Trakt problem when using on multiple devices

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I have multiple devices with Kodi with Scrubs installed on them. I also have beatv installed on each. In the past I had no issue activating trakt on each and use them on each. In the past few weeks, I’ve had to reactivate each trakt instance on each device, and only the last teakt instance I activate remains activated, the others deactivate. So now each time I switch watching from one device to the next I need to acticate on trakt.tv/acticate again. This is becoming very frustrating.

Anyone else experiencing this? Anyone have a resolution for this issue?

When I look in my account it shows that one instance of the app/service is connected, but doesn’t indicate if multiples of the same app are connected. I have never had to check this before so I am unsure if it showed how many instances of a app was connected before.

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trakt updated their auth token expiry a little while ago but there’s nothing for you to do really. you’ll need to contact the other app or plugin developers for help with those or to have them update their code for the auth tokens

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Even if the auth tokens works for the last device authorized, this is an issue with the app developer and not trakt?

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yeah since trakt changed something with their auth tokens, the app devs need to update to the new token

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Thanks. I will reach out to both devs, but I think they both have stopped development on thier apps.

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I just noticed that the developer would need to ensure their app handles reauthorization every 24 hours, but the last device I authorize stays activated beyond 24 hours. This may indicate the developer has already implemented the resync code necessary for reauthorization.

If the fix is already coded, what else could cause the previous device dropping authorization after a new device is authorized?

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No, that isn’t how auth works. There is a secondary refresh token with a longer expiration the app uses to get the main token automatically. If the app isn’t doing that, it means they haven’t coded auth correctly.

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The developer shows that they have updated the process here accountmanager/changelog.txt at main · Zaxxon709/accountmanager · GitHub

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There used to be an option to name your device eg. lounge or bedroom. Now that is gone so I’m assuming that if you have the same app on 2 different devices that when you authorize one device you will deactivate the other. My solution for now is to use different apps on different devices. eg. POV on one device and Fen on another.

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Well glad I scrolled and deleted my question. This sucks. I do remember trakt used to work even on same app across devices.
Was going mad recently between my living room and bedroom on why it kept falling out of sync. Thanks for the info everyone.

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Could being vip make a difference?

I noticed in devices that it didn’t add an additional fen light, it only updated the time stamp for when it was authorized.

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I’ve been experiencing that across 3 devices. It took me a bit longer to figure out what has been happening. I was just tolerating it because I figured Trakt would fix whatever was wrong. That doesn’t appear to be true though. Has anyone submitted a ticket on this? If it isn’t fixed soon, my solution will be to look for an alternative to Trakt.