"something went wrong" error when logging in

[mateusz763tl]

What happened?

it always says something went wrong when logging in

Version

2.3.0

Relevant log output

G:\Downloads\ipatool>ipatool auth login --email "email" --password "no"
2:53PM ERR error="something went wrong" success=false

[johnvillarde324-cpu]

same here. Getting the same error, any fix of this?

[derekderekderekderek828]

having same issue, i get to put in my email but not my password

[irootsec]

Same here. I have access to my account, and have a 2FA configured but not working at all. Try with account password and application password

[stonecrumbler]

this started about a week ago. It seems like downloads still work, but ipatool cannot purchase new licenses. It is not surprising, as it is that time of the year when Apple breaks things for security researchers...
If anyone has a bit of time to dig into which parts changed, that would help speed up the fix.

[ocienme]

this started about a week ago. It seems like downloads still work, but ipatool cannot purchase new licenses. It is not surprising, as it is that time of the year when Apple breaks things for security researchers... If anyone has a bit of time to dig into which parts changed, that would help speed up the fix.

Does that mean it works if I purchase the app on my phone firstly, then use ipatool to download the specified vesion? But the issue I met is that I cannot login via ipatool.

[stonecrumbler]

this started about a week ago. It seems like downloads still work, but ipatool cannot purchase new licenses. It is not surprising, as it is that time of the year when Apple breaks things for security researchers... If anyone has a bit of time to dig into which parts changed, that would help speed up the fix.

Does that mean it works if I purchase the app on my phone firstly, then use ipatool to download the specified vesion? But the issue I met is that I cannot login via ipatool.

if you're not logged in it won't work. unfortunately apple broke login too.

[Darklord0066]

so fixed it at my own end its Apple GSA SRP + SMS-2FA flow

[Darklord0066]

C:\Users\H--t S---h\Downloads\ipatool-main\ipatool-main\build>ipatool-windows-amd64.exe auth info
8:12AM INF enter passphrase to unlock "C:\Users\H---t S--h\.ipatool" (this is separate from your Apple ID password):
8:12AM INF email=d******@gmail.com name= success=true

C:\Users\Downloads\ipatool-main\ipatool-main\build>ipatool-windows-amd64.exe search --limit 1 Paytmcheckin
8:28AM INF enter passphrase to unlock "C:\Users\.ipatool" (this is separate from your Apple ID password):
8:28AM INF apps=[{"bundleID":"com.one97.travel","id":6670743429,"name":"Paytm Checkin Flight Train Bus","price":0,"version":"1.1.0"}] count=1

[adamenger]

Built and tested PR #486 against Apples current auth endpoint on macos 26 and go 1.26.4.

auth login succeeds end-to-end on that branch, including 2fa.

+1 to merging that PR

[Sovenok-Hacker]

Yes, #486 fixes the issue, +1

[xamimus0]

for me #486 doesnt fix the auth login issue, tried both on macos and windows

[adamenger]

@xamimus0 any further details you can share- tracebacks or logs?

[xamimus0]

@adamenger heres the verbose output

ipatool % ./ipatool auth login -e [redacted] --verbose

7:49PM INF enter password:

7:49PM DBG logging in authCode=<nil> email=[redacted]  password=[redacted] 

7:49PM DBG error="something went wrong" metadata={"Data":{"Account":{"Address":{"FirstName":"","LastName":""},"Email":""},"CustomerMessage":"","DirectoryServicesID":"","FailureType":"","PasswordToken":""},"Headers":{"Apple-Originating-System":"MZAuth","Apple-Seq":"0.0","Apple-Timing-App":"0 ms","Apple-Tk":"false","B3":"[redacted]","Cache-Control":"private, no-cache, no-store, no-transform, must-revalidate, max-age=0","Content-Length":"0","Date":"Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:49:40 GMT","Edge-Control":"no-store","G":"t","Server":"Apple","Strict-Transport-Security":"max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains","Vary":"Origin","X-Apple-Jingle-Correlation-Key”:”[redacted]”,”X-Apple-Lokamai-No-Cache":"true","X-Apple-Request-Uuid”:”[redacted]”,”X-B3-Spanid”:”[redacted]”,”X-B3-Traceid”:”[redacted]”,”X-Content-Type-Options":"nosniff","X-Daiquiri-Debug-Worker-Pid":"65298","X-Daiquiri-Instance”:”[redacted]“,”X-Frame-Options":"SAMEORIGIN","X-Responding-Instance":"MZAuth:20031:::","X-Runtime":"0.000853","X-Xss-Protection":"1; mode=block"},"StatusCode":200}

7:49PM ERR error="something went wrong" success=false

[Sovenok-Hacker]

@xamimus0 are you sure you cloned the right repo and branch? Look at the git log