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"Web login required" keeps popping up with Gmail accounts after 1 year with no problems (2-steps verification already active)

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Hello! I've had this problem 1 year ago and I solved it activating 2-step verification for all my Gmail accounts, but now it's back! Basically, Thunderbirs can't connect to all my Gmail accounts and keeps asking me to do the web login,but:

1) It doesn't happen with all of them at the same time. I have 5 Gmail accounts. Sometimes 3 don't work, sometimes two, sometimes just one. 2) When I login on webmail, the problem goes away but after a few hours comes back. Not always with the same Gmail accounts.

As I said, it was about a year I did not have this problem anymore and now it's back. May be a coincidence, but this happened after I installed Windows 10 October update.

Thank you for your help!

Hello! I've had this problem 1 year ago and I solved it activating 2-step verification for all my Gmail accounts, but now it's back! Basically, Thunderbirs can't connect to all my Gmail accounts and keeps asking me to do the web login,but: 1) It doesn't happen with all of them at the same time. I have 5 Gmail accounts. Sometimes 3 don't work, sometimes two, sometimes just one. 2) When I login on webmail, the problem goes away but after a few hours comes back. Not always with the same Gmail accounts. As I said, it was about a year I did not have this problem anymore and now it's back. May be a coincidence, but this happened after I installed Windows 10 October update. Thank you for your help!

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I'm experiencing similar issues. I get prompted for web login for all my Gmail accounts. After completing the OAuth process for all accounts, by clicking allow, I cycle back to the first account. I've gone through this song and dance about 4 times now.

I'm on Linux Mint 19. Thunderbird 60.2.1 (64-bit)