[Bug 1859409] [NEW] Lighning fails to modify events and to store login credentials for Google calendars after update

[Karl Kastner]

Public bug reported:

Google calendar became inaccessible after a recent update. The boxes of
the respective calendars are discoloured and displayed in grey. I
installed the google provider add-on to facilitate the log in. With the
plugin, the calendars are shown, but editing events and password storage
is still not working. Every time, an event is created or modified, a
login window pops up. When I supply my credentials, the login seems to
succeed, but the changes are not transmitted to the server. Lightning
also does not remember the credentials between sessions. Upon starting
thunderbird the next time, the password input window pops up again.
Beside the problems, I think that it is a nuisance that users have to
explicitly install lightning and then manually download the Google
provider add-on to access their Google calendars, this is a basic
functionality that should be included in the standard thunderbird or at
least lightning package.

thunderbird                                           1:60.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
xul-ext-lightning                                     1:60.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
Provider for Google Calendar                          4.4.2

Versions 4.4.1 and 4.4 are also not working, in these versions, no login
window pops up at all, and clicking on "Save and Close" has no effect.
The "New Event" window stays open, until thunderbird is killed from the
console.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: thunderbird 1:60.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-25.26-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-25-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.4
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  pia        4406 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20190705212218
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Jan 13 15:50:18 2020
Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-05 (1529 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
IpRoute:
 default via 10.25.0.1 dev wlp3s0 proto dhcp src 10.25.131.222 metric 303 
 10.25.0.0/16 dev wlp3s0 proto dhcp scope link src 10.25.131.222 metric 303 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp3s0 scope link metric 1000
Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
MostRecentCrashID: bp-6e5eb5a6-5e65-4ff2-9c9d-226c60191029
Plugins: Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
PrefErrors: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe4 in position 1174: invalid continuation byte
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=60.8.0/20190705212218 (In use)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-18 (451 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/26/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6MET92WW (1.52 )
dmi.board.name: 4384WRP
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6MET92WW(1.52):bd09/26/2012:svnLENOVO:pn4384WRP:pvrThinkPadT510:rvnLENOVO:rn4384WRP:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad T510
dmi.product.name: 4384WRP
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T510
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
modified.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2019-03-07T21:28:39.455024

** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic

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