GitHub sign in goes to blank page

With v3.1.0 Gitter desktop client, clicking sign in -> Sign with GitHub leads to a blank page.

The current page URL is the following but you get a net::ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH in the devtools console.

https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fgitter.im%2Flogin%2Fcallback&scope=user%3Aemail%2Cread%3Aorg&state=xxx&client_id=xxx

@var2dan ☝ March 1, 2018 3:16 AM

As reported by

• https://gitter.im/gitterHQ/gitter?at=5a9008e66fba1a703a8ec9d5
• https://gitter.im/gitterHQ/gitter?at=5a90b5c30202dc012e789993
• https://gitter.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/7676
• ☝ March 7, 2018 9:32 AM

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Workaround

You can manually authenticate by adding your personal access token from https://developer.gitter.im/apps (sign in) to the following file.

C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Local\Gitter\gitter_preferences.json (Windows), /home/mlm/.config/Gitter/gitter_preferences.json (Linux), ~/Library/Application\ Support/Gitter/gitter_preferences.json (macOS): https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/wiki/App#datapath

{
  "settings": {
    "token": "xxx",
  }
}

Here is another way which is slightly more of a hassle and most likely won't work (use the above method), https://gist.github.com/MadLittleMods/01158db1056da3b86495