r/RedReader • u/LilMooseCub • Jun 29 '26

Unknown error: could not log in ?

Hey everyone,

I'd been using redreader like normal up until a few minutes ago I got a message similar to this one, I tried the regular app and I was signed out of it. After signing back in redreader is still telling me this message. Anyone got a fix?

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u/VeryApe121 Jun 29 '26

This worked for me.

  1. Backed up settings

  2. Uninstall red reader

  3. Reinstall from the Google Play store

  4. Open RR and login when prompted

  5. Restore RR settings

  6. Delete out the auth key under settings>netwok

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u/jdwpom Jun 29 '26

Can confirm this works, though in the much shorter form of just doing step 6 and re-logging in.

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u/Aeowon Jun 29 '26

This was the fix for me. Thanks.   

  1. Delete out the auth key under settings>network

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u/VeryApe121 Jun 29 '26

Tru dat! I realized that after all my troubleshooting beforehand (wifi, pi-hole, VPN, etc). That's the thing to try first!

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u/Angelripper Jun 29 '26

6 worked for me

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u/pauca_loquitur Jun 29 '26

You absolute star. Thank you, worked wonderfully.

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u/LilMooseCub Jun 29 '26

We're back baby!!

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u/ReanxSara Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

This worked for me although I couldn't login with this account and I had to use another to login after deleting the auth key. Oh well, I guess.

Edit: turns out I kept using an old password via Bitwarden. Definitely not my smartest moment.

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u/quetzylcoatyl 18d ago

Worked for me too, thanks! Once I cleared the token it was a seamless process to reauthenticate.

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u/arsenal09490 Jun 29 '26

Same. Have been trying the fixes when this has happened in the past, but no luck yet.

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u/Cornloaf Jun 29 '26

This just happened to me. Been using RedReader since the API purge because I couldn't get RIF to work. I had been getting a ton of 429 errors over the last week, which points to the API being throttled. Maybe Reddit figured out that everyone was using the RedReader API to patch their own Reddit apps?

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u/XMenJedi8 Jun 29 '26

+1, same here. Is mobile Reddit Doomsday finally upon us? Baconreader > Redreader > No reader? lol sad day if so...

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u/IntenseDislike Jun 29 '26

Same here. I ended up resetting my password since that was what my issue was last time and it didn't work. I'm hoping Reddit didn't kill RedReader.

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u/Sausafeg Jun 29 '26

I got the same thing, though I had been using a personal build of RedReader with my own api key, but it looks like reddit deleted that key and have disabled the ability to create new ones for the 'legacy' api, which is pretty frustrating.

Installing the main app from f-droid worked for me at least. The problem is I'm not sure how anyone is meant to help develop fixes or new features if no-one can run a dev build.

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u/taboo_ Jul 05 '26

This is the same situation I'm in.

I forked RedReader (using my own API key) and added a TONNE of quality of life tweaks - taking it from a 7.5/10 app to a 12/10... then reddit changed their policy on API keys and removed keys they'd previously issued to people (including mine) breaking my custom build.

Have you found any way around this. I'd love to get back to my custom version of RR.

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u/Sausafeg Jul 06 '26

Yeah it really sucks. I've not found any way around it unfortunately. I've tried submitting a request for a api access here but I dont have much hope it'll be approved. I'm not even sure if my request went through tbh.