Bug#1025729: evolution-data-server: Gmail OAuth2: "Access blocked: GNOME Evolution’s request is invalid"

[Jeremy Bicha]

On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 10:48 PM James Taylor <somebody5934 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Package: evolution-data-server
> Version: 3.30.5-1+deb10u2
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> Google deprecated a type of OAuth flow in Feb 28, 2022. This was fixed and addressed upstream
> shortly after at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/issues/388 and
> the fix was included in version 3.44.2. However, Google has recently begun blocking
> the old format. My Oauth2 token expired December 7th, 2022 so I can no longer access
> my gmail account from evolution. A suitably recent version is available in Testing.

Debian 10 has reached end of life for standard support. Please upgrade
to Debian 11.

I was able to successfully log into a Google account today using
Debian 11 using GNOME Settings > Online Accounts.

Could you provide detailed steps for how to reproduce this bug from a
clean Debian 11 install?

Thank you,
Jeremy Bicha