Service Temporarily Unavailable (503)

[harunurkst]

I am testing this module inside MacOs VM. It's returning this error: Service Temporarily Unavailable (503). I also tried cli, but same issue. But I can login to ICloud from safari browser with same credentials. I am using latest code of icloud-photos-downloader.

File "/Users/devxhublimited/Desktop/icloud_photos_downloader/src/pyicloud_ipd/base.py", line 161, in _init_
    self.authenticate()
    ~~~~~~~^^
  File "/Users/devxhublimited/Desktop/icloud_photos_downloader/src/pyicloud_ipd/base.py", line 204, in authenticate
    raise error
  File "/Users/devxhublimited/Desktop/icloud_photos_downloader/src/pyicloud_ipd/base.py", line 201, in authenticate
    self._authenticate_raw_password()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/Users/devxhublimited/Desktop/icloud_photos_downloader/src/pyicloud_ipd/base.py", line 363, in _authenticate_raw_password
    raise PyiCloudFailedLoginException(msg, error) from error
pyicloud_ipd.exceptions.PyiCloudFailedLoginException: ('Invalid email/password combination.', PyiCloudAPIResponseException('Service Temporarily Unavailable (503)'))

[AndreyNikiforov]

search issues pls. e.g. #1062 #970

[andydvsn]

Your issue may also be related to having ADP turned on. I tried repeatedly until I RTFM and found that nugget in the docs.

Being in the UK this will sadly no longer be an issue for me much longer. :(

[masterrr]

It was the case for me, then I used NordVPN and issue went away immediately. Super interesting. Original operator was Vodafone UK.

[BulldozerPete]

I was redirected from #1085 to this issue.

Any suggestions how to fix the failed run?

[LGHome]

It was the case for me, then I used NordVPN and issue went away immediately. Super interesting. Original operator was Vodafone UK.

hi,bro.
Do you need to use a dedicated IP when using this NordVPN ?

[maxxe88]

Is there a workaround for this problem yet? I'm trying from Germany without a proxy or anything similar, but I keep getting error 503.

[piercefreeman]

I've done a bit of digging on this myself. Some initial observations. Since these are only O(1) with my iCloud account I can't imagine how generalizable these are:

1. App-specific passwords never work, always results in a 503
2. Logging in with my standard username/password right after trying an app-specific password will also result in a 503
3. After (1) and (2) going to an incognito browser and attempting a login to iCloud.com with my regular password will also result in a 503 console log
4. After (1) and (2) going to my regular browser that has been previously trusted by iCloud will usually let me in without a challenge. It sometimes blocks with the same 503. I imagine trusted browsers have a higher "trust" rating but not an absolute authorization to circumvent the 2FA service.

Interestingly, the 503 continues to happen from the console auth until I go to the browser and successfully login to the incognito window. I can usually do that after ~10min. Then the console auth lets me in during the next attempt. But when I wait the 10mins and try to auth with the console first the same is not true.

Since this appears to be the most common auth problem that's raised in Issues, is it worth appending https://icloud-photos-downloader.github.io/icloud_photos_downloader/authentication.html or a new Troubleshooting page with some self-help FAQ debugging steps? @AndreyNikiforov

[AndreyNikiforov]

there were a number of improvements in recent releases. try v1.32.2 and reopen this issue if persists.