TB discover tool errors out with “no token”

Question

I just tried to discover (luckily only 3) TBs through the tool, but it failed them all with “no token”. Maybe something with the Groundspeak API is hicupping again?

Answer 1

It sounds like your authentication between Project-GC and Geocaching.com expired with an unlucky timing.

The design from Groundspeak is that it lasts for 90 days. Project-GC checks that it's still valid at least every 8th hour. But a job like discovering trackables depends on it existing and being active. My guess is that it expired between Project-GC's last test and that you added the trackable job (or in the middle of the job).

The solution is to log out from Project-GC and authenticate again. Or wait until Project-GC throws you out because it realize the token isn't valid anymore, which should then happen within 8 hours.

Comments

Funny, PGC hasn’t logged me out yet, more than 8 hours later. I’ll try again once I have more TB codes to work on.

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You can also force logout by clicking your username top right, and then logout.

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I tried again: I was never forcefully logged out, but by logging out manually, then logging in, the TB discover tool works again.