bug? cant comment cause it reports I am not signed in even though I am (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by big_slap@lemmy.world to c/summit@lemmy.world

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I just downloaded summit. I can vote and do other things but I couldnt comment.

Here's the error:

LemmyAction failed. Cause: com.idunnololz.summit.lemmy.actions.LemmyActionFailureReason.UnknownError. Details: UnknownError(errorCode=401, errorMessage=Not signed in)

after some investigating, I tried posting this on the mobile client and saw an error that said im not allowed to post because I am on a VPN. turned my VPN off, tried posting my comment in the app, then it worked.

just thought you should know this error is incorrect and sent me down a rabbit hole. maybe there's something you can do to update this on your end? not sure though...

have a great day! love the app so far

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[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I think this is a server issue/bug. The client treats all 401 errors as "not signed in errors". Here is the doc for a 401:

The HTTP 401 Unauthorized client error response status code indicates that a request was not successful because it lacks valid authentication credentials for the requested resource. This status code is sent with an HTTP WWW-Authenticate response header that contains information on the authentication scheme the server expects the client to include to make the request successfully.

this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2026

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