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Digest authentication is not supported (Basic only) #8

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Digest authentication is not supported (Basic only)#8
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opened on Oct 12, 2026

Credentials from the URL are always sent as Authorization: Basic ... (RtspClient.rtspConnect, QuadCell.connect). A 401 reply with WWW-Authenticate: Digest is treated as a fatal error, so the client keeps reconnecting forever.

Why it matters: many third-party cameras and NVRs require Digest authentication for RTSP.

Proposal: on 401, parse WWW-Authenticate and retry with Digest (RFC 2617 / RFC 7616 MD5), keeping Basic as a fallback.

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    on Oct 12, 2026
  2. compot-dev
    closed this as completedin #46on Oct 12, 2026
  3. compot-dev
    added a commit that references this issue on Oct 12, 2026

    Merge pull request #46 from OpenIPC/feat/rtsp-auth-keepalive

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  5. compot-dev
    added 3 commits that reference this issue on Oct 15, 2026

    feat: RTSP Digest authentication and session keepalive

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    docs: README lists Digest and keepalive; drop fixed #8, #9, #11 from …

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    Merge pull request #46 from OpenIPC/feat/rtsp-auth-keepalive

    99e9ddf
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