Logging into ServiceNow mobile app keeps looping forever and drains the mobile battery - Support and Troubleshooting

Logging into ServiceNow mobile app keeps looping forever and drains the mobile battery Issue This article helps troubleshoot a failing mobile login scenario where repeated authentication attempts cause the mobile device battery to drain very quickly.

Symptoms While making the login attempt on the ServiceNow mobile app in an IOS device, we observed the following warnings in the node log:

2/22/17 12:36:38 (189) NONE New transaction CB9883B3DB87C700A0C2F1C41D9619D6 #47016 /$m.do 12/22/17 12:36:38 (195) CB9883B3DB87C700A0C2F1C41D9619D6 #47016 /$m.do Parameters ------------------------- 12/22/17 12:36:38 (196) CB9883B3DB87C700A0C2F1C41D9619D6 Default redirect IDP not found. Check if it exists and is active. If not, clear the system property glide.authenticate.sso.redirect.idp 12/22/17 12:36:38 (196) CB9883B3DB87C700A0C2F1C41D9619D6 *** Start #47016 /$m.do, user: guest 12/22/17 12:36:38 (224) CB9883B3DB87C700A0C2F1C41D9619D6 *** End #47016 /$m.do, user: guest, total time: 0:00:00.035, processing time: 0:00:00.035, SQL time: 0:00:00.003 (count: 9) 12/22/17 12:36:38 (391) NONE New transaction CB9883B3DB87C700A0C2F1C41D9619D6 #47017 /login_with_sso.do 12/22/17 12:36:38 (398) CB9883B3DB87C700A0C2F1C41D9619D6 #47017 /login_with_sso.do Parameters ------------------------- glide_sso_id= 12/22/17 12:36:38 (403) CB9883B3DB87C700A0C2F1C41D9619D6 *** End #47017 /login_with_sso.do, user: guest, total time: 0:00:00.000, processing time: 0:00:00.000, SQL time: 0:00:00.003 (count: 6) The issue is reproducible in $m.do interface as well.

Cause The property ' glide.authenticate.sso.redirect.idp ' on the instance was set to the sys_id of an incorrect IDP. Hence, the system was making continuous failing attempts to contact the IDP. In this situation, more processing power is continuously used, eventually draining the mobile device battery.

Resolution Check your SSO configuration with your network engineer, and set the instance property ' glide.authenticate.sso.redirect.idp ' to the correct IDP. In case this is unknown yet, set the property to an empty value.

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