STM32Cube IDE 1.13.2 "Authentication Error Manager"

[coldwell]

If I try to log in to myST (Alt-L), I see the throbber throb for a while and then this (unhelpful) dialog pops up

 

So I can't download firmware.

[coldwell]

When I tried to download the firmware manually from the ST website, I hit a 503, which probably has something to do with the problem.

Service Unavailable

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

[Pavel A.]

Since you can log in and post messages here, the sign-on server works. Then it can be a temporary outage of content distribution network (CDN) in your area, please try later. (downloading CubeIDE and libraries works for me now, in my area).

[coldwell]

What worked for me was to simply clone it from github.

https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/STM32CubeF0

into C:\Users\username\STM32Cube\Repository

Since the source code is available on github, it's not clear to me why there is a login requirement to download it through the IDE, and it certainly doesn't improve the user experience.

[Tesla DeLorean]

Yeah, it just reinforces the invasive creep of control and monitoring. None of this stuff needs to call home. Many places air-gap their systems to protect corporate networks. I don't see how it speed up fixes, things that have been complained about for years are left unfixed, basic QA and dog-fooding don't seem to be implemented in a way that all the annoying behaviours have been observed and resolved. There are so many things which could improve user experience.