[phone] Leaving WiFi coverage often leads to the password dialog being displayed indefinitely

[Michał Sawicz]

Steps:
* connect to a password-protected WiFi network
* suspend the phone
* turn the WiFi off or leave the network's covered area
* resume the phone

Expected:
* phone is connected via a GSM data connection

Current:
* phone is connected via a GSM data connection
* there is a WiFi password dialog displayed for a network that isn't in range any more (and for which the password is known)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: indicator-network 0.5.1+15.04.20141216-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.4.67 armv7l
ApportVersion: 2.15-0ubuntu3
Architecture: armhf
Date: Tue Jan 6 10:19:05 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-18 (19 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) - armhf (20141218-020204)
SourcePackage: indicator-network
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#wi-fi-authenticating>: "If the network stops being available while the dialog is still open — for example, if the network is no longer in range, or if you switch into Flight Mode — the commit buttons should be replaced by the centered text “Network no longer available”, all the dialog’s controls should become insensitive, and two seconds later, the dialog should close."

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

This reminds me of <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=680911>: NetworkManager treats several different causes of Wi-Fi disconnection as if they are the fault of an incorrect password.

[Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)]

I just experienced this on two phones running rtm and vivid, I had not seen this before but got two in one day

I added unity8 because the dialog is shown over the greeter, which seems like should be impossible

[Michał Sawicz (saviq)]

The password dialog is a notification as any other, if we don't want to ask for the password when locked, the network indicator should make sure of that.

But, why would we do that? What's the issue? When you have indicators on, you can even connect to a new WiFi network, so you need the dialog shown?

[Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)]

Actually the prompt is for the local network that is already connected.
This seems to be a recent regression, I see it 100% of the time as of last week. May not be the same issue originally reported.

[Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)]

I am no longer seeing this in 127 so marking incomplete

[Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)]

Juts saw this again, the issue seems to be that when leaving Wifi coverage and before the phone suspends the connect dialog is created while the screen is off, so when the user resumes the phone it is displayed. But the AP prompted for connection should no longer have been visible in the first place.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Specification updated. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking?action=diff&rev2=259&rev1=258>

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Oops, I got that wrong. This doesn't apply to the dialog for connecting to a hidden network, because we don't know whether it's in range until we try connecting to it. Specification updated again. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking?action=diff&rev2=260&rev1=259>

[Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki)]

Two separate issues in this bug:
one is the password dialog being displayed indefinitely and second is the design/ui change.

Let's use this bug to track the dialog being displayed indefinitely and I will split a new bug for the design/ui work.