Telegram API credentials authentication problem

[robbydigital]

Telegram API credentials don't seem to be working. A colleague is having the same issue, even though his API credentials are working with Telethon. Tried updating Telegram app, clearing cache, deleting and reinstalling. This is the error message:

'Cannot create a dataset with these parameters. An unexpected error (RPCError 406: UPDATE_APP_TO_LOGIN (caused by SendCodeRequest)) occurred and your authentication could not be verified.'

My friend is accessing 4CAT on his own Macbook using Docker. I have tried two instances both hosted on my university's servers. One is v1.39 (not using Docker) the other is v1.42 (using Docker).

[dale-wahl]

Yes, the issue is with the Telethon application/library. They seem to have addressed it and we will hopefully have a release soon using the newest version soon. Will update here when released.

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[dale-wahl]

We have incorporated Telethon's newest version in 4CAT and it will be in the next release. If you are using Docker, you can update you .env file and set DOCKER_TAG=latest, then follow the upgrade instructions to use our development version which has incorporated a newer version of Telethon. I believe this will fix your problem, but if not please let us know.