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Re:Tell HN: Google issue tracker does not allow viewing issu... by oauea on Monday June 14, 2021 @08:05AM (#27501597)
This is becoming more and more widespread, Atlassian is another company doing this.

Although their case seems to be one more of incompetence than malice, since the issue page loads, shows you the entire page, then redirects you to their SSO system just as you're about to start reading. It's rather infuriating.

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Re:Tell HN: Google issue tracker does not allow viewing issu... by wdfx on Monday June 14, 2021 @08:55AM (#27501971)
This infuriates me every time I go to some atlassian issue or doc page. I'm either logged in or not. Just show me the content and don't take it away from me for a pointless Auth check flow!!
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Re:Tell HN: Google issue tracker does not allow viewing issu... by tyingq on Monday June 14, 2021 @08:24AM (#27501743)
That sounds bad, especially if the documentation gives the impression that the data is only visible when logged in.

It appears possible to make it public (e.g https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-38101). I guess the controls are too coarse though?

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Re:Tell HN: Google issue tracker does not allow viewing issu... by pc86 on Monday June 14, 2021 @09:07AM (#27502050)
Atlassian just makes terrible software.
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Re:Tell HN: Google issue tracker does not allow viewing issu... by 0x77617472 on Monday June 14, 2021 @09:07AM (#27502052)
Oracle / Java / JDK download is another one. Requiring you to login to download any non-latest version.
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