Re: Unable to login

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Aryan Sharma <aryansharma1323(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-www(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Unable to login
Date: 2026-07-22 13:37:57
Message-ID: CABUevEx+Cj0-PP10UG5fX0R4zEfSNDtP23XypjpYh04WsXhmTA@mail.gmail.com
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Hi1

Ah, that would explain it. I can't find an account for your email at all,
so I assume you already got it sorted, with that switch-and-switch-back on
github?

//Magnus

On Thu, 16 Jul 2026 at 09:16, Aryan Sharma <aryansharma1323(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> > That means that the address on your google account is attached as a
> secondary ddress on a different account. You need to log in using that
> account, and either remove it there, or swap which address is primary (only
> the primary address can be used for logging in).
>
> Just discovered the issue - my GitHub account used `+dev` suffix in
> primary email until a few weeks back. I updated the primary email to not
> use this suffix. Since this email is listed as secondary in my PostgreSQL
> account, I couldn't login from any tool (GitHub or Google). Password reset
> didn't work either. Is it possible that my primary email gets updated to
> my secondary email address? This should fix the problem. The other option
> is that I revert my GitHub account's primary email back to `+dev` suffix
> but I'm migrating away from it so I'd rather avoid it.
>
> Best,
> Aryan Sharma
>
> ᐧ
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 2:32 AM Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 15 Jul 2026 at 17:38, Aryan Sharma <aryansharma1323(at)gmail(dot)com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I haven't been able to sign in to my PostgreSQL account using Google
>>> OAuth. On signing in with my email, I get redirected to https://www.
>>> postgresql.org/account/signup/oauth/ which redirects me to:
>>>
>>> > OAuth error:
>>> > This email address is already attached to a different account.
>>>
>>> I've tried logging in with GitHub and Google accounts and see the same
>>> error. Also tried resetting my password, but I didn't receive any email.
>>> Could someone help me recover my account?
>>>
>>> Thank you for your time
>>>
>>>
>> That means that the address on your google account is attached as a
>> secondary ddress on a different account. You need to log in using that
>> account, and either remove it there, or swap which address is primary (only
>> the primary address can be used for logging in).
>>
>> //Magnus
>>
>>
>

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