONFIGURATION_ERROR
Request https://idmsa.apple.com/appleauth/auth/signin/complete?isRememberMeEnabled=true failed with 401.
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Hi @Demion

i just checked the documentation and it appears:

Please note: Application specific passwords are not supported. You will need to provide the account password to the Binding

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