External connection on site with HTTP Auth about distributor HOT 5 OPEN

There is a way to pass basic auth via the url - https://username:[email protected]

I know Chrome is moving away from that method. There is another filter you can use here - https://github.com/10up/distributor/blob/master/includes/classes/Authentication.php#L40

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Hi Taylor.
I am aware of what you have written above, but this is what I found to be a problem, https://github.com/10up/distributor/blob/master/includes/classes/Authentications/WordPressBasicAuth.php#L106.

HTTP Basic Auth header is sent by default and if I add correct one via the provided filter, I am getting limited connectivity and push unavailable notice as it overwrites the one containing admin account info from settings.

If I enter the connection URL in a format https://username:[email protected] I get "No connection found".
When HTTP Basic Auth info is added as admin/username combo the following notice is displayed:

Limited connection established. Authentication failed.
Push distribution unavailable.
Pull distribution limited to basic content, i.e. title and content body.

The only way I could get it working is after I have removed HTTP auth we had and added the Application Passwords.

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Yep, you're right. We need a way to get around this. Adding this bug to our queue.

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Does #368 solved this issue?

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@dhanendran perhaps.

@goranseric have you updated to Distributor 1.6 or later (1.6.2 is current latest) and tried out the new External Connections setup flow to see if that resolves your issue?

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