[BUG] <title> Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated.

[truthsword]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

Docker logs show:

sonarr  | [Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
sonarr  | [Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
sonarr  | [Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
sonarr  | [Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
sonarr  | [Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
sonarr  | [Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
sonarr  | [Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
sonarr  | [Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.

Not sure what is happening

Expected Behavior

No authorization errors

Steps To Reproduce

docker compose up -d
docker compose logs

Environment

- OS: Debian 12
- How docker service was installed: Docker repo

CPU architecture

x86-64

Docker creation

services:
  sonarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/sonarr:latest
    container_name: sonarr
    restart: unless-stopped
    cap_drop:
       - ALL
    cap_add:
      - CHOWN
      - DAC_OVERRIDE
      - SETGID
      - SETUID
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges=true
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=America/New_York
    networks:
      - r-net
    ports:
      - "8989:8989"
    volumes:
      - config:/config
      - /mnt/plex/media/tv_shows:/tv
      - /mnt/plex/media/downloads:/downloads

networks:
  r-net:
    external: true

volumes:
  config:

Container logs

[migrations] started
[migrations] no migrations found
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      ██║     ███████╗██║██║   ██║
      ██║     ╚════██║██║██║   ██║
      ███████╗███████║██║╚██████╔╝
      ╚══════╝╚══════╝╚═╝ ╚═════╝

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───────────────────────────────────────

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GID/UID
───────────────────────────────────────

User UID:    1000
User GID:    1000
───────────────────────────────────────
Linuxserver.io version: 4.0.14.2939-ls281
Build-date: 2025-05-02T00:50:08+00:00
───────────────────────────────────────

[custom-init] No custom files found, skipping...
[Info] Bootstrap: Starting Sonarr - /app/sonarr/bin/Sonarr - Version 4.0.14.2939
[Info] AppFolderInfo: Data directory is being overridden to [/config]
[Debug] Bootstrap: Console selected
[Info] AppFolderInfo: Data directory is being overridden to [/config]
[Info] AppFolderInfo: Data directory is being overridden to [/config]
[Info] MigrationController: *** Migrating data source=/config/sonarr.db;cache size=-20000;datetimekind=Utc;journal mode=Wal;pooling=True;version=3;busytimeout=100 ***
[Info] FluentMigrator.Runner.MigrationRunner: DatabaseEngineVersionCheck migrating
[Info] FluentMigrator.Runner.MigrationRunner: PerformDBOperation
[Info] NzbDrone.Core.Datastore.Migration.Framework.NzbDroneSQLiteProcessor: Performing DB Operation
[Info] DatabaseEngineVersionCheck: SQLite 3.48.0
[Info] FluentMigrator.Runner.MigrationRunner: => 0.0342108s
[Info] FluentMigrator.Runner.MigrationRunner: DatabaseEngineVersionCheck migrated
[Info] FluentMigrator.Runner.MigrationRunner: => 0.0355848s
[Info] MigrationController: *** Migrating data source=/config/logs.db;cache size=-20000;datetimekind=Utc;journal mode=Wal;pooling=True;version=3;busytimeout=100 ***
[Info] FluentMigrator.Runner.MigrationRunner: DatabaseEngineVersionCheck migrating
[Info] FluentMigrator.Runner.MigrationRunner: PerformDBOperation
[Info] NzbDrone.Core.Datastore.Migration.Framework.NzbDroneSQLiteProcessor: Performing DB Operation
[Info] DatabaseEngineVersionCheck: SQLite 3.48.0
[Info] FluentMigrator.Runner.MigrationRunner: => 0.000678s
[Info] FluentMigrator.Runner.MigrationRunner: DatabaseEngineVersionCheck migrated
[Info] FluentMigrator.Runner.MigrationRunner: => 0.0007511s
[Info] Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime: Now listening on: http://[::]:8989
[Info] Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime: Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
[Info] Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime: Hosting environment: Production
[Info] Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime: Content root path: /app/sonarr/bin
[Info] ManagedHttpDispatcher: IPv4 is available: True, IPv6 will be disabled
[ls.io-init] done.
[Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
[Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
[Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
[Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
[Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
[Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
[Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
[Info] Sonarr.Http.Authentication.BasicAuthenticationHandler: Basic was not authenticated. Failure message: Authorization header missing.
[Info] RssSyncService: Starting RSS Sync
[Warn] Torznab: Indexer The Pirate Bay (Prowlarr) rss sync didn't cover the period between 05/08/2025 12:56:56 and 05/08/2025 14:08:13 UTC. Search may be required.
[Info] DownloadDecisionMaker: Processing 435 releases
[Info] RssSyncService: RSS Sync Completed. Reports found: 435, Reports grabbed: 0

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[Roxedus]

Not a container issue, this is best resolved in sonarrs support channels.

[truthsword]

UPDATE... for anyone curious. Re-entered authentication password, restarted container, and all is good.