"Token expired or app not enabled! Reload the page!" when scrolling news feed.

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Explain the Problem

Attempting to scroll through my news feed results in "Token expired or app not enabled! Reload the page!" appearing at the top of the screen. News items are no longer marked as read if I continue to scroll and the same console error repeats as listed below.

This is an issue that I've had for months and never had time to look into. Using the mobile Nextcloud News app works fine and properly marks items as viewed when scrolling through the news list. But using it through the Nextcloud website renders it unusable because of the Token expired errors.

Steps to Reproduce

Explain what you did to encounter the issue

1. Open News app.
2. Scroll through a few items until errors start occuring.
3. (There is no step 3.)

System Information

• News app version: 14.0.0, but has been happening on all recent versions within the last year.
• Nextcloud version: 16.0.5 but was also seen on every version prior.
• Cron type: System cron.
• PHP version: 7.2 and 7.3
• Database and version: mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.27, for Linux (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper
• Browser and version: All, currently Google Chrome Version 77.0.3865.90 (Official Build) (64-bit)
• Distribution and version: Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS

Contents of nextcloud/data/nextcloud.log

{"reqId":"kqhRgtY2dKHGrQc4hfzr","level":1,"time":"2019-10-10T07:23:48+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"--","app":"news","method":"","url":"--","message":"the stream is modified, parsing it","userAgent":"--","version":"16.0.5.1"}
{"reqId":"kqhRgtY2dKHGrQc4hfzr","level":1,"time":"2019-10-10T07:23:48+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"--","app":"news","method":"","url":"--","message":"correct last modified date for feed Kotaku","userAgent":"--","version":"16.0.5.1"}
{"reqId":"kqhRgtY2dKHGrQc4hfzr","level":1,"time":"2019-10-10T07:23:48+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"--","app":"news","method":"","url":"--","message":"correct public id for node Kotaku","userAgent":"--","version":"16.0.5.1"}
{"reqId":"h718WD2EmgTM4V2qocjj","level":1,"time":"2019-10-10T07:23:48+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"--","app":"news","method":"","url":"--","message":"the stream is modified, parsing it","userAgent":"--","version":"16.0.5.1"}

{"reqId":"gDtClqscmy8gflVY6vLd","level":1,"time":"2019-10-10T07:23:48+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"--","app":"news","method":"","url":"--","message":"the stream is modified, parsing it","userAgent":"--","version":"16.0.5.1"}
{"reqId":"gDtClqscmy8gflVY6vLd","level":1,"time":"2019-10-10T07:23:48+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"--","app":"news","method":"","url":"--","message":"correct public id for node Libretro","userAgent":"--","version":"16.0.5.1"}

{"reqId":"zB2E4KCcxa7E0z8mMLYc","level":1,"time":"2019-10-10T07:23:49+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"--","app":"news","method":"","url":"--","message":"the stream is modified, parsing it","userAgent":"--","version":"16.0.5.1"}

Contents of Browser Error Console

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angular.min.js:113 POST https://zerojay.com/nextcloud/index.php/apps/news/items/read/multiple 412
(anonymous) @ angular.min.js:113
y @ angular.min.js:108
(anonymous) @ angular.min.js:105
(anonymous) @ angular.min.js:140
$digest @ angular.min.js:151
$apply @ angular.min.js:155
(anonymous) @ NewsScroll.js:62
(anonymous) @ NewsScroll.js:95
(anonymous) @ angular.min.js:169
Zt.completeTask @ angular.min.js:166
(anonymous) @ angular.min.js:52
setTimeout (async)
d.defer @ angular.min.js:51
a @ angular.min.js:169
u @ NewsScroll.js:94
dispatch @ jquery.js:4435
_.handle @ jquery.js:4121
angular.min.js:127 Possibly unhandled rejection: {"data":{"message":"CSRF check failed"},"status":412,"config":{"method":"POST","transformRequest":[null],"transformResponse":[null],"jsonpCallbackParam":"callback","url":"/nextcloud/index.php/apps/news/items/read/multiple","data":{"itemIds":[10893]},"headers":{"Accept":"application/json, text/plain, */*","Content-Type":"application/json;charset=utf-8","requesttoken":"iWLoAvjPkv2jPvU2bTrxlzLtWoHNXKbMYuyjHvIbjFU=:4zK5cK+4oJbZSMVTCXWS5n/UOOz9LNG0Ta7aUp535TM="}},"statusText":"","xhrStatus":"complete"}
(anonymous) @ angular.min.js:127
(anonymous) @ angular.min.js:99
u @ angular.min.js:139
$digest @ angular.min.js:151
$apply @ angular.min.js:155
(anonymous) @ angular.min.js:106
y @ angular.min.js:111
$.onload @ angular.min.js:112
load (async)
(anonymous) @ angular.min.js:111
y @ angular.min.js:108
(anonymous) @ angular.min.js:105
(anonymous) @ angular.min.js:140
$digest @ angular.min.js:151
$apply @ angular.min.js:155
(anonymous) @ NewsScroll.js:62
(anonymous) @ NewsScroll.js:95
(anonymous) @ angular.min.js:169
Zt.completeTask @ angular.min.js:166
(anonymous) @ angular.min.js:52
setTimeout (async)
d.defer @ angular.min.js:51
a @ angular.min.js:169
u @ NewsScroll.js:94
dispatch @ jquery.js:4435
_.handle @ jquery.js:4121
notification.js:67 Missing argument $row in OC.Notification.hide() call, caller needs to be adjusted to only dismiss its own notification

[beerisgood]

I can verify this with PHP version: 7.1 too

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs.

Why is this bug closed? It hasn't been fixed. I will either reopen it or write another bug report.

[SMillerDev]

Does this also happen in a browser without plugins?

It happened still with Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome in incognito mode. I'll try doing some more extensive testing and report back shortly.

[SMillerDev]

If the token isn't missing when it leaves the browser (due to a plugin blocking it) it's being filtered out on the server. In which case you should check the server config. I don't think any of the factors that trigger this can be in the news app. It's just the only app that'll show you the error.

Can you be a little more specific about what in the server config I should be checking? (I'm using Apache 2.4.x.)

[SMillerDev]

That really depends on your setup. I'd suggest checking your apache config against the one recommended by nextcloud in the admin docs. And same for your php config.

I made a minor change to my Apache config. I went through about 10000 articles and didn't see the issue popup, so I think I may have licked it. Thank you for your help.

[SMillerDev]

Maybe you can share the fix for others?

The recommended apache config from Nextcloud slightly differed from mine. It now matches and I haven't seen the issue since.

[tanghus]

I have this issue as well. After a while I get the same error message.
Nextcloud 23, PHP 7.4.32.