Thunderbird autoconfiguration doesn't work

[greenais]

My setup is:
userspace (not system-wide) Radicale with internal authentication enabled
nginx as reverse proxy adding ssl with location /radicale added according to official docs
latest DAVx5 on Android (works like a charm with basic URL https://servername/radicale - autodiscovery and sync)
Thunderbird 128.13.0esr with native CardDAV - has following issues:
https://servername/radicale - can't connect at all (username/password provided in dialog)
https://servername/radicale/username - connects but couldn't find any addressbooks
https://servername/radicale/username/full_path_to_addressbook - connects and downloads addressbook but can't upload changes

The only solution worked for me was installing TB add-on "CardBook" - works like a charm starting from autosicovery at basic https://servername/radicale

Probably something is wrong with "plain" TB and its native CardDAV which is worth to mention in docs

[pbiering]

I'm also only using "CardBook" AddOn, native implementation is not tested by me, potentially some hints can be found here:

https://github.com/Kozea/Radicale/wiki/Client-Thunderbird (need potentially even a review)
https://github.com/Kozea/Radicale/wiki/Client-Status

[pbiering]

Any still existing issue one has to trace enabling debug on server side and also investigate log on client side to trace down the issue.

[Bangaio65]

I'm testing it because I want to get rid of Cardbook. Thunderbird 128.14.0esr
It seems to work by adding the full path, didn't try discovery.

However, I've found a problem when adding a vcard without a FN field, Radicale rejects it because it doesn't conform to the standard. This is problematic when you send emails and want the email added automatically to the CardDAV address book -- they will be added locally, but they will never sync to the server. It seems Cardbook is smart enough to add FN = EMAIL when creating the contact and then it can be synced.

[pbiering]

However, I've found a problem when adding a vcard without a FN field, Radicale rejects it because it doesn't conform to the standard. This is problematic when you send emails and want the email added automatically to the CardDAV address book -- they will be added locally, but they will never sync to the server. It seems Cardbook is smart enough to add FN = EMAIL when creating the contact and then it can be synced.

Please file a bug towards Thunderbird that it creates non-standard VCARD. Hopefully they fix this then.

[Bangaio65]

However, I've found a problem when adding a vcard without a FN field, Radicale rejects it because it doesn't conform to the standard. This is problematic when you send emails and want the email added automatically to the CardDAV address book -- they will be added locally, but they will never sync to the server. It seems Cardbook is smart enough to add FN = EMAIL when creating the contact and then it can be synced.

Please file a bug towards Thunderbird that it creates non-standard VCARD. Hopefully they fix this then.

Tested on 140.2.0esr, seems to be fixed, it generates an empty FN field.