From d0a43d431ec3ab7603827d26924b3708a5bc33b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Cloke <clokep@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:12:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix a typo when comparing the URI & method during UI Auth.
 (#7689)

---
 changelog.d/7689.bugfix  | 1 +
 synapse/handlers/auth.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/7689.bugfix

diff --git a/changelog.d/7689.bugfix b/changelog.d/7689.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10ad4c8c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/7689.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Compare the URI and method during user interactive authentication (instead of the URI twice). Bug introduced in 1.13.0rc1.
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/auth.py b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
index 119678e67..b01124fe4 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         # Convert the URI and method to strings.
         uri = request.uri.decode("utf-8")
-        method = request.uri.decode("utf-8")
+        method = request.method.decode("utf-8")
 
         # If there's no session ID, create a new session.
         if not sid: