[CB-2428] Javascript stops working on windows phone 8 when getting a 401 response from ajax

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Abandoned
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.0, 2.4.0
• Component/s: cordova-wp8 (DEPRECATED)
• Assignee: Jesse MacFadyen
• Reporter: Ismael Olusola Jimoh
• Created: 13/Feb/13 10:02
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:34
• Resolved: 23/Apr/13 21:34

Description

I am using ajax to authenticate with a username and password. This works as expected on iOS, Android and on desktop browsers. However when recieveing a 401 in phonegap for WP8, the app stops responding. Anything else looks ok (200, 404, 500).

This issue is not seen in IE on the phone, only in phonegap.

I have found out that if the server does not put "WWW-Authenticate:" in the response header, ajax will exit as expected and other javascript code will run fine.

Has anyone seen this kind of issue, and a possible solution that does not involve changing things server side?

Issue Links

• is related to: CB-2415 On iOS the ajax error/fail callback is not called after server returns error code 401/unauthorized
• is related to: CB-2962 phonegap doesn't call ajax callbacks when server sends 401 status