rclone does not generate any errors but it is asking for and waiting for a two-factor authentication code and rclone is not doing anything to force Apple to send me a two-factor authentication code to my phone so I have no code to enter and now I'm stuck yet again.
I don't have any Apple devices that are trusted devices so the only option I have is two-factor authentication Via SMS.
When I try and log into my account in a web browser I am prompted for sending my SMS code to my phone and I get the code to my phone and I enter it to the website and I can log in.
I just don’t know how to make rclone tell Apple to send me the code.
Apparently you're not allowed to use an authenticator app which is what I was going to try and do.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to get around the two-factor Authentication debacle that I am in?
I signed up for a free icloud account. I can log in and see the pictures and files I have there.
When I try to log in via a browser I get an SMS code sent to my phone. I also receive an email from Apple letting me know that I have successfully logged in.
When I run rclone Apple lets me know via email that I have logged in via a browser even though I have not successfully completed the rclone 2fa.
Every time I try and re-establish my rclone remote even though I have not completed the two-factor Authentication I get an email from Apple saying that I was successfully logged in Via a web browser even though I really wasn’t.
“Your Apple Account was used to sign in to iCloud via a web browser.”
“
Dear Joe Schmo,
Your Apple Account (schmojoe@email.com) was used to sign in to iCloud via a web browser.
Date and Time: September 4, 2025, 12:07 PM PDT”
HERE is what the attempt looks like with DEBUG -vv enabled:
C:\Users\king>rclone -vv --user-agent="MyCloud" config reconnect dkicloud:
2025/09/04 20:13:40 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.71.0" starting with parameters ["rclone" "-vv" "--user-agent=MyCloud" "config" "reconnect" "dkicloud:"]
2025/09/04 20:13:40 DEBUG : Using config file from "C:\Users\king\AppData\Roaming\rclone\rclone.conf"
2025/09/04 20:13:40 DEBUG : dkicloud: config in: state="", result=""
2025/09/04 20:13:40 DEBUG : icloud: Authenticating as schmo@gmail.com
2025/09/04 20:13:41 DEBUG : Saving config "cookies" in section "dkicloud" of the config file
2025/09/04 20:13:41 DEBUG : Keeping previous permissions for config file: -rw-rw-rw-
2025/09/04 20:13:41 DEBUG : dkicloud: config out: out=&{State:2fa_do Option: OAuth: Error: Result:}, err=
2025/09/04 20:13:41 DEBUG : dkicloud: config: reading config parameter "config_2fa"
Option config_2fa.
Two-factor authentication: please enter your 2FA code
Enter a value.
config_2fa>
My phone never receives an SMS with the code the way it does when using a browser.
I’ve seen the same two 2FA interactions where the second one seems superfluous. I don’t think that’s new though, I’ve always had that happen when I config reconnect.
I have the same issue, all i have is a MacOS VM and in the past I’ve had to use that to get the 2fa code, usually when signing in via the webbrowser theres an option to request a code via sms, but I’m guessing rclone doesnt have anything implemented to do that. which is annoying.
I used the methodrclone --user-agent="your-own-random-string" config reconnect icloud:and received the verification code, but immediately after I got the error:
HTTP error 302 (302 Found) returned body: "{\"domainToUse\":\"iCloud.com.cn\"}"
What causes this? Does it mean that rclone does not support iCloud in mainland China?
Trying to set up rclone for first time and with icloud as the backend. I also got 400 on config until adding a random user agent. I’m still stuck on completing the 2FA process. My iPhone is receiving the 2FA prompt, which I allow and then type the corresponding code into rclone. rclone exits with Fatal error: validate2FACode failed: HTTP error 412 (412 ) and a long body which doesn’t appear to have any obvious problem in it. I get the email from Apple about successful login from the web, but rclone is not completing enough to store the icloud trust token. I notice I get two 2FA prompts on my phone in this process. First one when client prompts config_2fa> and again when the config process fails out.
I also had this problem and as it was mentioned above the problem was solved with the flag “–user-agent”, but I couldn’t solve it with random string. Instead I used my rclone version like this and it worked:
