[Bug]: Can't register new account

[mhalano]

What did you expect to happen?

I executed atuin register -u my_user -e [email protected] and it should work.

What happened?

I got this message:

➜ atuin register -u my_user -e [email protected]
Registering for an Atuin Sync account
Please enter password:
Error: error sending request for url (https://api.atuin.sh/user/mhalano)

Caused by:
   0: client error (Connect)
   1: invalid URL, scheme is not http

Location:
    /build/atuin-GIcDDW/atuin-18.4.0/crates/atuin-client/src/api_client.rs:50:16

If I try to access that URL, it says user not found.

Atuin doctor output

{
  "atuin": {
    "version": "18.4.0",
    "sync": null,
    "sqlite_version": "3.46.1"
  },
  "shell": {
    "name": "zsh",
    "default": "zsh",
    "plugins": [
      "atuin"
    ],
    "preexec": "built-in"
  },
  "system": {
    "os": "Ubuntu",
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "version": "25.04",
    "disks": [
      {
        "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p1",
        "filesystem": "vfat"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/nvme1n1p1",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/sda1",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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[mhalano]

It seems a problem with HTTPS on the default sync server. After I changed to HTTP, it worked.

I still think that should be investigated, though, because using HTTP isn't secure. Someone could capture the user and the password of the account.

[ellie]

hmm this shouldn't be an issue. What happens when you run curl https://api.atuin.sh on your system, any issues?

[mhalano]

It shows:

➜ curl https://api.atuin.sh
{"homage":"\"Through the fathomless deeps of space swims the star turtle Great A'Tuin, bearing on its back the four giant elephants who carry on their shoulders the mass of the Discworld.\" -- Sir Terry Pratchett","version":"18.3.0","total_history":155743893}%

[mhalano]

I didn't find the reason, but I just got a clue: I installed Atuin using the package manager (Ubuntu). it doesn't work. If I use the binary from releases from GitHub, it works. Any clue why that? Maybe some incompatibility with the Rust stack from Ubuntu?

[mhalano]

Opened a bug with Ubuntu. It seems something with the way they package Atuin. Here is the bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/atuin/+bug/2101804

[PGScully]

This is also happening with Debian and RaspberryPi OS.

[mhalano]

Yeah, that makes sense since Ubuntu gets the package from Debian, e Raspberry Pi OS should do the same.
They disabled TLS for some reason, according to the changelog, the problem is not the server part that uses it, but also the client.