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# MSC2284: Making the identity server optional during discovery
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Currently the specification requires that clients `FAIL_ERROR` (hard failure - do not continue)
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when the `.well-known` file for `m.identity_server` points to somewhere invalid or is invalid
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itself. This can cause problems for clients if they either don't need an identity server to
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function (and are forced to validate it anyways) or the client ends up having to disable all
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their login UX because the identity server is misconfigured/down.
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This proposal aims to change that by allowing clients to make a conscious decision to continue
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with the invalid identity server configuration, provided the homeserver configuration is valid.
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## Proposal
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Instead of `FAIL_ERROR` for an invalid `m.identity_server` schema/server, clients are to move
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to the `FAIL_PROMPT` (inform the user, ask for input if applicable) state. Clients can decide
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to show a warning that the identity server is unavailable and allow the user to continue with
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the invalid (or client's default) configuration.
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## Tradeoffs
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Clients can end up being configured with an invalid or inoperable identity server. This is
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considered a feature by this proposal to allow for less intelligent clients to have their
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identity server disabled. Intelligent clients could interpret the lack of identity server
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as the homeserver/user asking that identity server functionality be disabled in the client.
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