Bug#1086145: sysprof: error "Failure: Failed to authorize user credentials"

[Philipp Kern]

Control: severity -1 important

On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 11:53:34PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Control found -1 sysprof
> 
> On 2025-01-19 14:21:14 -0500, Jeremy Bícha wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 9:21 AM Vincent Lefevre <vincent at vinc17.net> wrote:
> > > Package: sysprof
> > > Version: 3.46.0-4
> > > Severity: grave
> > > Justification: renders package unusable
> > >
> > > sysprof-cli gives the following error:
> > >
> > >   Failure: Failed to authorize user credentials
> > 
> > I am unable to duplicate this issue on Debian Testing with Debian
> > GNOME. Are you still experiencing this issue?
> 
> Yes:
> 
> qaa:~> sysprof-cli -- echo
> Recording, press ^C to exit
> Failed to complete recording: Failed to authorize user credentials
> 
> Note that I am not using GNOME. I was just told to test some software
> with sysprof-cli in the context of a bug report (the bug has eventually
> been identified and fixed, but I'm still wondering why I get this
> sysprof error).

Given that it works in both GNOME and KDE out of the box, this should be
at most priority:important ("a bug which has a major effect on the
usability of a package, without rendering it completely unusable to
everyone").

Kind regards
Philipp Kern