Error on first account login attempt (2024)

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    Old_Timer Posts: 10 Participant

    September 2021 edited December 2022 in Spectrum Archives: 2020 - Present

    I'm a new internet customer and created an account several days ago. Each time I try to log in I get the following error:

    We're sorry, something didn't work quite right. Please try again. IDCE-1013.

    When I try again the log in is successful. Try chat but you apparently never get to an agent. Anyone have any idea what might be causing this?

    Thanks.

    • James_M Posts: 4,751 ✅ Verified Employee Moderator

      September 2021 Answer ✓

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      It may be an issue with Firefox. Can you attempt to reproduce the error on Chrome or Edge?

    • James_M Posts: 4,751 ✅ Verified Employee Moderator

      October 2021 Answer ✓

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      Thanks for the update. Sounds like you had an older or outdated page bookmarked. The bookmarked page was likely throwing an error, which caused the page to loop back to the login screen a second time. If you like, you can bookmark https://www.spectrum.net/login. Let us know if the issue returns, and glad to hear the issue appears to be resolved!

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    • Julia_R Posts: 4,661 Contributor

      September 2021

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      Hello! Welcome to the Community!

      Does this happen at Spectrum.net and the App? If you are a video subscriber does this happen with Spectrum Video login as well or just the Spectrum.net.

      Julia_R

    • Thanks! I don't have the app so it's only happening via the web page. I'm just an internet subscriber.

    • coriel Posts: 1 Newcomer

      September 2021

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      Have you tried clearing your cache and cookies? Make sure you’re using chrome as well

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    • Old_Timer Posts: 10 Participant

      September 2021

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      I'm running Firefox on Windows 10. Clearing cache and cookies did not help. I'd prefer not to change browsers. Why would Chrome be required to log into a common company website?

    • James_M Posts: 4,751 ✅ Verified Employee Moderator

      September 2021

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      @Old_Timer

      When you registered, did you receive a verification email? Access may be restricted until you have verified the account.

    • Old_Timer Posts: 10 Participant

      September 2021

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      I had already created my account by the time I received an email to "set up your account". Maybe the order in which I did things has screwed things up. But just to be clear, it's the first attempt to log in that fails. I immediately try again and it succeeds. In both cases there's a lot of screen flashing 'working' indicators - pretty ugly.

    • Old_Timer Posts: 10 Participant

      September 2021

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      Have tried it several times with Edge and it worked fine. So thanks to James_M.for pointing the finger at Firefox.

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    • Old_Timer Posts: 10 Participant

      September 2021 edited September 2021

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      I switched from Firefox to Edge to use a built-in browser and save space by removing Firefox. Edge did work the other day but does not now. It's a Spectrum bug in my opinion. No big deal if I have to log in twice I guess.

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    • GerryI Posts: 1 Newcomer

      September 2021

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      I use Edge. And this happens to me. I have done all of the above and I still receive it. Its been happening for at least a year now. So, its not just Edge vs FireFox.

    • Old_Timer Posts: 10 Participant

      September 2021

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      As I mentioned above, it's not critical but certainly a bit strange.

    • beachgirl Posts: 1 Newcomer

      October 2021

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      am I to understand from the responses that Chrome and Edge are the only spectrum supported browsers? I'd really prefer not to use either of those, and have been using Safari for years on my mac.

    • James_M Posts: 4,751 ✅ Verified Employee Moderator

      October 2021

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      @beachgirl

      Spectrum.net is supported on Safari, I've included a link as well as the currently supported versions. The OP was having an issue on Firefox, and trying a different browser is just a suggested step to troubleshooting.

      If you are experiencing an issue logging in to your account, please start a new post, so we can assist.

      System Requirements for Using Spectrum.net

      Supported Browsers

      A supported web browser needs to be used in order to access all features on Spectrum.net.

      PC

      • Chrome 69 or newer
      • Firefox 63 or newer
      • Windows (OS) with Edge Browser v16

      MAC

      • Chrome 69 or newer
      • Firefox 63 Enterprise Service Release (ESR)
      • Firefox 63 or newer
      • Safari11 or newer
    • Randy_S Posts: 514 Spectrum Employee

      October 2021

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      Hello @beachgirl,

      The full list of supported browsers is here https://www.spectrum.net/support/internet/system-and-access-requirements-spectrumnet-and-watch-tv-services/ and it does show you can use Safari 11 or newer.

      Randy

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    • Old_Timer Posts: 10 Participant

      October 2021 edited October 2021

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      Just for the record, I now can't log into my Spectrum account, even on the second try. Today the first try shows the following error on a separate page:

      This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

      <status>

      <status_code>500</status_code>

      <message>Forwarding error for request URI = /sign-in-redirect ,VIP = null and Host(s) = consumer.blue.spectrum.net:443</message>

      </status>

      The second and subsequent login attempts clear the page and show a spinning circle until I give up after 4-5 minutes. I'm using Edge Version 94.0.992.38 (Official build) (64-bit).

    • James_M Posts: 4,751 ✅ Verified Employee Moderator

      October 2021

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      @Old_Timer

      When you log in to your account, are you going to https://www.spectrum.net/login ?

    • Old_Timer Posts: 10 Participant

      October 2021

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      @James_M

      No, I was going to another bookmarked login page. When I use the address you posted it works the first time and, so far, subsequent times as well. So looking much better. Will see how it goes and report any future issues. Thank you for the suggestion.

    • Old_Timer Posts: 10 Participant

      October 2021

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      Yes, I bookmarked the new link after testing it out a few times. Still good this morning. Thanks again.

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