[OpenID] More G+ weird behavior. Was: Google+ and Unique Identifiers -- different again?

[Arthur Goldberg]

Good catch Johannes
I wish I could get free, high quality QA of my code like Google gets of 
theirs! :-)

On 7/3/11 2:31 PM, Johannes Ernst wrote:
> On the first login, I specify
> http://profiles.google.com/Johannes.Ernst
> which logs me in after having been automagically transformed into
> https://plus.google.com/104555285104903729468
> per previous message.
>
> Then, the next day, (because my session cookie is expired), I try to 
> re-login with the apparently canonical identifier
> https://plus.google.com/104555285104903729468
> which leads me to a Google page at
> https://accounts.google.com/o/openid2/ProfileCreation
> that says
> <relying party URL> is asking for your Google profile, but you don't 
> have one yet
> and only gives me the option to cancel or "create a Google profile 
> now". Trouble is, I already have a Google profile, and even adding to 
> it does not let me proceed from that page.
>
> So I cancel that attempt, and try again with
> http://profiles.google.com/Johannes.Ernst
> which works like a charm -- except that I'm
> https://plus.google.com/104555285104903729468
> again.
>
>
> On Jul 1, 2011, at 20:48, Johannes Ernst wrote:
>
>> It seems Google has changed their unique identifiers for people again.
>>
>> Apparently I'm now:
>> https://plus.google.com/104555285104903729468
>> as opposed to
>> http://profiles.google.com/Johannes.Ernst
>> and so many other variations over the years.
>>
>> My relying party implementation does not recognize me any more 
>> although I use the same URL as identifier. Which means I can't access 
>> my account!
>>
>> Is it me who is doing something wrong here? What's the official 
>> Google migration path?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Johannes.
>>
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