evolution fails to connect to gmail account ("failed to obtain an access token: timeout was reached")

[Jurgen Schellaert]

Whenever I start evolution, it displays a red alert bar stating "Failed to connect "<email address hidden>", reporting as a reason: "Failed to obtain an access token for "<email address hidden>": Timeout was reached".

The message is cleared when I click the "Reconnect" button displayd on the bar. My gmail account then works as expected but only as long as evolution remains opened The next time it is started - even immediately after closing it - the alert is back.

This is not new. I faced the same issue on the previous LTS version of Ubuntu once it had been out for just over a year A little research at the time showed that the default version of evolution was outdated an needed an upgrade I ended up replacing evolution with thunderbird but that did not properly integrate with my google calendar, I eventually saw myself forced to upgrade the whole system to the (then) current non-LTS release.

I have just installed the flatpak version of the package as it appears to be a newer version (3.46 over 3.44). I though that might work but it does not. It auto-detects my gmail account only to display a message that echoing the one I was already getting: "Failed to open folder. The reported error was "Failed to authenticate. Timeout was reached."" Mail is not loading at all.

Evolution is a key part of the gnome desktop so I feel that upgrading evolution should really be part of regular upgrades.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: evolution 3.44.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.17.0-1021.22-oem 5.17.15
Uname: Linux 5.17.0-1021-oem x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Wed Nov 30 06:07:02 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-27 (247 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Alpha amd64 (20220326)
SourcePackage: evolution
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jurgen Schellaert (jurgen-schellaert-j)]

Probably caused by a GO A bug as described at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/issues/2149.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Please try removing the Google account from Evolution and readding it.

I think the Gmail authentication issue was fixed in evolution-data-server 3.44.2 which has been in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS since July, but maybe it only works properly for new connections?

[Jurgen Schellaert (jurgen-schellaert-j)]

Yes, that seems to fix it. Thank you.