Apple iCloud app password doesn't work #57645

kaczkalolo · 2021-10-14T05:45:26Z

The problem

When i try to setup icloud integration using APP SPECIFIC PASSWORD it just will not log me in. Using regular credentials and 2fa does log in but with that i'm getting emails from apple about logging in to my account...

What is version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2021.9.6

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

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Integration causing the issue

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Link to integration documentation on our website

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probot-home-assistant · 2021-10-14T06:34:55Z

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probot-home-assistant · 2021-10-14T06:34:58Z

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FabioEight · 2021-10-19T14:40:58Z

Same issue detected:

`Logger: homeassistant.components.icloud.config_flow
Source: components/icloud/config_flow.py:122
Integration: Apple iCloud (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 15:50:23 (4 occurrences)
Last logged: 16:02:32

Error logging into iCloud service: ('Invalid authentication token.', PyiCloudAPIResponseException('Missing apple_id field'))`

tismofied · 2021-10-21T12:55:33Z

I started having this issue as well. If I use app password I get " unknown error occurred" but if I use my icloud account password it works fine

kaczkalolo · 2021-10-21T13:41:01Z

It works fine but only for some time...

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rasmusbe · 2021-11-02T19:46:29Z

Same problem here

2021-11-02 20:42:33 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.icloud.config_flow] Error logging into iCloud service: ('Invalid authentication token.', PyiCloudAPIResponseException('Authentication required for Account. (421)'))

deltazerorsan · 2021-11-06T17:56:23Z

Yea, same here with two different Apple accounts. Both works with the account password but not with the APP SPECIFIC PASSWORD.

Rom

Shadewing666 · 2021-11-12T05:43:46Z

Slightly different problem from what this seems to be but I'm not sure if I should open a new issue.

When I use an App Specific Password during the add integration process, it asks for an "iCloud verification code", i.e. 2-factor authentication. But since I'm using an App Specific Password, the iCloud 2FA does not trigger.

bastianlemke · 2021-11-12T06:45:55Z

Same problem here ...
I think this is a duplicate of #54473

chrismanivong · 2021-12-15T12:26:54Z

I think this is more a feature request, as the app-specific-password isn't implemented in this integration.
In the app-specific password approach you need to name the application during technical logon together with your iCloud-username and the specific password. This integration is now working this way a.f.a.i.k. But It should do, to avoid problems with Apple on logging in as a non-human process.

github-actions · 2022-03-24T21:05:26Z

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rasmusbe · 2022-03-24T21:13:06Z

Still an issue

chrismanivong · 2022-03-29T21:11:05Z

As underlying pyicloud uses just icloud web API, app specific passwords won't work. I investigated the documentation of pyicloud and for the time being, there is no possibility to get this working.
I still had not found documentation of Apple about the authentication and logon method of app-specific passwords. Once I get ahead, I would be able to add this functionality to pyicloud and in that case to iCloud integration on Home Assistant.

github-actions · 2022-06-27T22:05:19Z

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linust · 2022-06-28T21:44:22Z

I can confirm that the issue is still there in the latest HA release

GoState · 2022-07-12T14:50:57Z

I still cant use App Specific passwords either. Here is documentation from apple on how 3rd party apps should use this feature... really this integrations should NOT allow you to use your normal credentials and 2FA but the app specific password ( https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204397 ). Using the app specific password keeps you from getting those emails from apple too (I use this approach with another add-on and never have the email issues).

Please fix this its been going on for a very long time.

icemanxbe · 2022-09-06T11:21:21Z

Still an issue.

Please update the integration to support app specific passwords.

maxshcherbina · 2022-10-03T22:43:28Z

Someone mentioned up top that app passwords cant work with the current integration, that's too bad - the documentation should reflect this.

jbmanwell · 2022-12-07T03:14:21Z

Still a problem. Bummer. Seems like a very important feature in terms of security

a1466d44-d3dc-4c0b-90c7-315b088731d7 · 2023-01-08T09:04:15Z

I'm only here to comment that I also just encountered this issue...
If there is a way to help as a non python dev let me know

polskikrol · 2023-01-19T14:48:43Z

I have the same issue. One person suggested going through with full MFA w/ account password and then swapping out the password with the app password once the entities are setup via the config file at .storage/core.config_entries. However, this does not work. Once the session cookie times out, which btw is valid and survives a service restart of HA, then we are back to being unable to auth with an error:
` Logger: pyicloud.base
Source: components/icloud/account.py:137
First occurred: 9:32:12 AM (2 occurrences)
Last logged: 9:32:12 AM

Authentication required for Account. (421)
Authentication required for Account. (450)

`
Other integrations support app passwords, and this should be the standard in terms of security.

bcutter · 2023-03-30T20:12:02Z

So what are chances this behavior will actually change?

dlasher · 2023-09-22T16:51:46Z

.... It's just unusable (to me) and I personally consider this a non-stable integration as it comes with more negative side effects than actual benefits....

I would tend to agree for the following reasons:

Failure is silent. You stop getting updates to locations without ANY indication. "It's 3am, they are NOT still at work!"
continual re-auth required (lack of app password support)

issue-triage-workflows · 2023-12-21T17:13:00Z

There hasn't been any activity on this issue recently. Due to the high number of incoming GitHub notifications, we have to clean some of the old issues, as many of them have already been resolved with the latest updates.
Please make sure to update to the latest Home Assistant version and check if that solves the issue. Let us know if that works for you by adding a comment 👍
This issue has now been marked as stale and will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

dlasher · 2023-12-21T17:21:13Z

Superceded by : https://github.com/gcobb321/icloud3_v3

maxshcherbina · 2023-12-21T17:52:47Z

Yes and no. I am not interested in the advanced functionality that icloud3v3 provides - I would like this to keep working. I think its mostly working now, I still need to re-authenticate every once in a while and I wish there was a more direct way to do this - each time I do it, its a little bit of a guessing game - did it work? Will I need to enter my code this time? etc.

lor74 · 2024-01-06T11:15:52Z

Yes and no. I am not interested in the advanced functionality that icloud3v3 provides - I would like this to keep working. I think its mostly working now, I still need to re-authenticate every once in a while and I wish there was a more direct way to do this - each time I do it, its a little bit of a guessing game - did it work? Will I need to enter my code this time? etc.

I agree. Moreover the configuration of iCloudV3 is not so obvious.... a lot of parameters etc...
Until last week I have used life360 integration, that probabily will never woks again, so now I have started to use this integration... at the beginning all works fine, and I was also able to get the app sepcific password working for a while.
Now the specific password is not working and moreover even if the integration is started I got a lot of error messages

2024-01-06 12:12:11.467 ERROR (SyncWorker_0) [pyicloud.base] Authentication required for Account. (421)
2024-01-06 12:12:11.654 ERROR (SyncWorker_0) [pyicloud.base] Authentication required for Account. (450)
2024-01-06 12:12:11.654 ERROR (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.components.icloud.account] Unknown iCloud error: Authentication required for Account.

Can we have a chance of a review of this official integration?

issue-triage-workflows · 2024-04-05T12:07:21Z

There hasn't been any activity on this issue recently. Due to the high number of incoming GitHub notifications, we have to clean some of the old issues, as many of them have already been resolved with the latest updates.
Please make sure to update to the latest Home Assistant version and check if that solves the issue. Let us know if that works for you by adding a comment 👍
This issue has now been marked as stale and will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

FabioEight · 2024-04-05T12:09:08Z

Issue still present on 2024.4.0.

rcmaehl · 2024-07-01T21:02:15Z

I can confirm I was able to setup App-Specific Passwords for this Integration HomeAssistant. Can you all confirm that:

Your default 2FA/MFA is not currently set to a Security Token when setting up the App-Specific Password?
You're using the email selected as "Apple ID" from the Emails & Phone Numbers section of https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage/section/security?
You're using an Apple Device signed into the account that is/has connected to the same network as the HomeAssistant host?
You're able to sign into https://appleid.apple.com from a desktop web browser on the same network as the HomeAssistant host (and ideally create the App-Specific Password within that desktop web browser)?
You are polling iCloud no more than once every 60 seconds (I poll every 5 minutes) once setup?

andrey-yantsen · 2024-07-13T10:15:07Z

@rcmaehl I'm receiving the Invalid authentication error when trying to set up the integration using the App-Specific Password. Here's what I see in the logs:

Logger: homeassistant.components.icloud.config_flow
Source: components/icloud/config_flow.py:128
integration: Apple iCloud (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 11 July 2024 at 22:18:26 (4 occurrences)
Last logged: 11:05:42

Error logging into iCloud service: ('Invalid authentication token.', PyiCloudAPIResponseException('Missing apple_id field'))

It's the same error as reported previously here: #57645 (comment) 🤷

As for your questions:

Your default 2FA/MFA is not currently set to a Security Token when setting up the App-Specific Password? Yes. I have only 1 trusted phone number & 5 trusted devices (and the OTP is delivered to the devices).
You're using the email selected as "Apple ID" from the Emails & Phone Numbers section of appleid.apple.com/account/manage/section/security? Yes
You're using an Apple Device signed into the account that is/has connected to the same network as the HomeAssistant host? Yes to both parts.
You're able to sign into appleid.apple.com from a desktop web browser on the same network as the HomeAssistant host (and ideally create the App-Specific Password within that desktop web browser)? Yes.
You are polling iCloud no more than once every 60 seconds (I poll every 5 minutes) once setup? No, since I can't finish the integration's initial setup 🤷

I hope this somehow helps. I'll be happy to assist with any required debugging.

rcmaehl · 2024-07-15T14:30:46Z

@rcmaehl I'm receiving the Invalid authentication error when trying to set up the integration using the App-Specific Password. Here's what I see in the logs:
Logger: homeassistant.components.icloud.config_flow
Source: components/icloud/config_flow.py:128
integration: Apple iCloud (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 11 July 2024 at 22:18:26 (4 occurrences)
Last logged: 11:05:42

Error logging into iCloud service: ('Invalid authentication token.', PyiCloudAPIResponseException('Missing apple_id field'))
It's the same error as reported previously here: #57645 (comment) 🤷

As for your questions:

Your default 2FA/MFA is not currently set to a Security Token when setting up the App-Specific Password? Yes. I have only 1 trusted phone number & 5 trusted devices (and the OTP is delivered to the devices).

You're using the email selected as "Apple ID" from the Emails & Phone Numbers section of appleid.apple.com/account/manage/section/security? Yes

You're using an Apple Device signed into the account that is/has connected to the same network as the HomeAssistant host? Yes to both parts.

You're able to sign into appleid.apple.com from a desktop web browser on the same network as the HomeAssistant host (and ideally create the App-Specific Password within that desktop web browser)? Yes.

You are polling iCloud no more than once every 60 seconds (I poll every 5 minutes) once setup? No, since I can't finish the integration's initial setup 🤷

I hope this somehow helps. I'll be happy to assist with any required debugging.

Please try this:

Setup the integration using your iCloud email + Password.
Once setup, reload the integration
Deny the MFA prompt once received
Once the Integration asks to Re-authenticate, enter the App-Specific Password you've created

andrey-yantsen · 2024-07-15T14:58:15Z

Thanks, @rcmaehl!

I think I'm stuck at step 3 😅 I did set up the integration using the regular password, but upon reloading (and restarting HA) the MFA prompt does not show up 🤷 Do you have any further suggestions, or should we just wait for when Apple decides to show the prompt?

rcmaehl · 2024-07-15T15:10:51Z

Thanks, @rcmaehl!

I think I'm stuck at step 3 😅 I did set up the integration using the regular password, but upon reloading (and restarting HA) the MFA prompt does not show up 🤷 Do you have any further suggestions, or should we just wait for when Apple decides to show the prompt?

I'd give it some time. Although you can create an automation that uses any of the Apple iCloud actions which may make the prompt appear sooner but I haven't tested this yet.

andrey-yantsen · 2024-07-16T22:01:41Z

@rcmaehl I don't really have an update, but just wanted to share the current status: I have received a few emails from Apple (Your Apple ID was used to sign in to iCloud via a web browser), but nothing more than that. Reloading the integration still doesn't trigger the MFA prompt 🤷

kerta1n · 2024-07-27T04:55:38Z

Issue persists on 2024.7.3

issue-triage-workflows · 2024-10-25T05:06:38Z

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Please make sure to update to the latest Home Assistant version and check if that solves the issue. Let us know if that works for you by adding a comment 👍
This issue has now been marked as stale and will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

kerta1n · 2024-10-25T21:08:22Z

Issue still present on 2024.10.3

Logger: homeassistant.components.icloud.config_flow
Source: components/icloud/config_flow.py:128
integration: Apple iCloud (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 5:03:45 PM (4 occurrences)
Last logged: 5:04:15 PM

Error logging into iCloud service: ('Invalid email/password combination.', PyiCloudAPIResponseException('Service Temporarily Unavailable (503)'))

icloud.com was NOT down at the time I tried logging in

lor74 · 2024-10-27T09:31:03Z

I am still getting this error

Registratore: pyicloud.base
Fonte: /usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyicloud/base.py:188
Prima occorrenza: 10:21:04 (8 occorrenze)
Ultima registrazione: 10:23:45

    Service Temporarily Unavailable (503)
    Authentication required for Account. (450)

The relevant error is Auth required... and I got the same error for all Apple account.

Registratore: homeassistant.config_entries
Fonte: config_entries.py:594
Prima occorrenza: 26 ottobre 2024 alle ore 18:10:27 (5 occorrenze)
Ultima registrazione: 10:14:58

    Error setting up entry [email protected] for icloud
    Error setting up entry [email protected] for icloud
    Error setting up entry [email protected] for icloud

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/config_entries.py", line 594, in async_setup
    result = await component.async_setup_entry(hass, self)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/icloud/__init__.py", line 100, in async_setup_entry
    await hass.async_add_executor_job(account.setup)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/icloud/account.py", line 138, in setup
    api_devices = self.api.devices
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyicloud/base.py", line 543, in devices
    return FindMyiPhoneServiceManager(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyicloud/services/findmyiphone.py", line 26, in __init__
    self.refresh_client()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyicloud/services/findmyiphone.py", line 34, in refresh_client
    req = self.session.post(
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 637, in post
    return self.request("POST", url, data=data, json=json, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyicloud/base.py", line 131, in request
    return self.request(method, url, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyicloud/base.py", line 133, in request
    self._raise_error(response.status_code, response.reason)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyicloud/base.py", line 189, in _raise_error
    raise api_error
pyicloud.exceptions.PyiCloudAPIResponseException: Authentication required for Account. (450)

makcorner · 2024-10-28T16:44:52Z

Same here - app password is simply not working.

issue-triage-workflows · 2025-01-26T17:08:27Z

There hasn't been any activity on this issue recently. Due to the high number of incoming GitHub notifications, we have to clean some of the old issues, as many of them have already been resolved with the latest updates.
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kerta1n · 2025-01-26T19:23:02Z

This issue still persists on 2025.1.4.

Logger: homeassistant.components.icloud.config_flow
Source: components/icloud/config_flow.py:128
integration: Apple iCloud (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 2:21:58 PM (2 occurrences)
Last logged: 2:22:01 PM

Error logging into iCloud service: ('Invalid authentication token.', PyiCloudAPIResponseException('Missing apple_id field'))```

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Invalid authentication while logging into iCloud with App Specific Passwords #54473

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bcutter mentioned this issue Mar 30, 2023

iCloud continual emails #46308

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MrEbbinghaus mentioned this issue Oct 25, 2023

iCloud integration continiously pops MFA approval on all Apple devices #101816

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iCloud Integration - unable to authenticate #94950

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Apple iCloud app password doesn't work #57645

Apple iCloud app password doesn't work #57645

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kaczkalolo commented Oct 14, 2021

The problem

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