Google will soon block apps that don't comply with Google's security policies

Bug Reports
#1

Description

To Reproduce…

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Added a new Gmail account.
  2. On the Google page to sign in shows that.

Screenshots

google mailspring

Setup

  • OS and Version: W11 Pro 21H2
  • Installation Method: .exe from Github
  • Mailspring Version: 1.10.3-a476c230

Additional Context

I don’t know if this applies to all Gmail accounts, but the one I used on this instance keeps getting disconnected every day. I think THIS is the issue I am having regarding the disconnection.

Gmail Sync Error (unsupported OAuth)
Google changed security needs?
To help protect your account, Google will soon block apps that don’t comply with Google’s security policies. You can let the app developer (ben@foundry376.com) know that this app should stop using unsupported OAuth flows
Unable to sync any email account
Several of your accounts are having issues | Mailspring encountered errors syncing this account
"Syncing your mailbox" takes forever (gmail & self hosted imap)
#2

So there is no ‘fix’ for this :frowning: My emails are a mess now after being well sorted for years :frowning: Blast Google.

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#3

This has nothing to do with google and more with the devs of mailspring using a depracated and unsecure OAuth2 flow. Google warned about this for a long time and mailspring should’ve reacted to it. Seems that Google now blocks mailspring because of this which breaks google integration.

Edit: There is a fix for this. I created a separate issue: Google OAuth no longer working

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