Trying to tag items using discogs for a tag source is consistently failing with the attached error. [image]

Please start reading the linked topics, for example this one: [image] Freedb and Web Sources FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Discogs is reporting a 401 error: UNAUTHORIZED In many cases, the problem can be fixed by correcting the system time. This is necessary…

Which of the many existing topics about the 401 error have you tried so far? https://community.mp3tag.de/search?q=discogs%20401

I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I’ve ensured that I am on the latest version of mp3tag with a full uninstall clean new install, and have ensured I’m having no connection issues. If you’d like me to do any further troubleshooting, please advise.

Please advise on how to fix the problem. A built in feature has randomly stopped working, and is completely broken on a new install - this is a problem. This is why I came to support.

The Discogs Websource Script works perfectly fine here on my machine. If you receive an error message such as "401: unauthorized", there is probably something wrong with your machine. It is likely that the system time is out of sync. To fix your system time on Windows 11, please follow this suppor…

I assure you the system time is in sync. There is nothing wrong with my machine. Please advise.

You could start using a current Mp3tag version. Please use at least v3.33.1 from here Mp3tag - Download Mp3tag - Download Your v3.06a is over five years old.

Ok, my bad - apparently despite the system time being set to autosync, and being correct when visually inspecting it, the time had drifted just enough that mp3tag and discogs felt it was worth disrupting my workflow over a few seconds. I’m back in business, thanks for your assistance.

Thank you for pointing this out. I did explain in my troubleshooting that I did fully uninstall the old version, and did a clean install of the current version, and the error persisted. I simply didn’t feel the need to update my screenshot with the same error displaying in the current version. I’…

Discogs tag source consistently failing (401: Unauthorized)

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Please start reading the linked topics, for example this one: