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  1. OpenId Connect
  2. OIDC-109

Error page for authentication failure

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      Are there any plans to show an error page if the user is not allowed to authenticate?

      Currently, if the user is, for example, not in the allowed groups list, a generic error page with the stacktrace is shown – which is not very user friendly.

      HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server ErrorType Exception ReportMessage Failed to handle Resource Reference [path = authenticator/callback, endpoint = authenticator, pathSegments = [callback]]Description The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.Exceptionjavax.servlet.ServletException: Failed to handle Resource Reference [path = authenticator/callback, endpoint = authenticator, pathSegments = [callback]]
      	org.xwiki.resource.servlet.ResourceReferenceHandlerServlet.handleResourceReference(ResourceReferenceHandlerServlet.java:161)
      	org.xwiki.resource.servlet.ResourceReferenceHandlerServlet.service(ResourceReferenceHandlerServlet.java:87)
      	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:733)
      	org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SetHTTPHeaderFilter.doFilter(SetHTTPHeaderFilter.java:63)
      	org.xwiki.resource.servlet.RoutingFilter.doFilter(RoutingFilter.java:145)
      Root Causeorg.xwiki.resource.ResourceReferenceHandlerException: Failed to handle http servlet request
      	org.xwiki.contrib.oidc.provider.internal.OIDCResourceReferenceHandler.handle(OIDCResourceReferenceHandler.java:110)
      	org.xwiki.resource.internal.DefaultResourceReferenceHandlerChain.handleNext(DefaultResourceReferenceHandlerChain.java:79)
      	org.xwiki.resource.internal.AbstractResourceReferenceHandlerManager.handle(AbstractResourceReferenceHandlerManager.java:82)
      	org.xwiki.resource.servlet.ResourceReferenceHandlerServlet.handleResourceReference(ResourceReferenceHandlerServlet.java:159)
      	org.xwiki.resource.servlet.ResourceReferenceHandlerServlet.service(ResourceReferenceHandlerServlet.java:87)
      	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:733)
      	org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SetHTTPHeaderFilter.doFilter(SetHTTPHeaderFilter.java:63)
      	org.xwiki.resource.servlet.RoutingFilter.doFilter(RoutingFilter.java:145)
      Root Causeorg.xwiki.contrib.oidc.provider.internal.OIDCException: The user is not allowed to authenticate because it's not a member of the following groups: [XWikiAllGroup]
      	org.xwiki.contrib.oidc.auth.internal.OIDCUserManager.checkAllowedGroups(OIDCUserManager.java:244)
      	org.xwiki.contrib.oidc.auth.internal.OIDCUserManager.updateUser(OIDCUserManager.java:305)
      	org.xwiki.contrib.oidc.auth.internal.OIDCUserManager.updateUserInfo(OIDCUserManager.java:193)
      	org.xwiki.contrib.oidc.auth.internal.OIDCUserManager.updateUserInfo(OIDCUserManager.java:161)
      	org.xwiki.contrib.oidc.auth.internal.endpoint.CallbackOIDCEndpoint.handle(CallbackOIDCEndpoint.java:201)
      	org.xwiki.contrib.oidc.provider.internal.OIDCResourceReferenceHandler.handle(OIDCResourceReferenceHandler.java:134)
      	org.xwiki.contrib.oidc.provider.internal.OIDCResourceReferenceHandler.handle(OIDCResourceReferenceHandler.java:108)
      	org.xwiki.resource.internal.DefaultResourceReferenceHandlerChain.handleNext(DefaultResourceReferenceHandlerChain.java:79)
      	org.xwiki.resource.internal.AbstractResourceReferenceHandlerManager.handle(AbstractResourceReferenceHandlerManager.java:82)
      	org.xwiki.resource.servlet.ResourceReferenceHandlerServlet.handleResourceReference(ResourceReferenceHandlerServlet.java:159)
      	org.xwiki.resource.servlet.ResourceReferenceHandlerServlet.service(ResourceReferenceHandlerServlet.java:87)
      	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:733)
      	org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SetHTTPHeaderFilter.doFilter(SetHTTPHeaderFilter.java:63)
      	org.xwiki.resource.servlet.RoutingFilter.doFilter(RoutingFilter.java:145)
      

      It would be nice to have some kind of access denied message for non technical users.

      I'm not familiar with the XWiki codebase yet, so i'm not sure where to start to help improve this behaviour.

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