"Failed to login: the authentication servers are currently down for maintenance." error message for months now

Alberto

Yes, I've searched a lot about this question. Some of them tell me to wait, then I waited for a few months. And it didn't work. Some told me to change the Minecraft version, I tried from 1.7.10 to 1.17.1, none of them work. And I turned off my firewall. I tried a lot of things and this problem is still here. (The Minecraft log only shows [time] [Client thread/INFO] [bcx]: Connecting to {}, ...) (Mojang Service status always shows all servers are up.)

UNTIL I used my old computer to play - that worked! That's very weird! These two computers connect to the same network and router. I have no idea why that worked.

My OS is: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G14033).

Here is a log of 1.7.10 (with Java 1.8.0_321):

[09:24:18] [main/INFO]: Setting user: WhiteNightAWA
[09:24:18] [main/INFO]: (Session ID is token: ()) // I can't show you this... :(
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.attack:key.mouse.left
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.use:key.mouse.right
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.forward:key.keyboard.w
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.left:key.keyboard.a
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.back:key.keyboard.s
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.right:key.keyboard.d
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.jump:key.keyboard.space
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.sneak:key.keyboard.left.shift
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.sprint:key.keyboard.left.control
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.drop:key.keyboard.q
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.inventory:key.keyboard.e
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.chat:key.keyboard.t
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.playerlist:key.keyboard.tab
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.pickItem:key.mouse.middle
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.command:key.keyboard.slash
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.screenshot:key.keyboard.f2
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.togglePerspective:key.keyboard.f5
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.smoothCamera:key.keyboard.unknown
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.fullscreen:key.keyboard.f11
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.hotbar.1:key.keyboard.1
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.hotbar.2:key.keyboard.2
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.hotbar.3:key.keyboard.3
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.hotbar.4:key.keyboard.4
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.hotbar.5:key.keyboard.5
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.hotbar.6:key.keyboard.6
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.hotbar.7:key.keyboard.7
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.hotbar.8:key.keyboard.8
[09:24:19] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: key_key.hotbar.9:key.keyboard.9
[09:24:19] [Client thread/INFO]: LWJGL Version: 2.9.1
[09:24:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default
[09:24:22] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Sound engine started
[09:24:22] [Client thread/INFO]: Created: 512x256 textures/blocks-atlas
[09:24:23] [Client thread/INFO]: Created: 256x256 textures/items-atlas
[09:24:41] [Client thread/INFO]: Connecting to playdelta.gtnewhorizons.com., 25565 // (this is a 1.7.10 server)
// And it show the error here on the screen
[09:25:33] [Client thread/INFO]: Stopping!

and this is on1.17.1 (with Java 16.0.2):

[09:47:39] [Render thread/INFO]: Environment: authHost='https://authserver.mojang.com', accountsHost='https://api.mojang.com', sessionHost='https://sessionserver.mojang.com', servicesHost='https://api.minecraftservices.com', name='PROD'
// yes I know this maybe the error but I have no idea about this...

[09:47:40] [Render thread/ERROR]: Failed to verify authentication

com.mojang.authlib.exceptions.AuthenticationException: com.mojang.authlib.exceptions.MinecraftClientException: Failed to read from https://api.minecraftservices.com/privileges due to PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

at com.mojang.authlib.exceptions.MinecraftClientException.toAuthenticationException(MinecraftClientException.java:28) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilSocialInteractionsService.checkPrivileges(YggdrasilSocialInteractionsService.java:116) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilSocialInteractionsService.(YggdrasilSocialInteractionsService.java:42) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilAuthenticationService.createSocialInteractionsService(YggdrasilAuthenticationService.java:151) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

at dvp.a(SourceFile:670) [1.17.1.jar:?]

at dvp.(SourceFile:429) [1.17.1.jar:?]

at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:179) [1.17.1.jar:?]

Caused by: com.mojang.authlib.exceptions.MinecraftClientException: Failed to read from https://api.minecraftservices.com/privileges due to PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

at com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient.readInputStream(MinecraftClient.java:85) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient.get(MinecraftClient.java:47) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilSocialInteractionsService.checkPrivileges(YggdrasilSocialInteractionsService.java:104) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

... 5 more

Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

at sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:131) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:369) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:312) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:307) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.checkServerCerts(CertificateMessage.java:654) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.onCertificate(CertificateMessage.java:473) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.consume(CertificateMessage.java:369) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.consume(SSLHandshake.java:396) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:480) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:458) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.dispatch(TransportContext.java:199) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLTransport.decode(SSLTransport.java:172) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.decode(SSLSocketImpl.java:1506) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readHandshakeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1416) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:451) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:422) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:574) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:183) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1653) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1577) ~[?:?]

at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:527) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:308) ~[?:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient.readInputStream(MinecraftClient.java:64) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient.get(MinecraftClient.java:47) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilSocialInteractionsService.checkPrivileges(YggdrasilSocialInteractionsService.java:104) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

... 5 more

Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:439) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:306) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:264) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:231) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:132) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.checkServerCerts(CertificateMessage.java:638) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.onCertificate(CertificateMessage.java:473) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.consume(CertificateMessage.java:369) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.consume(SSLHandshake.java:396) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:480) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:458) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.dispatch(TransportContext.java:199) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLTransport.decode(SSLTransport.java:172) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.decode(SSLSocketImpl.java:1506) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readHandshakeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1416) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:451) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:422) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:574) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:183) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1653) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1577) ~[?:?]

at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:527) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:308) ~[?:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient.readInputStream(MinecraftClient.java:64) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient.get(MinecraftClient.java:47) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilSocialInteractionsService.checkPrivileges(YggdrasilSocialInteractionsService.java:104) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

... 5 more

Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.build(SunCertPathBuilder.java:141) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(SunCertPathBuilder.java:126) ~[?:?]

at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(CertPathBuilder.java:297) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:434) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:306) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:264) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:231) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:132) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.checkServerCerts(CertificateMessage.java:638) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.onCertificate(CertificateMessage.java:473) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.consume(CertificateMessage.java:369) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.consume(SSLHandshake.java:396) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:480) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:458) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.dispatch(TransportContext.java:199) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLTransport.decode(SSLTransport.java:172) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.decode(SSLSocketImpl.java:1506) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readHandshakeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1416) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:451) ~[?:?]

at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:422) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:574) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:183) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1653) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1577) ~[?:?]

at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:527) ~[?:?]

at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:308) ~[?:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient.readInputStream(MinecraftClient.java:64) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient.get(MinecraftClient.java:47) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilSocialInteractionsService.checkPrivileges(YggdrasilSocialInteractionsService.java:104) ~[authlib-2.3.31.jar:?]

... 5 more

[09:47:40] [Render thread/INFO]: Setting user: WhiteNightAWA

[09:47:40] [Render thread/INFO]: Backend library: LWJGL version 3.2.1 build 12

[09:47:41] [Render thread/ERROR]: Couldn't load pack metadata

com.google.gson.JsonParseException: com.google.gson.stream.MalformedJsonException: Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 4 column 14 path $.pack.pack_for

at agv.a(SourceFile:495) ~[1.17.1.jar:?]

at agv.a(SourceFile:545) ~[1.17.1.jar:?]

at agv.a(SourceFile:553) ~[1.17.1.jar:?]

at acs.a(SourceFile:74) [1.17.1.jar:?]

at acs.a(SourceFile:66) [1.17.1.jar:?]

at adg.a(SourceFile:37) [1.17.1.jar:?]

at adf.a(SourceFile:40) [1.17.1.jar:?]

at adi.g(SourceFile:45) [1.17.1.jar:?]

at adi.a(SourceFile:38) [1.17.1.jar:?]

at dvp.(SourceFile:506) [1.17.1.jar:?]

at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:179) [1.17.1.jar:?]

Caused by: com.google.gson.stream.MalformedJsonException: Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 4 column 14 path $.pack.pack_for

at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.syntaxError(JsonReader.java:1559) ~[gson-2.8.0.jar:?]

at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.checkLenient(JsonReader.java:1401) ~[gson-2.8.0.jar:?]

at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.doPeek(JsonReader.java:593) ~[gson-2.8.0.jar:?]

at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.peek(JsonReader.java:425) ~[gson-2.8.0.jar:?]

at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$29.read(TypeAdapters.java:716) ~[gson-2.8.0.jar:?]

at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$29.read(TypeAdapters.java:739) ~[gson-2.8.0.jar:?]

at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$29.read(TypeAdapters.java:739) ~[gson-2.8.0.jar:?]

at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$29.read(TypeAdapters.java:714) ~[gson-2.8.0.jar:?]

at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$35$1.read(TypeAdapters.java:910) ~[gson-2.8.0.jar:?]

at agv.a(SourceFile:493) ~[1.17.1.jar:?]

... 10 more

[09:47:41] [Render thread/WARN]: Couldn't find pack meta for pack file/PANGU CONTINENT¸ê·½¥]¥¿¦¡ª©1.2.zip

[09:47:42] [Render thread/WARN]: Couldn't get pack info for: java.util.zip.ZipException: zip END header not found

[09:47:43] [Render thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default

[09:47:54] [Render thread/INFO]: OpenAL initialized.

[09:47:54] [Render thread/INFO]: Sound engine started

[09:47:55] [Render thread/INFO]: Created: 1024x1024x4 minecraft:textures/atlas/blocks.png-atlas

[09:47:55] [Render thread/INFO]: Created: 256x128x4 minecraft:textures/atlas/signs.png-atlas

[09:47:55] [Render thread/INFO]: Created: 1024x512x4 minecraft:textures/atlas/banner_patterns.png-atlas

[09:47:55] [Render thread/INFO]: Created: 1024x512x4 minecraft:textures/atlas/shield_patterns.png-atlas

[09:47:55] [Render thread/INFO]: Created: 256x256x4 minecraft:textures/atlas/chest.png-atlas

[09:47:55] [Render thread/INFO]: Created: 512x256x4 minecraft:textures/atlas/beds.png-atlas

[09:47:55] [Render thread/INFO]: Created: 512x256x4 minecraft:textures/atlas/shulker_boxes.png-atlas

[09:47:57] [Render thread/INFO]: Created: 256x256x0 minecraft:textures/atlas/particles.png-atlas

[09:47:57] [Render thread/INFO]: Created: 256x256x0 minecraft:textures/atlas/paintings.png-atlas

[09:47:57] [Render thread/INFO]: Created: 256x128x0 minecraft:textures/atlas/mob_effects.png-atlas

[09:48:03] [Server Pinger #2/ERROR]: Can't ping cusv.cc: Unknown host

[09:48:04] [Render thread/INFO]: Connecting to mc.hypixel.net, 25565

juvenalb

Old versions of MacOS have some issues with certificate verification for Minecraft- Even if the root cert should be valid. Mojang only supports MacOS 10.14+. Sometimes macOS’s built-in updater breaks, check out this page for upgrade instructions: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683

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