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DPAPI binaries on @azure/msal-node-extensions do not work on Windows, on Node 15

See original GitHub issue

Library

@azure/msal-node-extensions@1.0.0-alpha.6

Description

If one installs @azure/msal-node-extensions@1.0.0-alpha.6 on Windows, using Node 15, the FilePersistenceWithDataProtection class (that uses the DPAPI binaries) throws when one attempts to use it.

Error Message

Uncaught PersistenceError: DPAPIEncryptedFileError: Encryption/Decryption failed. Error code: 87

Identity Provider

Azure AD

Browsers/Environment

Node v15.12.0 on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro.

Source

Internal (Microsoft)
Customer request

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:6 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

joshfreecommented, Mar 30, 2021

@sameerag This issue, along with the other Node 8 issue https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-js/issues/3337, blocks the Azure.Identity Client library for Javascript release we’re planning for May.

Can this be prioritized higher?

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sameeragcommented, Apr 3, 2021

Thank you @sadasant. Great find. Follow up: Should we change our sample to reflect these changes? Can you please let us know if you can contribute a doc to help the community?

We would like to highlight this for anyone relevant.

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