azureauthenticationazure-storageazure-storage-account

Authenticating my Azure account opens a localhost webpage with invalid security

I've been using Azure Storage Explorer for a few years without any problems. This morning I opened it and was told that I needed to reauthenticate, so I clicked the Reauthenticate now link.

This window opened...

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At the same time a browser window opened with a URL which begins...

https://localhost:61204/?code=

... and this is displayed...

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Is there anything I can do about this? How else can I reauthenticate?

UPDATE
It seems that this problem goes further than I previously thought: I also cannot login to the Azure CLI or run any Powershell scripts which require authentication. In all cases I'm presented with a webpage showing ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR.

UPDATE 2
It looks like Firefox gives a bit more explanation of the problem:

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Sure enough, if I change my default browser to Firefox then the process works.

Solution

  • The following worked for me (across VS, Storage Explorer and the Az Cli):

    For Edge, go to edge://net-internals/#hsts

    for Google Chrome, go to chrome://net-internals/#hsts

    Under Delete domain security policies, fill in localhost and click Delete

    from https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/issues/10426